Accra, July 31, GNA – The men’s football team of the Ghana News Agency (GNA) won silver at the maiden edition of the Inter-media House Sports and Health festival.
The two-day festival, held at the Madina Zongo Astro Turf, witnessed numerous media houses compete for laurels in the football competition.
The GNA football team sailed through to the semi-finals of the competition, where they defeated XYZ Broadcasting Company 2-1 to reach the finals.
The finals was a keenly contested final as GH-One TV narrowly edged GNA 1-0 to win the coveted trophy.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the games, Mr. Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), said the games was a good initiative to help foster harmonious relations among journalists.
He said the GJA would, in the future, partner with the Journalists Network for Peace and Security to ensure a much bigger sports and health festival.
Sponsors of this year’s sports festival include Decathlon, Bel-Aqua, Special Ice, Wekada, Xtra-Reigans, among others.
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