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309 works from Africa have been submitted to the AIPS Sport Media Awards. With 32 countries represented, Africa broadens its participation presenting new countries – Sudan and Chad –  to the international stage. 2019 was an eventful year for AIPS in the African continent This rewarding feedback comes after a fruitful year of new initiatives in the continent  for AIPS, …

Kurt Okraku is the new Ghana Football Association (GFA), President after his closest rival George Afriyie conceded defeat during the third round of voting at the Elective Congress held at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Accra on Friday, October 25, 2019. Mr Afriyie, a former GFA Vice President, shockingly announced his decision as delegates were casting their votes for the third …

Ghana Beach Soccer has received a massive boost in its plans to develop the sport across the country. This revelation came to light at a short and impressive media launch in the capital Accra when marketing manager of CalBank Mr. Kofi Siabi unveiled the package for Ghana Beach Soccer by announcing that his outfit would continue to sponsor and support …

ACCRA, GHANA – Ghana’s first skeleton Winter Olympian, Akwasi Frimpong, has secured a sponsorship with the Ghana National Gas Company (GNGC) in preparation for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Frimpong, a former track and field sprinter, and bobsledder who was born in Kumasi, Ghana, became the first black male skeleton athlete from the continent of Africa to compete in the …

LAGOS, NIGERIA — Olympian Akwasi Frimpong was in Lagos, Nigeria to help both the Bobsled & Skeleton Federation and the National Olympic Committee there with their first bobsled and skeleton coach’s clinic that was also attended by potential athletes. Akwasi Frimpong of Ghana (left) and Seun Adegun of Nigeria proudly represented Africa as Skeleton Atheletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics …

Time and again, women are being made to prove they belong in sports – whether as athletes, journalists or administrators – having to overcome various barriers, deeply rooted in the partriarchal nature of society, to achieve their goals.  A rousing round of applause rented the air at the Eko Hotel and Suites in Lagos, Nigeria, when Mercy Tagoe Quarcoo, Black …

Algeria won the Africa Cup of Nations for the second time on Friday when a freak second-minute goal by Baghdad Bounedjah gave them a 1-0 win over gallant Senegal in the final. Bounedjah, who missed a penalty in the quarter-final against Ivory Coast and spent the last few minutes of that game in tears after being substituted, stunned the Lions …

Ghana are monitoring the fitness of captain Andre Ayew for Saturday’s Africa Cup of Nations clash with Cameroon but winger Thomas Agyepong has been confirmed out of the fixture. Ayew, scorer of Ghana’s first goal in Tuesday’s 2-2 draw with Benin in the opening group game, faces uncertainty over his readiness for the match against the Indomitable Lions. Read Also: FIFA takes charge of CAF – …

FIFA — world soccer governing body — in an unprecedented move on the eve of the Africa Cup of Nations, has stepped in to temporarily govern African soccer and accelerate the clean-up process. FIFA has placed secretary general Fatma Samoura in a new role running the sport’s governing body in Africa. As FIFA General Delegate for Africa for an initial …

Frimpong will appear in the Headway Upper Intermediate Student’s Book, a textbook aimed to teach English Language and Speaking, as the focus of one of the book’s exercises. Akwasi Frimpong, Ghana’s first Skeleton Olympian, is writing a new chapter in his mission to be the Hope of a Billion. “Headway always strives to provide interesting and authentic texts, using thought-provoking …