Phelps Wins BBC Lifetime Award
Record-breaking swimmer Michael Phelps will be honoured with the lifetime achievement award at Sunday’s BBC Sports Personality show. The American, 31, won his 23rd Olympic gold in his final Games...
Tag: Olympic Games
Final Stage the Toughest For Paris
Paris is the hot favorite to win the right to host the 2024 Olympics Games but, having fallen at the final hurdle before, knows the hardest part is yet to come - convincing the International Olympic...
FIFA Challenged Over Russia World Cup
Russia’s right to host the 2018 World Cup amid revelations about a state-sponsored doping programme has been questioned by MP Damian Collins. A World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) report detailed an...
Russia Corrupted Olympics On Unprecedented Scale
The Russian state conspired with athletes and sporting officials to undertake a doping program that was unprecedented in its scale and ambition, according to a report commissioned for the World...
Sanctions Extended By the International Olympic Committee
Doping sanctions against Russia have been extended until further notice by the International Olympic Committee. Measures against the country were imposed in July after the first part of a World...
In Support Of Our President’s Re-Election
My countrymen, my friends, brothers and sisters, I am grateful for this opportunity to directly address so many of you about a matter profoundly affecting all Ghanaians. It is with patriotic pride...
Youth In Sports Will Be Our Focus — PPP
The Progressive Peoples Party (PPP), led by Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, is poised to develop the country’s sports with the main focus on youth development. To this end, the PPP is looking at developing...
Court Strikes Out NMC’s ‘media Control’ Regulations
The Supreme Court court has struck out the law requiring media owners to seek content approval from the National Media Commission (NMC) before airing or publicising them. According to the court, the...
Black Queens Out To Surprise Cameroon
Motivations are high as Ghana face hosts Cameroon in the semi-final of the 2016 Africa Women's Cup of Nations today. The Indomitable Lionesses successively denied the Black Queens a place at the last...
Argentina Fight Back To Win Davis Cup
Argentina fought back to beat Croatia 3-2 and win the Davis Cup for the first time in a dramatic final in Zagreb. Croatia led 2-1 going into the final day and looked on course for their second title...
Rex Omar Angry At GIBA Over Royalties
Songwriter and musician, Rex Omar asserts that failure of the Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA) to deliver after an agreement between the association and Ghana Music Right Owners...
Reedie Draws Flak At Doha Meet
The World Anti-Doping Agency and its head Craig Reedie faced stinging criticism from national Olympic committees yesterday for its handling of the Russian doping scandal, days before its board...
SA’s van Niekerk To Battle Bolt, Farah For 2016 Athlete of the Year
World’s 400m record holder Wayde van Niekerk has been shortlisted for the 2016 Athlete of the Year Awards scheduled to be held in Monaco next month. The South African will battle world’s fastest...
GNPC Launches New Club, Speedsters
The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) Speedsters Club has been launched at the Silva Platta Restaurant in Accra with the selection of three budding athletes to initiate Ghana’s search for...
Argentina A Major Threat To Brazil
Douglas Costa has expressed his delight at returning to the Brazil squad after being forced to withdraw from a number of recent call-ups through injury. The Bayern Munich forward was forced out of...
Women In Sports Urged To Aspire For Leadership Role
With the persistence of imbalances within leadership positions in sports; giving greater visibility to women in sports, continues to be of the essence to the International Olympic Committee (IOC)....
Ghana Search For New Amateur Boxing Talents
Ghana is known to be a leading boxing nation in Africa, but for some time now the nation has lacked the boxers with the technical and tactical discipline to serve in the amateur ranks and win...
Gymnast Smith Receives Death Threats After Mocking Islam
Four-time Olympic medallist Louis Smith says he receives death threats "every day" after a video was leaked in which he apparently mocks Islam. Smith, who could face "suspension or expulsion" by...
IOC Called To Help Compensate Child Victims of Violence
The International Olympic Committee should be helping to compensate child victims of police violence at Rio 2016, say children's rights groups. "Indiscriminate use of force" was used by the police in...
Gov’t Did Not Spend $750,000 On Rio 2016 – GOC
The Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) has described as false a recent report which appeared in the Daily Graphic, headlined “Government spent $750,000 on Rio 2016” at its press conference held in...