African Games
Speculations over Ghana backing out of 2023 African Games hosting
Ghana’s Minister of Youth and Sports Mustapaha Ussif has claimed the Government is committed to hosting the 2023 African Games in the country after fears that they were set to be stripped of the event.
Rumours seem to have started on the Afrinews247 news site earlier this month, but this source has not had a functioning website since Thursday (June 10).
The slow construction of the new stadium in the capital Accra was reported to be the concerning factor.
Ussif has maintained the Government are “working around the clock” to ensure a successful Games, citing President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s promise to hold the event.
“What I want to make clear is that the Government is committed to hosting the African Games in 2023 and we are working around the clock to ensure that we have the best African Games in the history of Africa,” said Ussif during an African Games Technical Committee meeting.
“The President is totally committed and we are putting in place all the need infrastructure to ensure that the teams that will come from all the 54 African countries and the various sporting disciplines that we are going to stage during the competition will have the necessary facilities and the platform to allow the competition to come on.”
The African Games is set to be held in three cities in Ghana – Accra, Kumasi and Cape Coast – but the dates in 2023 are yet to be confirmed.
African Games Technical Committee chairperson Stanley Mutoya claimed that Ussif that ensured them that Ghana had the capacity to host the Games.
He revealed the Committee will assess the country’s “state of capacity to host the Games” this week, with regard to current state of facilities and infrastructure.
“We want to have an interface with our colleagues on the Organising Committee and close ranks by way of induction and orientation so that from now on all systems would go on so that we work smoothly on behalf of member countries to deliver the Games,” he said.
Ghana was awarded the Games back in 2018 ahead of Nigeria and Burkina Faso.
The last African Games were held in Rabat in 2019.
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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