Cote d' Ivoire was last Saturday adjudged winners of the 1st Ghana International Taekwondo Open Championship after winning 16 medals in both male and female divisions in the competition held at the DG Hathramani Hall of the Accra Sports Stadium.
Ghanaian boxers "Sensational" Wahab Joseph Oluwaseun and Raphael Kwabena King steered Ghana to a comfortable 2-0 victory over the United Kingdom in the fourth edition of the Azumah Nelson Fight Night series held on Saturday night at the Bukom Boxing Arena.
Oluwaseun, Ghana's super featherweight champion had too much firepower for his semi-professional opponent John "Hitman" Hicks in the headline bout of the night stopping him in round three of their scheduled six-round International super-featherweight contest.
Popular national supporters group, the Die-Hard Supporters Union, has urged the Black Stars B to book the CHAN ticket on Sunday after drawing 2-2 with Burkina Faso in the first leg in Ouagadougou last week.
The group was the only supporters group which travelled to support the team last weekend and commended the relentless efforts of the players to secure a vital away draw ahead of the return leg in Kumasi on Sunday.
All pugilists for the fourth edition of the Azumah Nelson Fight Night yesterday morning tilted the scales successfully and also passed a medical examination ahead of tonight’s showdown at the Bukom Boxing Arena in Accra.
Headline fighters, undefeated Ghana super featherweight champion Wahab Oluwaseun and British challenger John Hicks, tipped the scales at 136 kilogrammes and 137 kilogrammes respectively.
Kumasi fans, known for their loyalty towards the Black Stars A, are set to extend the same massive support to the Black Stars B tomorrow when they clash with Burkina Faso at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi in a return leg of the Total 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifier.
The interest in the game has peaked just in time following Assistant Coach, Maxwell Konadu’s appeal on radio for massive support to enable them to ‘wipe off’ their opponents.
Wisdom Na-Adjrago says he is looking forward to winning his third title in 2017 after reaching the final with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Emmanuel Plange at the ongoing Accra Open Tennis tournament at the Accra Sports Stadium courts.
Na-Adjrago, Ghana's number one seed, saw off Bernard Ashitey Armaah 6-3, 6-3 in the quarter final before taking on Emmanuel Plange in the semi-final yesterday.
The First Ghana Open International Taekwondo Championship comes off today at the D.G. Hithramani Hall at the Accra Sports Stadium.
The championship is being patronised by over 130 taekwondo athletes from 15 countries, including host Ghana, which is being represented by 34 athletes.
The second edition of the Wisdom Boxing Gym outreach training at UTC, near Rawlings Park, in Accra will come off today.
The event, dubbed: ‘To-be-a-man-boxing’, after the brainchild, Kwame Acheampong, alias “ To-be-a-man, a boxing manager, promoter and businessman.
StarTimes, the leading digital television operator in Africa on Friday launched its coverage of the 2017/18 Bundesliga season which will be broadcasted exclusively on its platform.
Addressing the launch in Accra, the Director of StarTimes Ghana, Mr Ernest Quaye-Arday said most Ghanaians have over the years shared a strong bond with the German top flight league because of the high level of football exhibited by the players.
The captain of the Black Stars, Asamoah Gyan has made a foray into the event management business by setting-up a company called JetLink Events & Logistics.
The company, located at Adjiringanor close to the Shell Station is involved in the construction of stages, trusses, lights, Public Address systems, tents and LED screens for all events.
Last week’s Sanford Women’s FA Cup left the losing sides disappointed and the winners hopeful as they head into the semi-finals.
However, attention swings to the National Women’s League (NWL) with the disappointed sides now re-directing their focus and energy to getting good results and possibly win the title.
The Black Stars B hope to exploit fully their home advantage as they play host to Burkina Faso at the Baba Yara stadium on Sunday in the return encounter of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifier for a place at next year’s CHAN in Kenya.
Coach Kwasi Appiah’s charges go into Sunday’s game with an advantage after battling the Burkinabes to a 2-2 drawn game in Ouagadougou last week. But they can only confirm their place at the January 11 – February 2, 2018 tournament if the Black Stars B avoid a defeat to sail through on the away goal’s rule.
The assistant coach of Black Stars B, Maxwell Konadu, has given an assurance that the team would secure a resounding victory on Sunday to book a place in the 2018 Total African Nations Championship (CHAN) by beating their Burkinabe counterparts in the return leg qualifier at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi.
The Stars go into the match with an away goal’s advantage after holding Burkina Faso 2-2 in the first leg in Ouagadougou last Sunday.
Wisdom Na-Adjrago yesterday extended his unbeaten run in the ongoing Accra Open Tennis tournament after thumping Bernard Ashitey Armaah 6-3, 6-3 to qualify for the semi-finals of the men's singles category.
The two-time National Ranking Tour winner defeated Stephen Nortey 6-3, 6-2 last Wednesday before showing Bernard Ashitey the exit from the competition which is held in memory of late President John Evans Atta Mills.
A late invitation handed to Accra Hearts of Oak’s Vincent Atinga appears to be what Coach Kwasi Appiah hopes would help seal Black Stars B’s leaking defence as the team move into top gear to annihilate Burkina Faso on Sunday at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi in a return leg of the 2018 Total Championship of African Nations (CHAN) qualifier.
The arrival of well-built Atinga, one of the Premier League’s outstanding players this season, should help ease the worries of coaches Appiah and his assistant, Maxwell Konadu, as they plot to jump the Burkina Faso hurdle to secure one of three slots from West Zone B for Kenya 2018.
