One of the mandates of the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) for the 13th African Games, Ghana 2023, is to organize and host a successful Games in 2023.

Ghana will be hosting 54 African countries and compete in at least 25 disciplines, at the OLYMPIC GAMES OF AFRICA.

Part of the job of the LOC is to make sure Ghana has the BEST team to represent her.

Reks Brobbey, a member of the LOC met 8 years old Chief Quansah Acheampong, who is the Champion in Chess for ALL OF AFRICA in his age category.

Mr. Brobbey said the champion kid and others need to be motivated, inspired and encouraged.

From Sammy Heywood Okine

Joe Dodoo is hoping to relaunch his career with the move back to England

English-born Ghanaian attacker Joe Dodoo has joined League One side Wigan Athletic till the end of the season.

Dodoo returned to England after terminating his contract with Turkish TFF First League Ankara Keçiörengücü in January.

"We are pleased to confirm the signing of forward Joe Dodoo until the end of the 2020-21 campaign," Wigan announced.

"Dodoo, 25, left Turkish club Ankara Keçiörengücü in January after moving to the TFF First League in September," the club added.

The 25-year-old is hoping to relaunch his career with the move back to England after a spell in Scotland and Turkey.

Dodoo, a product of the Leicester Academy, left the 2015/16 English champions in 2016 to join Rangers.

He spent three seasons in Scotland before a short spell with Bolton in 2019.

“It’s good to be here, and I’ll be doing everything I can to help the club stay up, and then hopefully push on to where it belongs,” said Dodoo,

“The club’s obviously going through a very difficult situation, but there’s still plenty of games and plenty of points left to fight for.

“I just want to settle down and enjoy my football, which will hopefully see myself playing my best football. If I’m not playing football, I’m not happy, and being here is perfect for me to be able to do that.”

The tricky winger will wear the No.20 shirt at Wigan.

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The Wisdom Boxing Gym, established in 1993 in Accra is recruiting new boxers.

According to the Gym Administrator, Miss Sarah Asare they are welcoming juveniles, amateurs and professional boxers from the ages of eight and above.

She said training with Coach Ofori Asare who was awarded by SWAG : for his DEDICATION and VARLOUR is something every boxers wish to experience.

Coach Ofori Asare is the only AIBA certified instructor in West Africa, as well as the only 3 star rated coach in Ghana with over 306 international medals from taking the national team, the Black Bombers to tournaments.

In 2016, the sole rep for Ghana boxing at the Rio Olympic Games, Wahid Omar was from Wisdom Gym.

Another boxer from Wisdom, Suleman Tetteh, the skipper of the current Black Bombers is also a ‘son’ of Coach Asare.

In his 5 decades of boxing experience, Asare has trained over 500 boxers including world  and amazing champions like Joseph Agbeko, Patrick Allotey, Habib Ahmed. Lawrence Nyanyo Nmai, the Bastie brothers and many others.

Meanwhile renovation of the gym is going on steadily and the ace international trainer has appealed to corporate bodies for support.

He said the need treadmills and all gym equipment, to make the place one of the best in Africa in terms of equipment.

Last week they were surprised by the Lawrence Nmai led Pro Fighting Factory with the donation of punching bags and pads.

By Sammy Heywood Okine

Young Boxing Champion Joseph Awinongya Jr To Convert To Medicine Practice

Joseph Awinongya Jr the exciting young fighter with 7 national boxing championships to his name has announced that he would like to become a nurse practitioner once he hangs his gloves up. He has already moved a step closer to his dream after being nominated for the Joliet Chamber Scholarship award.

Joseph Awinongya Jr has become one of the most exciting young boxers in recent times. The accomplished boxing prodigy who has received several honors over the years including being honored by USA Boxing, Illinois Association for becoming the 2020 National Silver Gloves Champion wanted to share some exciting news with his fans.

He has already taken the boxing world by storm and continue to make his family and fans proud.

On his future, the sensation wants to turn to medicine, after seeing the brave fight by nurses and doctors against the COVID19 Pandemic and seeing how the medical profession helps children who have contracted HIV at no fault of their own, wants to become a Nurse Practitioner. 

The 13-year-old boxer who was recently admitted as an Early Entry College Student at Joliet Junior College has moved one step closer to his dreams, by becoming one of the most written about boxers of his generation.

He is currently on a scholarship search and has been nominated for the Joliet Chamber Scholarship award.

Joseph Awinongya Jr. has become an inspiration to young people, and hopes this news will encourage other young people to follow their dreams. Since the news broke, the boxer has received a great deal of support from his fans.

Some fans have commented that the young boxer continues to break the mold, and this latest news will help others to follow in his steps.

Although Joseph Awinongya Jr is concentrating on his studies and his future in medicine, it does not mean he has taken his eye off the ball for the 2028 Olympics. Joseph Awinongya Jr aims to win big at the 2028 Olympics and go on to win World titles before using his magic hands in the medicine world.

About Joseph Awinongya Jr

Joseph Awinongya Jr is a 7x National Champion, 2x Jr Olympic Champion, 1x USA Boxing Champion, 2x Silver Gloves National Champion.

From Sammy Heywood Okine

Ghanaian boxer Isaac Dogboe is already scheming up a revengeful comeback fight against Mexican ring warrior Emmanuel Navarrete.

Navarrete, a two-weight world champion, having held the WBO featherweight title since October 2020 and the WBO junior featherweight title from 2018 to July 2020, has already beaten the Accra-born boxer twice.

But, those two heavy losses is not stopping the British-Ghanaian from dreaming of a third fight against Navarrete who has been ranked as the world’s second best active featherweight by renowned boxing ranking outlet BoxRec.

Dogboe is drawing his inspiration from Azumah Nelson – African’s all-time greatest boxer, as he remains unwilling to give up that dream. Azumah, who is a WBO hall of famer, fought Australia’s Jeff Fenech three times though the orthodox boxer won twice unlike Dogboe who has already lost twice against the Mexican.

In a live interview with GhOne Television Dogboe explained why he remains focused on fighting Navarrete for the third time and revealed how he intends to get there.

“Obviously Navarrete is my nemesis like a demon that refuses to go out of your head and has been my toughest opponent since my professional career began,” he explained during the interview.

“Navarrete is one person that before I retire from boxing, I have to fight. It will happen, I’ve moved up to the featherweight division, he’s now the featherweight World Champion so there’s no doubt, it will happen when I become mandatory, he can’t deny me,” he added.

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The World Arab Boxing Championship will take place in Moscow, Russia from April 21 to May 1m 2021 with the expectation of many African athletes and officials to participate.

It is an unprecedented sporting event which is currently being organized in Russia. During the month of April, the attractions will turn to the turn of Arab Boxing. Originally scheduled for last January and postponed for reasons related to the health crisis linked to COVID-19, the world championship of the discipline will this time take place at the end of April.

Eric ELLA BEKALE, President of the African Federation of Arab Boxing (FABA) and Vice-President of the International Federation of Arab Boxing (FIBA)  confirmed the participation of African countries.

This global competition will also mobilize hundreds of journalists from all continents. African athletes will cross the gloves with the best challengers from other continents. The principle being of two combatants per country (a man and a lady), of the 50 African countries approached for this participation, 38 have already confirmed their presence in Moscow.

In Ghana, the president of the Kickboxing Association, Raja Owusu Ansah says he is happy that there are more competitions for athletes to compete, and the competition will bring the best out of the participants.

From Sammy Heywood Okine

Daniel Owusu (in a black shirt) and Forson Amankwah (in a white shirt)

Austrian giants, Red Bull Salzburg have completed the signing of Ghanaian duo Daniel Owusu and Forson Amankwah.

The teenagers spent their developmental years at West Africa Football Academy (WAFA) and have been signed by the Austrian club in a move that sees them take a step further in their football career.

“We have hired two talents from Ghana. Daniel Owusu (in a black shirt) and Forson Amankwah (in a white shirt) will each sign until 2025,” a statement from Red Bull Salzburg has announced.

Forson Amankwah, 18, has joined Salzburg on a five-year contract and will spend the remainder of the 2020/2021 football season on loan at FC Liefering.

Daniel Owusu, also 18, has signed a contract until May 31, 2025, and will move to SV Horn for the remainder of the ongoing season.

The midfielder and attacker have displayed great potential in the last few years and expected to continue their development after moving to Austria.

The 2021 OA Special Invitational Golf Championship will tee-off at the Tema Country Golf Course on Saturday, February 13.

Mr Kwadwo Antwi Boateng, the General Manager of the Tema Country Golf Club said about 120 golfers were expected to participate in the competition which commemorates with the birthday of Mr. Felix Owusu-Adjapong, a former Minister of State.

He expressed that the one-day event which is being sponsored by VOLTIC Mineral Water and Frontier MSS Limited, will be played in Men’s Scratch, Group ‘A’ and ‘B’, Seniors 65 years and above as well as Elders 75 years and above.

Mr Boateng said the qualification for Men was Handicap 25 and above while the Ladies was pegged at Handicap 31.

Among the golfers who are expected to be seen in action would include Christopher Mbii, Prince Egyiri, Tei Lartey-Gberbie, E.A. Akafo and Felix Akuamoah.

The Seniors category would also witness stiff opposition from Tony Anim Boateng, Joshua Peprah, Joy Arkutu and Adelaide Owusu-Adjapong.

The Professional’s category would tee-off on Friday, February 12 and ends on Saturday, February 13.

Three prizes would be awarded in each category while there will also be consolation prizes for the ‘Longest Drive’ and ‘Closest to the Pin’.

Augustine Manasseh would be defending the trophy he won last year.

All the Covid-19 safety protocols including the washing with soap under running water, the wearing of nose masks, and the social distancing will be observed.]

From Sammy Heywood Okine

Ghana international Richmond Boakye Yiadom, 28 has moved to Polish Ekstraklasa side, Gornik Zabrze.

The former Juventus attacker after seeing out his contract with Red Star Belgrade at the end of 2020 agreed to end his stay at the Serbian club to pursue a different challenge elsewhere.

After successful talks between representatives of the Richmond player and officials, he joined Gornik Zabrze for the rest of the 2020/2021 football season.

“Richmond Boakye became the new footballer of Górnik from Zabrze. The Ghana national forward has a contract with the club binding at least until the end of the current season,” the Polish outfit announced on Tuesday.

Gornik Zabrze becomes the 10th club Red Star Belgrade has played in his professional career.

Some of the teams he featured for are Atalanta, Genoa, Jiangsu Suning, Elche, Sassuolo, and others.

From Sammy Heywood Okine

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has agreed a two-year partnership deal with Kasapreko Company Limited as an official partner of the senior national team, the Black Stars.

The relationship commenced on February 1, 2021 and will see the ‘Awake’ brand of the company as the “Official Water Partner of the Black Stars”.

According to the partnership agreement, the company will provide the Black Stars with Awake Purified Mineral Water throughout the duration of the contract.

The Company is also expected to provide some cash support to the GFA. The sponsorship Agreement is subject to renewal after January 31, 2023.

Awake Mineral Water is a leading mineral water producer and is known for its partnership and support for the Health sector. This charitable objective of the company resonates well with the Football for Good policy of the Ghana Football Association.

Awake Purified Drinking Water is available in 19litres, 1.5litres, 750ml, 500ml and 330ml and it is available in all marts and shopping centres across Ghana.

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