The University of Ghana (UG) athletics team won 23 medals in the athletics competition at this year’s Ghana Universities Sports Association (GUSA) Games at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in the Ashanti Region.

A former national athlete, Kwaku Nimako, has appealed to the Minister for Youth and Sports, Mustapha Ussif, to institute a probe into the recent apology letter signed by former Junior Olympics gold medallist, Martha Bissah, which was authored by the National Sports Authority(NSA).

Ghanaian middle distance athlete Martha Bissah has made a passionate appeal to the Minister of Youth and Sports, Mustapha Ussif, and the president of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) to help overturn a ban placed on him by the Ghana Athletics Association (GAA) which has prevented her for competing for the country since 2015.

Former chief athletics coach, Albert Nukpeza, has stressed the need for the nation to double up her efforts in grooming talents to compete for laurels at the 2023 African Games or forget about winning medals.

When Lawyer Prosper Addo was appointed recently as our GFA General Secretary we saw him as a Round Peg in a Round Hole. And last month, Mr Alex Kotey was appointed as the FA’s new Referees Manager. He cannot but be described as another Round Peg. Meaning that he is very suitable and qualified for the position. His duties are rather many.

Two young athletes of Ghanaian parentage based in the United States of America (USA), Roland and Remy Amarteifio have taken a bold step towards being part of Ghana’s plans for the next Olympic Games to be hosted by Japan in the year 2020.

Miss Farida Ayishatu Iddrissu, Treasurer of the Ghana Swimming Federation (GSF) was last Sunday voted as an Executive member onto the Confederation of African Nations Amateur (CANA) Zone 2 Executive Board which consists of 22 West and Central African countries.

The unsettled fight for the leadership of the Greater Accra Regional Taekwondo Association is threatening to undermine the ongoing National Sports Festival in Kumasi, with the Regional Member Associations (RMA)’s of the Ghana Taekwondo Federation (GTF) threatening to boycott the August 31-September 7 competition in Kumasi, should the National Sports Authority (NSA) allow “unqualified athletes” to take part in the taekwondo competition.

The RMAs, which form the regional arms of the national federation, say they would not recognise a group of unqualified athletes brought to Kumasi by Mr Norbert Amefu, a rival claimant to the leadership of the Greater Accra Regional Association leadership.

Former Ghana Athletics Association (GAA) chief, George Haldane-Lutterodt, says he fears for the future of athletics after a fourth unsuccessful attempt by the nation’s athletes to qualify to the final of any athletics event at the ongoing World Athletics Championships.

Mr Lutterodt has, therefore called for a Presidential intervention to save the sport from total collapse after another poor show at the ongoing World Athletics Championships in London.

Children under the ages of 10 and 15 would have the opportunity to meet NBA star, David West, at an innovative coaching clinic to train and mentor them.

The clinic, which is slated for August 15, would be held at the University of Ghana basketball courts at Legon.