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Paris Olympics: Ghana’s Azamati books ticket to 100m semis after placing second
Ghanaian sprinter Benjamin Azamati earned a spot in the semi-finals of the 100m race at the Paris Olympics after placing second.
Ghana’s 100m national record holder ran a time of 10.08 to place second in heat one, finishing just behind Jamaica’s Kish…
Mensah’s Olympic dream ends after placing sixth in 50m freestyle
Ghanaian swimmer Joselle Mensah made her Olympic debut in the women’s 50m freestyle, finishing sixth in the heats.
The young swimmer made a strong start in Heat 4 of the 50m freestyle, but she struggled to maintain her stamina in the latter stages o…
Paris Olympics: Ghana’s Saminu places third in 100m heat to book semi-final spot
Ghanaian sprinter Abdul-Rasheed Saminu booked a semi-final spot in the 100m race of the ongoing Paris Olympic Games.
The 22-year-old sprinter placed third with an impressive time of 10.06s to grab semi-final qualification.
Nigeria’s Kayinsola Ajayi …
Ecuador race walker Pintado wins first athletics gold at Paris Games
Brian Daniel Pintado followed in the footsteps of famous countryman Jefferson Perez when he won 20 kilometres race walk gold for Ecuador at the Paris Olympics on Thursday.
The 35 km world championship runner-up prevailed at the foot of the Eiffel Tow…
President Coe defends athletics prize money for Olympic champions
World Athletics (WA) president Sebastian Coe has defended the decision to become the first Olympic sport to dish out prize money, with each Paris gold medallist receiving $50,000.
Race walkers Brian Daniel Pintado of Ecuador and Yang Jiayu of China w…
Beach Soccer Premier League to resume after AFCON qualifiers
The second season of ‘2024 edition’ of the Zone Two Beach Soccer Premier League is expected to resume on Sunday, at the various match venues after the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying matches.
The Beach Soccer Premier League went on break af…
Rights group: IOC has created ‘dangerous and absurd’ boxing spectacle
A human rights group says the International Olympic Committee’s rules on gender eligibility at the women’s boxing tournament in Paris have created a ‘dangerous and absurd spectacle.’
Italian fighter Angela Carini abandoned her fight against Algeria’s…
GFA Foundation, GARH organize blood donation exercise to save lives
The GFA Foundation, together with the Greater Accra Regional Hospital (GARH) have organised a blood donation exercise to mark this year’s World Blood donor day.
Dubbed ’20 years of celebrating giving: Thank you blood donors,’ the exercise seeks to ma…
Japan’s Nagase repeats trick with 81kg judo gold
Japanese judoka Takanori Nagase overpowered Georgian Tato Grigalashvili to win the Olympic men’s 81 kilogram gold for the second successive Games on Tuesday.
Nagase, who also picked up a bronze in the event in 2016, continued Japan’s strong start to …
China’s Deng, 18, wows her way to BMX park gold
Chinese BMX rider Deng Yawen saw off the competition in the Paris sunshine to seal a surprise Olympic gold in the women’s park final on Wednesday.
The 18-year-old’s second of two runs of 92.60 points secured victory at the spectacular setting of Plac…