African Games
AFRICAN GAMES: AFTER TEAM EVENT VICTORY, NIGERIA SET FOR INDIVIDUAL MEDALS IN BADMINTON
After the euphoria that greeted Team Nigeria Badminton’s resounding and overwhelming victory in the Mixed Team Event of the All African Games Rabat 2019 holding in Casablanca, Morocco, the teams settled down the for the Individual Events.
Nigeria’s dominance in Africa’s badminton continued to glaringly show as, at the end of the Opening Day, only one of the team’s eight Singles entries failed to advance to the Round of 16. Clement Krobakpo lost 1-2 to Ghana’s Daniel Sam.
Day Two was much tougher and the action more robust and during the morning session, Nigeria won 11 out of the 11 matches it played, recording a 100% success.
It is the day that could well be called “The Day of Upsets” as quite a number of upsets were recorded in the Women’s Singles category and the biggest casualty was Egypt’s Hadia Hosny, a highly ranked and experienced African player who was seeded Number Two Women’s Singles player for the tournament.
A 1-2 defeat came her way from Nigeria’s Sofiat A.Obanishola, who is an upcoming player and the youngest member of the team.
Other upsets came from Nigeria’s Zainab Damilola Alabi who defeated Number 5 seeded player, Ogar Siamupangila of Zambia 21-13, 21-11 to advance to the Quarter Finals.
Other upsets were Johanita Scholtz of South Africa beating Aisha Nakiyemba[4] of Uganda and Yasmina Chiba of Algeria beating A.Ailet [7] of Mauritius.
The evening session brought down Team Nigeria’s rate of success down a bit with two of the featured seven matches lost with the Men’s Doubles pair of Eneojo Abah and Clement Krobakpo losing 1-2 to the Algerian pair of K.Mammeri/Y.S. Medel [2] and the Mixed Doubles combination of Amen Christopher/Habeeb Bello losing to G.J.Paul/A.Ailet [8] of Mauritius.
Dr. Emmanuel Owusu-Ansah, who superintended the 13th African Games held in Accra Ghana in February has died.
He was the Chief Operating Officer of the Accra 2023 Local Organising Committee (LOC).
According to sources in Ghana, Dr. Owusu-Ansah was a sports administrator and coach, and thus left behind, a significant legacy in the world of sports.
Dr Owusu-Ansah, a former Chief Executive of the National Sports Authority (NSA), was widely regarded as an encyclopaedia of sports knowledge.
Among his many accomplishments, Dr. Owusu-Ansah, a former national chief athletics coach, authored the best-selling book “Principles of Abundant Living.”
He played a pivotal role in establishing the Department of Sports Studies at the College of Education at the University of Ghana. Additionally, he served as the Director of the Sports Directorate at the University of Ghana, Legon.
The Africa Students Football Union (ASFU) has expressed condolences over the passing of a patron of the union, Dr Emmanuel Owusu-Ansah, who served as the COO of the just concluded 13th Africa Games held in Ghana.
Dr. Owusu-Ansah’s death was announced on Tuesday, April 23, 2024.
According to a release by the executive secretary of the union, Femi Abioye, Owusu-Ansah until his death contributed immensely to sports development on the continent and the world at large.
He left an indelible impact on the lives of students-athletes coupled with sports administration across Africa countries.
The ASFU’s President, Prof. Oluwaseun Omotayo, who was shocked at the news of the demise of Dr. Owusu-Ansah described the deceased as a pillar, saying his departure has left a great vacuum in sports management.
He relished the deceased contribution and unwavering dedication to ASFU, saying the Union would miss the deceased.
“We will miss Dr. Owusu-Ansah, whose contribution to sports, knew no bounds. He was always ready to serve. He helped build the Union and was pivotal to the Union programmes. We will surely miss him,” he said.
He extended the Union condolences to all those affected by this loss, praying God grant them the fortitude to bear the loss.
African Games
A milestone as Egypt becomes the first country to get 100 gold medals in African Games
As the curtain is drawn on the 13th African Games in Egypt, the traditional overall winners, have this time hit a milestone.
They have become the first to hit a 100 gold medal mark in the 59 year history of the games.
As at Saturday morning, they have amassed 101 gold medals, 54 more than that of the second placed Nigeria
The biggest star of the Egyptian team is swimmer Marwan Elkamash, who won five gold medals in the men’s 200m, 400m, 800m, 1,500m and 4x200m relays, all in freestyle.
But medal haul is still short that that of his compatriot, Faten Afifi who fished out seven gold medals from the pool.
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