Ecuador race walker Pintado wins first athletics gold at Paris Games

Paris, Aug. 1, (dpa/GNA) – Brian Daniel Pintado followed in the footsteps of famous countryman Jefferson Perez when he won 20 kilometres race walk gold for Ecuador…

President Coe defends athletics prize money for Olympic champions

Paris, Aug. 1, (dpa/GNA) – World Athletics (WA) president Sebastian Coe has defended the decision to become the first Olympic sport to dish out prize money, with…

Rights group: IOC has created ‘dangerous and absurd’ boxing spectacle

Paris, Aug. 1, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – A human rights group says the International Olympic Committee’s rules on gender eligibility at the women’s boxing tournament in Paris have…

Japan’s Nagase repeats trick with 81kg judo gold

Paris, Jul. 31, (dpa/GNA) – Japanese judoka Takanori Nagase overpowered Georgian Tato Grigalashvili to win the Olympic men’s 81 kilogram gold for the second successive Games on…

China’s Deng, 18, wows her way to BMX park gold

Paris, Jul. 31, (dpa/GNA) – Chinese BMX rider Deng Yawen saw off the competition in the Paris sunshine to seal a surprise Olympic gold in the women’s…

New Zealand win second straight rugby Olympic gold against Canada

Paris, Jul. 31, (dpa/GNA) – New Zealand won the women’s rugby sevens Olympic gold just like in Tokyo with a 19-12 win against Canada at the Paris…

Olympics athletes and fans struggle to stay cool as temperatures soar

Paris, Jul. 31, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – Athletes and fans struggled to stay cool in the heat as temperatures soared above 30 degrees Celsius in Paris on Tuesday.…

Paris Olympics: Ghana’s Stacey fails to qualify for 100m swimming freestyle semis

By Simon Asare Accra, July 30, GNA – Ghanaian swimmer Harry Stacey placed 7th in the men’s 100m freestyle at the ongoing Paris Olympics.  The…

Japan win men’s team gymnastics gold after late China collapse

Paris, Jul. 30, (dpa/GNA) – Japan won their eighth Olympic men’s gymnastics team gold on Monday in Paris after China threw away victory with a poor horizontal…

Fencer Kharlan claims first medal for Ukraine at Paris Games

Paris, Jul. 30, (dpa/GNA) – Fencer Olga Kharlan claimed a first medal for Ukraine at the Paris Games in the fencing event on Monday. The 2008 Beijing…

From heavy rain to hot sun: Hats and water bottles given out in Paris

Paris, Jul. 29, (dpa/GNA) – Spectators at the Paris Olympics are having to brace themselves for the summer heat, just days after the start of the Games…

Olympic Games opening ceremony lights up Paris in unique style

July 27 (BBC/GNA) – The 2024 Olympics opened in Paris in spectacular style with thousands of athletes sailing along the River Seine past lively…

Paris Olympics: Team Ghana wears colourful smock dress during opening ceremony

By Simon Asare Accra, July 26, GNA. – Team Ghana appeared at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics wearing bright smock attires. The…

US$661.9 million will go to ‘Loss and Damage Fund’

By Godwill Arthur-Mensah Accra, July 22, GNA – As part of efforts to mitigate the negative effects of climate change in poor and low-income…

AU expedites efforts to secure over $100 billion for export-based companies in Africa 

By Godwill Arthur-Mensah  Accra, July 22, GNA – Mr. Mohamed Ould Cheikh Ghazouani, the Chairperson of the African Union (AU), says the Continental Organisation…

Intensify efforts to prevent illicit outflows from Africa — Akufo-Addo to peers 

By Ken Sackey Accra, July 21, GNA – President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on his African peers to work with a sense…

Africa should consolidate financial institutions to speed development — Akufo-Addo  

By Ken Sackey  Accra, July 21, GNA – President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has underscored the need for Africa to consolidate its fragmented financial…

AU Meeting: President Akufo-Addo champions Africa’s economic empowerment

By Stephen Asante Accra, July 20, GNA – President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is expected to lobby African leaders in pursuit of scaling up…

Africa’s dependence on foreign aid has never helped its development—Ambassador Muchanga  

By Godwill Arthur-Mensah  Accra, July 20, GNA – Ambassador Albert Muchanga, the Africa Union Commissioner for Economic Development, Trade, Industry and Mining, says African…

AU Executive Council approves Artificial Intelligence Strategy for Africa

By Godwill Arthur-Mensah Accra, July 19, GNA – The Executive Council of the African Union Commission has approved an Artificial intelligence (AI) Strategy and…