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LSG compiles list of greatest Ghanaian Athletes of All Time

Have you ever wondered who the Greatest Ghanaian Athletes of All Time are? What will be the basis for such a compilation? Which athletes ever won world medals for the country and what were their achievements individually, nationally...

Fraser-Pryce & Thompson lead Jamaican campaign at Doha 2019

Sprint stars Elaine Thompson and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and sprint hurdler Omar McLeod lead the Jamaican team for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019, which will be held from 27 September until 6 October. Fraser-Pryce, a two-time Olympic 100m champion,...

Short read: The making of Ghana’s 4x100m relay gold medal winning team at AG2017

I'm throwing back to the African University Games (FASU) June, 2016 Johannesburg, South Africa. The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science of Technology (KNUST) quartet which included Martin Owusu-Antwi and Joseph Paul Amoah surprised many by clinching gold ahead of...

IAAF invites 130 more eligible athletes for Doha 2019

The IAAF has issued invitations to 130 eligible athletes for additional places to the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 following the final review of entries published yesterday (19 September) and compared with the published target numbers for each...

USA breaks world record in mixed 4x400m at Doha 2019

The first world record* of the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 came just half way through the second session of competition as USA won their heat of the mixed 4x400m on Saturday (28). The event, making its debut at...

8-year-old and 6- year old records tumble on day 1 of athletics at COESA

The women’s 400m record, the men’s medley and the women’s medley records tumbled on the first day of the athletics championship at the ongoing Colleges of Education Sports Association at the Paa Joe stadium, Kumasi. https://fb.watch/h1zxI9buWu/ In the very first event...

Boxing is not as brutal as many think it is – Ghana coach Ofori...

On a day set aside by the United Nations to celebrate the International Day of Sports for Development and Peace (IDSDP), the Media Centre at the Accra Sports stadium came alive as six young boxers from the Wisdom Boxing...

Oslo Diamond League taught me a lot of lessons – Azamati

National 100m record holder Benjamin Kwaku Azamati has admitted he picked up valuable lessons about staying relaxed in the big moments following his maiden Wanda Diamond League success in Paris.    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnU7QaRly5k&feature=youtu.be The US-based athlete came fourth in a time of 10.15s...

How sports can be used as an effective tool to advance human rights and...

We reproduce for your reading pleasure the full message by Dr. Ernest Acheampong, a lecturer at the University of Education Winneba, at the historic first-ever International Day of Sports for Development and Peach (IDSDP) 2022 at the Accra Sports stadium...

UEW clinches historic 3rd place at African Uni Games 

The Director of Sports at the Sports Directorate University of Education Winneba (UEW) Dr. Emmanuel Osei Sarpong has declared that UEW is back after the university achieved the best performance by a Ghanaian University at the 10th Federation of...

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LSG produces latest GHA Athletics Ranking (Men’s division)- May 11

As part of our ongoing coverage of Ghana Athletics, we have produced the latest rankings of performances by Ghanaian athletes both home and abroad....

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