2024 Olympic Games

2024 Olympic Games: Ghana Disqualified From Men’s 4x100m After Late Baton Changeover

2024 Olympic Games: Ghana Disqualified From Men’s 4x100m After Late Baton Changeover

Team Ghana failed to progress to the final of the Men's 4x100m relay event at the 2024 Olympic Games after a late baton changeover. The team was disqualified as a result, making their time of 38.62s invalid. Their time would have earned the quartet a 6th place finish. Rasheed Saminu, the first leg, got off to a good start, but he struggled with his changeover to the second leg, Benjamin Azamati, which affected the momentum of their race. Azamati got his change to the third leg, Ibrahim Fuseini, right, but the final change to the anchor leg, Joseph Paul Amoah,…
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Nine Athletes To Representing Ghana At Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Nine Athletes To Representing Ghana At Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Nine athletes will represent Ghana at the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic Games, participating in both track and field events as well as swimming. The track and field athletes include Abdul R. Saminu (100m/200m), Benjamin Azamati (100m/4x100m), Joseph Paul Amoah (4x100m), Isaac Botsio (4x100m), Fuseini Ibrahim (4x100m), Edwin Gadayi (4x100m), and Rose Yeboah (High Jump). In swimming, Joselle Alice Mensah will compete in the 50m Freestyle, and Harry Stacy in the 100m Freestyle. Accompanying the athletes will be 11 officials, comprising coaches, medics, federation heads, and a press attaché, forming Team Ghana. The President of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) will…
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11 Down, One Standing; Ghana’s Olympic Boxing Hope In Disarray

11 Down, One Standing; Ghana’s Olympic Boxing Hope In Disarray

Ghana has only one boxer in contention in the qualifiers for the 2024 Olympic Games ongoing in Senegal. Out of the 12 boxers that made up the Black Bombers squad to Dakar, Senegal for the qualifiers, only one boxer was able to make it to the semis. Theophilus Kpakpo Allotey is the only Ghanaian boxer who was able to reach the semi-finals of the qualifiers after defeating Ugandan boxer Fathia Shafik Mawanda in their flyweight contest. Abdul Wahid Omar, Jonathan Tetteh and Joseph Commey who won medals at the 2022 Commonwealth Games for Ghana were all eliminated in the qualifiers…
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2024 Olympic Games: GFA Will Provide Adequate Support For The Black Meteors – Prosper Addo

2024 Olympic Games: GFA Will Provide Adequate Support For The Black Meteors – Prosper Addo

2024 Olympic Games: GFA will provide adequate support for the Black Meteors – Prosper Addo The General Secretary of the Ghana Football Association, Prosper Harrison Addo, has assured the Black Meteors of adequate support from the FA ahead of the 2023 U-23 African Cup of Nations to boost their qualification for the 2024 Olympic Games in France. Ghana will make their second appearance on the continental front after beating Algeria 1-0 in the return leg in Kumasi following their 1-1 pulsating draw in the first leg in Annaba, Algeria. Speaking to Happy FM, Prosper Addo said “The FA is preparing…
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