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25th Ghana Universities Sports Association Games to begin at Tamale

The 25th Ghana Universities Sports Association (GUSA) Games will begin this weekend in Tamale. The Games was launched at brief ceremony at the University of Professional Studies at Accra on Tuesday. Under the theme, “Ghana at 60, the role of...

GAA holds annual congress

The Ghana Athletics Association held its annual delegates Congress at the Conference room, Cape Coast stadium on Friday, 29th December, 2017. The congress took stock of the GAA's activities in 2017 including a review of the Audited Accounts and National...

Janet Amponsah clinches 200m and 400m victories in indoor opener

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Janet Amponsah led the honours winning the women's 200m and 400m as four Ghanaian athletes got their indoor season underway at the Vanderbilt Opener on Saturday in Nashville, Tennessee. Amponsah clinched first place in the 200-meter dash...

Barshim and Thiam named 2017 Athletes of the Year

Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim and Nafissatou Thiam of Belgium have been named the male and female World Athletes of the Year at the IAAF Athletics Awards 2017, held at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco on Friday (24). Barshim, 26, was...

Nigeria rubbishes Starr FM and George Lutterodt’s claims on contacting Martha Bissah to change...

The Nigeria Athletics Association has rubbished claims by former Ghana Athletics Association chairman George Lutterodt and Starr FM that it has contacted the embattled Ghana youth Olympic Games 800m gold medalist Martha Bissah to switch nationality to Nigeria. In an...

Liquid Sports Ghana appreciates Ethiopian Airlines for 2017 IAAF World Championships partnership

Liquid Sports Ghana appreciates Ethiopian Airlines for its partnership in ensuing coverage of the recent IAAF World Championships London 2017 from 3-14 August. Your invaluable sponsorship ensued Liquid Sports Ghana was able to cover its second straight World Championships, after...

Wayde van Niekerk makes IAAF World Athlete of the Year 2017 top three shortlist

With just 18 days to go until the IAAF Athletics Awards 2017, the IAAF can reveal the names of the finalists for the 2017 IAAF World Athlete of the Year awards. The finalists are (in alphabetical order): Men - Mutaz Essa Barshim...

Jepkosgei obliterates world 10km record

Joyciline Jepkosgei broke the world 10km record* at the Birell Prague Grand Prix, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on Saturday (9). The 23-year-old Kenyan clocked 29:43 to smash through the 30-minute barrier and break her own record of 30:04,...

Alex Amankwah: I could not sleep for two days after my race at London...

Sponsored by Ethiopian Airlines, London 2017. We caught up together with Ghanaian 800m record holder Alex Amankwah who spoke about his debut appearance at the IAAF World Championships at London 2017, combining work and his athletics career, and his future...

“The most competitive and compelling World Championships of all time”

Sponsored by Ethiopian Airlines, London 2017. Speaking ahead of the final evening session on Sunday (13), IAAF President Sebastian Coe described the IAAF World Championships London 2017 as the most competitive and compelling World Championships of all time. “I can’t remember a time...

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