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Ashantigold belatedly demoted to second division for match manipulation

Ghana premier league side Obuasi Ashantigold have been demoted to the second division after being found guilty of match manipulation. The Disciplinary Committee of the Ghana Football Association found that the match day 34 match between Ashantigold and Inter Allies...

Ivorian Ta Lou clinches Africa’s first sprints medal at London 2017

Sponsored by Ethiopian Airlines, London 2017. Ivorian Marie-Josee Ta Lou clinched Africa's first sprints medal at London 2017 after a winning silver in the women's 100m with 10.86s- a personal best equalling mark. In winning silver, she replicated the feat chalked by...

GAA to open 2018 season at Sekondi Sports stadium

With less than three months to the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast Australia, Ghanaian based athletes are set to continue their quest to qualify for the Games when the Ghana Athletics Association (GAA) opens its 5th National Circuit...

Open letter to NSA boss after 2017 National Sports Festival

Article by Eric Sena Adyeyi: ...2017 National Sports Festival Dear Director General of the NSA. I wish to congratulate you for reviving the long forgotten Sports Festival / Unity Games. Indeed we were able to see the input from all the...

Nadia Eke: although it didn’t go as well as I wanted, the future is...

Sponsored by Ethiopian Airlines, London 2017. African women's triple jump champion Nadia Eke made her much anticipated bow at the IAAF World Championship London 2017,  jumping 13.54m in Group B of the women's triple jump qualification. Nadia missed out on a...

Usain Bolt to grace School of speed competition in South Africa

World athletics icon, Usain Bolt, will be at Ruimsig Stadium, Johannesburg on Monday 29 January as part of a development programme sponsored by a sportswear company. The multiple Olympic gold medallist winner in the 100m, 200m and 4 x 100m...

Dr. Bella Bello Bitugu honoured with Liquid Sports Ghana Leadership and Excellence Award 2017

In recognition of his stellar contribution to sports in Ghana and internationally, the Director of Sports at the University of Ghana Legon Dr. Bella Bello Bitugu was recently awarded the Liquid Sports Ghana Leadership and Excellence Award at the...

Luvo Manyonga leads strong SA Team for World Indoor Champs

Olympic silver medalist Luvo Manyonga is part of a strong South Africa team that will compete at the IAAF World Indoor Championships Birmingham 2018 on 1-4 March. According to Athletics South Africa, the national team will include three in-form South...

UG wins first gold in discus throw at 10th African Universities Game

The University of Ghana Legon today won its first gold medal at the ongoing African Universities Games (FASU Games) at Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya. Dominic McCarthy tossed the discus at 42.02m to clinch first place ahead of Kenyatta University's Oscar...

Usain Bolt is a Championships performer – Gay

Sponsored by Ethiopian Airlines, London 2017. American sprinter Tyson Gay could not hide his admiration for sprints icon Usain Bolt following the latter's victory in the men's 100m final at the IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015. Just as Beijing 2015, Bolt...

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Van Niekerk and Makwala through to 400m semis

Sponsored by Ethiopian Airlines, London 2017. South Africa’s world and Olympic 400m champion Wayde van Niekerk, who is seeking a 200m/400m double here, did the...

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