Paris 2024

Media Attaché of Ghana’s contingent at the 2024 Olympics, Benjamin William Graham, says he doesn’t believe that replacing Isaac Botsio with Abdul-Rasheed Saminu affected the team’s disappointing performance. The baton change between Abdul-Rasheed Saminu and Benjamin Azamati was far from pretty leading to the infraction. Ghana qualified to compete in the 2024 Olympics semis with Azamati, Ibrahim Fuseini, Isaac Botsio and Joseph Paul Amoah. For the August 8 heat, Saminu, who run 10.05 seconds in the Men’s 100 Metres, replaced Botsio but Graham denies the swap affected the team’s performance. “Saminu in the national team camp is the fastest athlete…

The Australian women’s basketball team kicked off its medal charge in the Paris 2024 Olympics with a shock 75-62 loss to Nigeria at the Pierre Mauroy Stadium in Lille, France, on Monday. Alanna Smith top-scored for the Opals, ranked third in the world, with 15 points while Sami Whitcomb and Jade Melbourne contributed 13 and 12 points, respectively. Ezinne Kalu, with 19 points and five rebounds, was the architect of what was a memorable win for world No. 12 Nigeria. Australia, coached by Sandy Brondellom, showed some real urgency at the start and were all over Nigeria in the opening few minutes. Jade Melbourne and…