The Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Kwame Asiamah, has charged the national U-17 team to fulfil the expectations of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo by winning the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup trophy.
According to Mr Asiamah, the President expects the Black Starlets to return home from India with "gold" because the Ministry of Youth and Sports has put everything in place to ensure they succeed.
Ghana laboured for 95 minutes before defeating the Gambia 1-0 last Saturday to qualify for the group phase of the West Africa Football Union (WAFU) Cup of Nations.
Vincent Atinga’s expertly taken spot kick gave the Black Stars B a slim victory and a possible embarrassment as they faced a gritty Gambian side who were unyielding until Maxwell Konadu’s side were rewarded with a controversial spot kick by Boukari Ouedraogo in added-on time.
The national under 17 football team have settled on the capital city of the United Arab Emirates as the venue for a training camp ahead of their FIFA U-17 World Cup campaign which gets underway on October 6 in India.
The Black Starlets were initially bent on travelling to Denmark for preparations ahead of the tourney but strict visa requirements from the Danish Embassy in Accra put paid to that trip and the 24-man squad will now travel to Abu Dhabi on Wednesday for the training tour.
Jamie Debbah, head coach of the Liberian local team, has appealed to his government to invest in football.
The Liberians exhibited a spirited performance against Senegal but eventually lost through a penalty shootout at the Cape Coast Stadium last Saturday to exit the 2017 WAFU Cup of Nations tournament.
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Kwame Asiamah, has revealed that the government has not set aside any money as winning bonuses for the Black Stars B who are currently participating in the 2017 WAFU Cup of Nations.
According to the minister, per an agreement reached with the GFA ahead of the start of the competition, the players will only receive bonuses if they are able to clinch the $100,000 prize money at stake for the winners.
The national under 17 football team, the Black Starlets will leave Accra on Wednesday for the United Arab Emirates’ capital of Abu Dhabi for a training camp ahead of their FIFA U-17 World Cup campaign in India next month.
The Black Starlets were initially scheduled to travel to Denmark to round up their preparations for the tourney but strict visa requirements from the Danish Embassy in Accra changed their plans to settle for Abu Dhabi instead.
The First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has endorsed the HFC-Infanta Ride Out Malaria Tour which is aimed at creating awareness of a cleaner Ghana and raising funds towards the building of a Community-based Health Planning Services (CHPS) compound at Nyanshegu, a suburb of Tamale, Northern Region.
At a short briefing last Thursday, the First Lady was pleased with the plans and preparations made towards the cycling event which will see cyclists ride a 668-kilometre tour from Tamale to Accra on September 15- 23.
Ghana’s Under-20 female football team, the Black Princesses, will begin their 2018 Women’s World Cup (WWC) qualifiers against Algeria on Friday.
The Princesses will play the first leg away to the Algerians and host the second leg next week in Accra.
The 2017 National Women’s League (NWL) ends this Saturday with the final round of matches set to be played simultaneously at all match venues.
The matches, which were to have been played over the weekend, were postponed as the referees indicated their unavailability due to their fitness test in Kumasi at the same time.
Rafael Nadal won his third US Open and 16th Grand Slam title with a one-sided victory over South Africa's Kevin Anderson in New York.
The Chief Executive of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Mr Mohammed Adjei Sowah, last Thursday launched the Accra Marathon and expressed the hope that it would set high standards of sporting excellence in West Africa.
He said the AMA was a partner of the October 7 event which was expected to attract an estimated 10,000 runners and will be used to promote a healthy, vibrant city - Accra.
The national local-based senior side, Black Stars B, will be aiming to redeem their image when they play host to Gambia this afternoon in the opening game of the WAFU Nations Cup tournament at the Cape Coast Stadium.
After failing to qualify for next year's African Nations Championship (CHAN), losing 3-4 on aggregate to Burkina Faso, Black Stars B will have an opportunity to appease Ghanaians by getting off their WAFU Cup campaign on a winning note and claiming the ultimate title on September 24.
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Isaac Kwame Asiamah has announced government's preparedness to transport fans to the 2017 FIFA U-17 if they are able to present a united front for the Championship.
According to the Minister, government has advised the various national supporters unions to unite in order to receive support from government.
The Volta Regional Directorate of the National Sports Authority (NSA) will organise Departmental Games in Ho on September 21 to celebrate this year’s Founder’s Day.
The event is to promote social inclusion, peace, unity, physical fitness and reduce non-communicable diseases among the “working class”.
A former Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Mahama Ayariga, has called on stakeholders in the area to invest in the development of talents in sports.
He said most of the young people in the area were talented in the various sporting disciplines and only needed to be supported to develop their skills.
