Tag: Athletics
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Ghana has to invest a little bit more into athletes – Andrew Owusu
He was speaking in defence of the current practice where local athletes who are academically good are given scholarship opportunities to attend university in the USA where they join the collegiate athletics system there.
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Athletics: Sha’Carri Richardson beats Shericka Jackson in Silesia
Sha’Carri Richardson laid down the marker ahead of the World Championships in Budapest
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‘Playing Fields’ new olympics.com series highlights trailblazing African athletes on their road to Paris 2024
Playing Fields, a new original six-part documentary series, introduces the new wave of athletes paving the way in their sports across the African continent – discovering their incredible stories of perseverance, optimism and the strength of the human spirit.
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Athletics: Team Ghana off to Zambia for Africa U18 & U20 championships
Ghana’s team has finally departed Accra for the ongoing 2023 Africa Youth & Junior Athletics Championship in Zambia. Team Ghana sent out nine athletes for the competition which began on April 28 in Lusaka. Among them are seven athletes who will be competing at the U-18s while two of them will be challenging at the…
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Benjamin Azamati, Deborah Acquah lead Ghana’s team for World Athletics Championships
100m National record holder Benjamin Azamati and Long jump Queen Deborah Acquah will lead team Ghana at the upcoming World Athletics Championship to stage in Oregon on 15-24 July.
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Government on a quest to make Ghana a sporting destination – Sports Minister
According to him, it was rather unfortunate that the nation has invested a lot of resources into the game of football leaving the other disciplines to decline.
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Other sporting disciplines put Ghana on the map long before football – Nii Lante Vanderpuye
Former Sports Minister, Nii Lante Vanderpuye says successive governments’ concerted investment into the game of football against other sporting disciplines is largely responsible for the framing of football as the passion of the nation.
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2022 Cross Country gold medalist Lariba Sakat appeals to Akufo-Addo to focus on athletics
Queen of the 2022 National Cross Country, Lariba Juliana Sakat, has appealed to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to pay attention to athletics in Ghana just as is done to football.
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The Queen’s Baton visits Manhyia Palace and Rattary Park
The Queen’s Commonwealth relay Baton has arrived in Kumasi, the capital of the Asante Region, as part of country-wide visits to promote the 2022 Commonwealth Games in member countries. Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II received the delegation at the Manhyia Palace ahead of the sports event slated for Birmingham, United Kingdom. President of Commonwealth Games…
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Tegla Loroupe says athletes using high-tech shoes are ‘cheating’
Athletes using new running shoe technology are “cheating” and it is “almost like doping”, says ex-marathon world record holder Tegla Loroupe.
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Ghana disqualified from 4x100m World Relays Final
Ghana’s 4x100m men’s relay team were disqualified from the World Relays final after breaking changeover rules. The team initially finished third in the final behind Brazil and South Africa with a time of 39.11s but minutes after the race and time confirmations, drama ensued as Brazil and Ghana were disqualified. Ghana’s team was disqualified after…
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Ben Nunoo Mensah retains post as president of Ghana Olympic Committee
Ben Nunoo Mensah has secured another four-year term as president of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) following victory in the 2021 elections held on Monday at the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences in Accra. Mensah beat his sole competitor, Richard Akpokavie Esq, in the presidential race by seven votes to retain his position. Mensah,…
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Birmingham 2022: Commonwealth Games to highlight women’s sport on ‘super Sunday’
The 2022 Commonwealth Games will have a ‘super Sunday’ on 7 August celebrating women’s sport with three major finals. The medal matches for women’s hockey, 20-over cricket and netball will all take place as part of 11 medal sessions in one day. Ama Agbeze, who captained England to netball gold in 2018, said: “It’s a great boost…
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UK Athletics chief wants life ban for all abusive coaches
Coaches found guilty of physical or sexual misconduct should receive a mandatory lifetime ban from the sport, says UK Athletics’ boss Joanna Coates. Chief executive Coates says she’s committed to changing UK Athletics’ policies so permanent bans are issued in abuse cases and will raise the issue at the next board meeting. Currently, lifetime bans…
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Tokyo 2020: Games organisers see budget increase for delayed event
Organisers of the delayed Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games will spend $900m (£670m) on measures to stop the spread of coronavirus at next year’s events. The final budget means the Games will cost $15.9bn (£11.8bn) – up $2.8bn (£2.1bn) from figures last year. It could make the Tokyo Games the most expensive summer Olympics in…
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Lamine Diack: Former IAAF head found guilty of corruption and jailed
Lamine Diack, the ex-head of athletics’ governing body, has been jailed after being found guilty of corruption. The Senegalese, 87, faced corruption and money-laundering charges linked to the Russian doping scandal. Diack was convicted of accepting bribes from athletes suspected of doping to cover up test results and letting them continue competing, including in the…
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Olympic legend Bolt awaits coronavirus test result
Jamaican former sprinter and eight-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt is awaiting results of a recent coronavirus test while self-isolating. Bolt, 34, revealed on social media he will “stay at home” as a precaution despite not having any symptoms. “Just to be safe, I’ll quarantine myself and just take it easy,” he said. Bolt held…
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Rescheduled Paris Marathon cancelled
The 2020 Paris Marathon, rescheduled for 15 November, has been cancelled. The marathon was originally due to take place on 5 April but was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. Organisers said they had “tried everything to maintain the event” but felt “obliged” to call it off because of the difficulties faced by runners. “There…
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How Ghana Athletics Association will share YEA money among athletes
Ghana Athletics Association (GAA) Chief Executive, Bawah Fuseini has revealed ways in which the GH3000,000 provided by the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) will be shared among athletes. The YEA on Tuesday announced they be will spending the said amount on a module to financially support 1000 athletes for the next six months. According to the…
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African running stars to take part in virtual marathon
Athletics superstars Eliud Kipchoge, Kenenisa Bekele, Joshua Cheptegei and Geoffrey Kamworor are to take part in a worldwide virtual team relay marathon next month. The marathon, which will take place between 6 and 7 June, is open to all athletics fans worldwide. An initiative of the NN Running team, MA RA TH ON is a…
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Coronavirus: how it hit African athletes’ finances
The last two months were supposed to be big for athletics as the season started in earnest ahead of an Olympic Games in July but instead, a host of events have – as in other sports – been either postponed or cancelled. The first half of the year should have seen the World Indoor and…