Aug 4 (CNN/GNA) – The Olympic Games is bound up with questions of nationality, with crowds waving a kaleidoscopic collage of different flags and national anthems…
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Djokovic beats Alcaraz to win long-awaited Olympic gold
Aug 4 (BBC/GNA) – Novak Djokovic beat Carlos Alcaraz in thrilling fashion to secure a long-awaited Olympic title and complete the career ‘Golden Slam’.…
Noah Lyles wins 100m gold by five thousandths of a second
PARIS, Aug 4 (Reuters/GNA) – After all the talk and all the hype, Noah Lyles duly delivered when it mattered most by winning the…
Azamati, Saminu fail to reach 100m finals after disappointing semis
By Simon Asare Accra, Aug. 04, GNA – Ghanaian sprinters Benjamin Azamati and Abdul-Rasheed Saminu couldn’t qualify for the 100m finals at the ongoing…
Mensah’s Olympic dream ends after placing sixth in 50m freestyle
By Simon Asare Accra, Aug. 3, GNA – Ghanaian swimmer Joselle Mensah made her Olympic debut in the women’s 50m freestyle, finishing sixth in…
GTTA President to attend ITTF 10th Olympic Games ceremony
By Rihana Adam Accra, Aug. 03, GNA – Mr. Mawuko Afadzinu, the President of the Ghana Table Tennis Association (GTTA), will attend the 10th…
SWAG is 56 years today
By: Francis OforiAccra, Aug.3, GNA-On August 3, 1968, the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) was birthed as a professional body charged with the…
Paris Olympics: Ghana’s Saminu places third in 100m heat to book semi-final spot
By Simon Asare Accra, Aug. 3, GNA – Ghanaian sprinter Abdul-Rasheed Saminu booked a semi-final spot in the 100m race of the ongoing Paris Olympic…
Paris Olympics: Ghana’s Azamati books ticket to 100m semis after placing second
By Simon Asare Accra, Aug. 3, GNA – Ghanaian sprinter Benjamin Azamati earned a spot in the semi-finals of the 100m race at the…
Britain win Olympic equestrian jumping team final
Versailles, Aug. 2, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – Ben Maher, Scott Brash and Harry Charles won Olympic equestrian gold for Britain in the team jumping final on Friday. The…
China take another diving gold in men’s synchronized 3m springboard
Paris, Aug. 2, (dpa/GNA) – Long Daoyi and Wang Zongyuan took a fourth Paris diving gold out of four for China in men’s synchronized 3 metre springboard…
Briton Page soars to Olympic trampoline gold, rare Belarussian medal
Paris, Aug. 2, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – Britain’s Bryony Page completed her set of Olympic medals with gold in the women’s trampoline on Friday. The 33-year-old won a…
Minister says crime drops sharply in Paris during Olympic Games
Paris, Aug. 2, (dpa/GNA) – The massive police deployment for the Olympic Games has led to a sharp drop in crime in the greater Paris area, the…
Paris Olympics: Yeboah makes history for Ghana despite failing to progress
By Simon Asare Accra, Aug. 02, GNA – Ghana’s best high jumper, Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah, became the first Ghanaian female high jumper to compete…
Our football is on the rise again—GFA President
By Francis Ofori Accra, Aug. 02, GNA – Mr. Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku, President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) says Ghana is on a…
Kurt Okraku meets FIFA President
By: Francis Ofori Accra, Aug. 02, GNA – Mr. Kurt Edwin Simeon-Okraku, President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) held a historic meeting with…
Beach Soccer Premier League to resume after AFCON qualifiers
By Evans Worlanyo Ameamu Keta (VR), Aug. 01, GNA – The second season of ‘2024 edition’ of the Zone Two Beach Soccer Premier League…
GFA Foundation, GARH organize blood donation exercise to save lives
By Francis Ofori Accra, Aug.1, GNA – The GFA Foundation, together with the Greater Accra Regional Hospital (GARH) have organised a blood donation exercise…
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…