Prince "Octopus" Dzanie has signed a 3-year promotional contract with Salita Promotions syndicate in the United States.

The Salita Promotions was established in 2010 and bankrolled by former welterweight boxer Dmitriy Salita.

The undefeated Ghanaian super bantamweight boxer has over the years been managed by Alex Ntiamoah-Boakye’s BoxOffice management and promotional syndicate.

"I'm very elated about this new contract. This is what I have been waiting for, its time to move on" Dzanie said.

"I'm grateful to Alex for his support over the years since 2012 till date. I believe that it is time to move on to face more tough challenges in my journey to becoming a world champion" he added.

Dzanie was scouted by VMS management and TMM Sport Promotions all  based in the United States with Vinny Scolpino and Emmanuel Addo as managers respectively.

Within the three years Salita Promotions commits to getting Prince Dzanie into the rating across the four major sanctioning bodies and a world title shot.

"We are happy to get Prince Dzanie to our stable" Communication director of Salita Promotions.

"We are ready to create the space to pave way to make Prince a world champion. We first wanna get him good fights to get him in the ranking." He added.

The deal will see the former Olympian have shows televised on television networks including Showtime, HBO, ESPN, Spike TV, Universal Sports Network, UFC Fight Pass, DAZN, ESPN+.

The Ukrainian-American young promoter Salita has in his stable undisputed welterweight world Champion female category, Claressa Shields, heavyweight prospects Otto Wallin and  Jarrell "Big Baby" Miller, Vladimir Shishkin and a host of others.

2008 Olympian and Ghanaian Super bantamweight prospect Dzanie (21-0, 17 KOs), will  join the likes of Claressa Shields, Otto Wallin, Jarrell Miller, Vladimir Shishkin but more importantly, he will meet at the stable another undefeated UK based super bantamweight boxer, Thomas Patrick Ward who is currently ranked 7 and 14 by the IBF and WBC respectively.

From Sammy Heywood Okine

Ghana’s Benjamin Azamati will participate in the 200m race of the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo, sprinting with a new record.

Azamati continued his sterling outdoor season in a dominant style in the Lone Star Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Texas over the weekend.

The new sprint sensation has already qualified for the 100m and 4×100 m events at the upcoming Olympics.

The Ghanaian sprinter broke another NCAA Division II record on Saturday as the  Buffs won their first Lone Star Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championship in program history.

Azamati is now the 200m NCAA DII record holder as the freshman ran a wind legal (1.1) 20.13s to break Bryan Bridgewater’s record of 20.15s set back on May 30, 1992. It also broke the LSC, the LSC meet and school record and ranks him fourth among all collegiate runners.

More importantly, his 200m time also qualifies him for the Olympic games in that event and ranks him number 2 in Ghana’s all-time 200m list, behind record holder Joseph Paul Amoah (20.08s) and ahead of Emmanuel Tuffour (20.15s).

In the 100m, Azamati became the first Buff to win the event since 2013 as he crossed the finish line in 10.07s, .23 seconds ahead of J.T. Smith of Texas A&M-Commerce.  Fellow Desmond Aryee finished fifth in a time of 10.54s to pick up four points. The 22-year old had clocked 10.03s in the heats.

He holds Ghana’s 100m record at 9.97s

From Sammy Heywood Okine

A number of companies have donated to families of the victims of the Accra stadium disaster and other vulnerable groups on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the historic incident.

Interplast, Sunda, PJS Group, Conserveria Ghana all donated through Mr. Herbert Mensah, Chairman of the May 9 Foundation.

May 9 2021 marks 20 years since the Accra sports stadium disaster claimed the lives of 126 Ghanaians in a stampede caused by police tear gas during a game between Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Ashanti Kotoko at the Accra sports stadium.

Although no official has been held responsible and accountable over the period of 20 years for the disaster, the families of the victims of the stadium disaster have had to pay the full price of single parenthood, economic hardships, pain of loss and neglect from friends, family and the government.

Based on the feelings of empathy for the suffering of the families of the victims, Herbert Mensah who was chairman of Kotoko at the time of the disaster set up the May 9 Foundation through which he has given support over the years for some families of the several victims.

The May 9 Foundation initially focused on supporting families of the victims, but the organization has now expanded its scope of support to flood victims, fire victims, persons living with disabilities, children in need of surgery and many more.

As part of their corporate social responsibilities, Melcom, Interplast, and others have given support to vulnerable groups such as people living with disabilities, fire victims and flood victims through the May 9 foundation in the form of products and cash donations worth several thousands of Ghana cedes.

The 20th anniversary of the disaster will witness the formal launch of the May 9 Foundation as a full-blown charity and a photo book that captures the image stories of the activities of the May 9 Foundation for the past 20 years.

From Sammy Heywood Okine

The Ghana Football Association (GFA), Sports Ministry (MOYS), National Sports Authority (NSA) and some Ghana Premier League clubs have marked the 20th anniversary of the May 9th disaster with a commemoration service at the Accra Sports Stadium.

The unfortunate but incident occurred on Wednesday May 9, 2001 at the Accra Sports Stadium where 127 football fans died after a stampede at the ground.

The incident happened during a league match between Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko when spectators had to scramble their way out of the ground as they sought relief from tear gas canisters that were being fired at them by police officers seeking to control angry spectators.

Speaking to the media, the Sports Minister, Mustapha Ussif urged spectators to have ‘zero tolerance’ of fan hooliganism at league centers.

“Today is a solemn occasion which marks a dark day in the history of football in Ghana and African football,” he said.

“We will never forget this day. As we mark today, we have to keep in mind the lessons we have learnt out of this carnage that happened 20 years ago.

“Sports is the foundation which peace and harmony is built but on that day, we missed our mark and acted wrongly and the effect is the unimaginable national tragedy.

“The greatest tribute we can give to the departed is for all stakeholders to continue to join hands and ensure that never again should we witness this kind of event. There has been a significant improvement in maintaining sanity during matches but scores of hooliganism in recent times are disturbing.

“We cannot commemorate this every year and still record cases of hooliganism even if they are in isolated cases. It is incumbent on all of us to aggressively pursue and ensure zero tolerance of fan hooliganism in the country which is the only way to truly pay tribute to our departed brothers and sisters,” he concluded.

Speaking at the commemoration event, the Vice President of the GFA Mark Addo said almost all the children of the victims of the May 9 disaster have been taken care of through the May 9 Disaster Fund which was set up to provide relief for the families of the deceased.

“This morning, the Minister for Youth and Sports and I had a conversation with Christopher Annan, the administrator to the Board of Trustees of the May 9 Disaster Fund and he informed us that out of the 148 children who were supposed to be taken care of, almost all of them, in terms of their mandate have been able to complete senior high school with many of them in the tertiary school, some being doctors and a few with a PhD.”

“From the perspective of the GFA, we have improved on the brand of football in Ghana, we will continue to put in place structures that will help minimize and educate people about the essence of the game which is centred on love and not violence. It is a painful sight when we see the few cases of hooliganism in the various divisions of football. These things must stop and that is rightfully our theme for this year.”

Mr Christopher Annan, Secretary to the Board of Trustees of the May 9 Disaster Fund, said his outfit had been able to cater for the educational needs of 100 children of the victims, with 48 others at the various stages of completion of their education.

He explained that the mandate of the fund could only be over when the last child of the deceased completed senior high school by age 21.

“The core mandate of the fund was to cater for the educational needs of the children left behind by the victims and as I speak to you, we have been able to deal with 100 of them, with 48 at various stages of completing their education,” Mr Annan said.

The Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations, Senegal 2021 kicked off on Friday afternoon following the launch of the competition in Thiès, Senegal.

The final tournament will be played between 23-29 May 2021 in Saly, Thiès, Senegal.

On Friday, Senegal government and football officials launched the festivities leading up to 23 May – the opening day of the competition.

At a press conference of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) in Thiès, Governor Mamadou Moustapha Ndao told the media that preparations are on track for the Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations.

The governor had earlier called a meeting with key stakeholders involved in the organisation to ensure synergy in the planning.

“We are working very hard to ensure that we are prepared for this. This includes the meeting we held recently which discussed a lot of things relating to security, hygiene, layout of the site where the competition is to take place and also to the reception and accommodation of all the delegations.”

“There was a firm commitment to work hard and ensure that teams can compete in good conditions.”

Apart from Senegal, which enjoys the status of host country of the tournament and title holder, seven other teams will take part in the Beach Soccer AFCON notably Egypt, Morocco, Tanzania, Seychelles, DR Congo, Uganda and Mozambique.

The Vice-President of the Local Organizing Committee Oumar Gueye Ndiaye, gave a briefing on the technical state of readiness including the construction of the Beach Soccer stadium and the requirements of CAF.

From Sammy Heywood Okine

The Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA) is set to introduce a new competition for women football.

The competition dubbed ‘First Lady’s Cup’ has had all the necessary arrangements completed by the welfare body of the association.

According to a statement from Ghalca sighted by Kyfilla.com, the competition has been agreed by the Executive Council and sanctioned by the Ghana Football Association.

Ghalca has also tasked ex officio member, Anita Wiredu-Minta to liaise with the appropriate authorities for the implementation of the competition.

The competition, according to a statement from Ghalca, is being supported by the first lady of the republic Rebecca Akufo-Addo as well as the Ghana Football Association.

The Ghana football Association (GFA) is pleased to announce that, the balloting process for the round of thirty-two (32) for the 2021 Women’s FA Cup will be held on Monday, May 10, 2021 at the StarTimes studio at 3pm.

Sixteen (16) Division One Clubs and sixteen (16) premier league clubs across the country will be competing at this stage of the competition.

The clubs have been grouped on zonal basis to reduce travelling time, cost and facilitate more local derbies for the round of 32 Stage.

The women’s FA Cup was introduced in 2016 and was gearing up for a third season before football got briefly suspended. It involves clubs in the women’s Division one who are regionally based, and all participating clubs in the Women’s premier league.

Police Ladies lifted the first edition in 2016 before Prisons Ladies annexed it in 2017. The return of the competition in 2021 promises much excitement with the unveiling a new logo and some division one clubs making their very first appearance.

Source GFA

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Sarah Apew is one of Ghana's finest female boxers.

She attended Worawora Senior High School, and loves cooking and sports.

She is a member of the Sea View Boxing Club at James Town in the care of Coach Randy.

Her ambition is to become the  greatest female boxer in Ghana, targeting the African Games, Commonwealth and Olympic Games.

Her best moment is when is with her family.

According to Sarah, she chose boxing because she has the passion for it.

Her idols are herself and her mom.

Though she has not got a manager or sponsor she has kept her focus on becoming a super star, and waiting on any good person or company.

Her message  for Ghanaians is that they should look up to the up coming female champion who is about to shake the world with her skill.

She started boxing at the age of 18, but has been a sports girl throughout affter her parents gave her the blessing.

She has one sister, and as the first person to start boxing in the family, she wants to do it well and big as a continental and world champion.

By Sammy Heywood Okine

Dr. Henry Manly-Spain, a businessman who is seeking to be elected President of the Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA) has disclosed that the nation can reap much from Sports Tourism.

Speaking to Yours Truly in an exclusive interview, he said the 10 world champions that Ghana has produced is an attraction and people all over the world can come to see them or how they became champions.

He expressed that the boxing gyms scattered in Accra are all tourism attractions just like the Bukom Boxing Arena, the beaches and night life in the city.

According to Dr. Manly-Spain, Ghana can host world boxing championships and conventions because the nation has the facilities and very creative people.

He noted that boxing has put Ghana’s name high in world sports, so the government has the right to support the GBA and its programmes.

He promised to put in place plans and structures to give Ghana more world champions as the world championship is the ultimate in the game.

Dr. Manly-Spain said Ghana Boxing needs to be branded visibly, and all people involved in boxing will be proud.

He said the boxing fraternity needs someone who can push financially, even when government is delaying and he is prepared.

“Boxing Tourism can bring Ghana huge revenue, and we will work towards it” he assured.

He promised to work closely with the Ministry of Tourism and other allied institutions to make lives of people in boxing comfortable.

He called on the media to support boxing just like they do to football.

His campaign message is total progress, competence and transformation.

By Sammy Heywood Okine