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As part of preparations for the 2026 Commonwealth Games, the national boxing teams of Ghana and Nigeria will face each other in an international friendly in Accra. …
Ghana to face Nigeria in a friendly ahead of Commonwealth GamesJoy Online
… In 2026, the World Relays, African Athletics Champions ( to be hosted by Ghana), and the Commonwealth Games, are the main events on the calendar, and per checks, featured in the program plan and budgetary request made to the government. …
Hindsight: How Ghana’s relay team was sabotaged by Sports Ministry and Ghana AthleticsThe Ghanaian Times
Five-time Olympic champion, Elaine Thompson-Herah, aims to have ‘fun’ after confirming she will defend her Commonwealth 100m and 200m titles at Glasgow 2026. …
Thompson-Herah sets Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games targetJoy Online
Ghanaian businesses, entrepreneurs and creatives are being urged to seize major trade and investment opportunities at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow through the Africa Town Pavilion, a Pan-African commercial and cultural hub expected to attract more than 2.5 million visit …
Africa Town Pavilion opens 2.5 million-visitor trade window for Ghana at 2026 Commonwealth GamesJoy Online
… With this achievement, Addai has earned direct qualification to represent Ghana at the upcoming 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. …
Hayford Addai clinches second gold at Rabat Grand Prix ahead of Commonwealth GamesOn the second day of his nine-day Caribbean visit, King Charles joined dancers at the Junkanoo cultural carnival in the Bahamas, carrying maracas and dancing amid the parade. The lighter moment followed his earlier speech acknowledging the historical pain of the slave trade.
28 October 2026 · Joy Online →
On the second day of his nine-day Caribbean visit, King Charles joined dancers at the Junkanoo cultural carnival in the Bahamas, carrying maracas and dancing amid the parade. The lighter moment followed his earlier speech acknowledging the historical pain of the slave trade.
28 October 2026 · Joy Online →
The Ghana Tennis Federation commended wheelchair tennis players at the Ga Mantse Tennis Tournament, where Bernard Yawson won the men's title and Stacy Konadu Mensah won the women's title. The Federation called for corporate and institutional sponsorship to enable Ghanaian wheelchair tennis players to compete internationally and qualify for the 2028 Paralympic Games in Los Angeles.
27 October 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
Ghana's three boxers — Amadu Mohammed, Ebenezer Ankrah, and Joseph Commey — have drawn byes on the opening day of the 2026 IBA Africa Elite Championships in Kinshasa, DRC. The tournament has attracted a record 171 boxers, the highest participation in the history of Africa's premier boxing event.
22 October 2026 · Joy Online →
Commonwealth 200m champion Sinesipho Dambile says being compared to Usain Bolt is a privilege and he enjoys the pressure that comes with it. The 24-year-old South African has had a breakthrough season, setting a personal best of 19.74 seconds at a June Diamond League meeting and winning Commonwealth gold in Birmingham in July.
15 October 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
Former Deputy Sports Minister Pius Hadzide says his International Games Committee had no mandate to arrange journalists' visas in the 2018 Australian visa scandal, and that the Commonwealth Games Association handled accreditation through an online portal.
13 October 2026 · Joy Online →
Former Deputy Sports Minister Pius Enam Hadzide says signed letters and admissions of payment provide grounds for the NPP's criticism of Sports Minister Kofi Adams and suspended National Sports Authority boss Yaw Ampofo Ankrah over a 2026 World Cup visa controversy in which more than $623,000 was allegedly collected from prospective travellers for visa assistance, with some applicants receiving neither visas nor interview appointments.
12 October 2026 · Joy Online →
Former Deputy Sports Minister Pius Hadzide has questioned the establishment of a secretariat at the National Sports Authority and an appointment he says falls outside the authority's organisational structure, citing alleged payments and official correspondence between the Sports and Recreation Ministry, Foreign Affairs Ministry, and an embassy in connection with the 2026 World Cup visa controversy.
12 October 2026 · Joy Online →
Former Deputy Sports Minister Pius Enam Hadzide has challenged the description of the 2018 Australia visa affair as a scandal, arguing that no one has publicly identified him as receiving funds for Commonwealth Games travel. He says he was suspended over the controversy but was later exonerated and reinstated, and contends that time should now bring clarity rather than the incident remaining on the Sports Ministry's list of scandals.
12 October 2026 · Joy Online →
The Ghana Olympic Committee has appointed veteran sports administrator Richmond Quarcoo as Chef de Mission for Ghana's delegation to the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Quarcoo, a former athlete and coach with decades of sports administration experience across national, continental and international assignments, is currently President of the Ghana Squash Association and has previously served in leadership roles at multiple sports organisations including the Ghana Table Tennis Association and Ghana Triathlon Association.
30 September 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
Ghana's National Paralympic Committee has begun detailed preparations for the 2028 Paralympic Games in Los Angeles, attending the LA28 National Paralympic Committee Open Days to examine issues including entry documentation, accommodation, accessibility, transport, ticketing, and ceremonies. NPC Ghana President Samson Deen urged African Paralympic bodies to plan every aspect of an athlete's journey well before the Games.
30 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana's National Sports Authority Director General Yaw Ampofo Ankrah acknowledged that sporting authorities failed to adequately support athletes at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, where the nation won two medals. He cited logistical shortfalls including boxers sharing equipment and called for better engagement with athletes and coaches rather than imposing decisions on them.
18 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana's contingent to the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow faced logistical and welfare failures including late airline tickets without luggage allowance, competition kits arriving after events, and athletes departing without being informed of per diem or medal bonus amounts. Ranking Member of Parliament's Committee on Youth and Sports Vincent Ekow Assafuah has demanded accountability from the Ministry of Sports and Recreation, citing what he describes as "a troubling pattern of administrative failure, financial uncertainty and disregard for the welfare of Ghanaian athletes."
13 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana's boxing head coach Ofori Asare blamed inadequate logistical support for the team's poor performance at the Commonwealth Games, revealing that boxers were forced to share competition equipment including gloves, boots and shorts. Ghana won only one bronze medal in boxing at the Games.
6 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Police Scotland is investigating reports that several athletes, including four Ugandan boxers and one Pakistani boxer, failed to return with their delegations from the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. According to one of the Ugandan boxers, the group planned to seek asylum in Scotland to pursue boxing careers with access to better training facilities.
6 August 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
Several athletes have gone missing after competing at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, with Police Scotland receiving reports of athletes "unaccounted for." Four members of the Ugandan boxing squad did not return home, with reports indicating they intended to seek asylum in Scotland.
5 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Three members of Team Ghana—para-athlete Zinabu Issah, boxer Daniel Plange, and boxer Precious Akai Nettey—have reportedly gone missing following the conclusion of the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. Team Ghana officials are making efforts to locate the athletes.
4 August 2026 · Daily Guide →
Team Ghana earned two medals at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow: Zinabu Issah won silver in the women's T57 shot put and Amadu Mohammed claimed bronze in men's 55kg boxing. The Ghana Olympic Committee and Commonwealth Games Association Ghana praised the athletes' courage, resilience and determination.
4 August 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
The 2026 Commonwealth Games concluded in Glasgow on Sunday with a closing ceremony, after 11 days of competition. The Games baton was officially passed to Amdavad 2030 (formerly Ahmedabad), with Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, declaring the event closed.
4 August 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
Ghana's men's 4x100m relay team, initially promoted to bronze after Canada's disqualification, dropped back to fourth place when Canada's protest was upheld at Glasgow 2026. The Ghanaian quartet's 38.13-second finish ended a potential 52-year wait for a Commonwealth Games relay medal in the event.
3 August 2026 · Daily Guide →
Boxing officials have called on the National Sports Authority and Ghana Sports Fund to increase investment in grassroots sports, arguing that Ghana's long-term international success depends on developing young talent from an early age through a structured athlete development system.
3 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana's men's 4x100m relay team was stripped of a bronze medal at Glasgow 2026 after Canada successfully appealed its initial disqualification, dropping Ghana from third to fourth place. The result ends Ghana's 52-year wait for a Commonwealth Games relay medal, with the team clocking 38.13 seconds in the final.
3 August 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
Bantamweight boxer Amadu Mohammed won Ghana's second medal at the 2026 Commonwealth Games with a bronze in the men's 55kg boxing competition in Glasgow. The reigning African Games champion lost a 4-1 split decision to Australia's Dixon Jye in the semi-final.
3 August 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
Ghana's men's 4x100m relay team was stripped of a bronze medal at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games after Canada successfully overturned its initial disqualification, returning the medal to Nigeria and restoring Australia's gold and Canada's silver. The reversal denied Ghana what would have been its first Commonwealth Games podium finish in the men's 4x100m relay since 1974, ending hopes of breaking a 52-year medal drought in the event.
1 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Wheelchair racing legend Raphael Botsyo Nkegbe has called on the government to shift its sports funding model from post-competition bonuses to pre-competition investment, proposing that Ghana invest $9,000 in his preparation and offer $1,000 if he wins gold. Botsyo argues that para-athletes need support for quality training, specialized equipment, sports science, and international exposure to compete effectively at world level.
1 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana's 17-year-old para-athletics sprinter Hayford Addai clocked a lifetime best of 10.99 seconds to finish fifth in the Men's 100m T47 final at Glasgow 2026, becoming the first Ghanaian T47 sprinter to officially break the 11-second barrier.
31 July 2026 · Daily Guide →
Emmanuel Eseme of Cameroon won the men's 100m final at Glasgow 2026 with a time of 9.83 seconds, breaking the Commonwealth Games record and securing Cameroon's first-ever podium finish in the men's 100m event.
30 July 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
Ghanaian boxer Desmond Pappoe withdrew from his quarter-final bout at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow after failing a fitness test due to a shoulder injury. In a separate development, Ghana's Benjamin Azamati finished seventh in the men's 100m final, clocking 10.11 seconds.
30 July 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
Ghana's Precious Akai Nettey lost a unanimous decision to Mauritius's Marvin Clair in the men's Light Middleweight quarter-final at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, ending his medal hopes.
29 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana's Desmond Pappoe has withdrawn from the men's 80kg quarter-final contest against Joshua Ofori after medical tests revealed a right shoulder fracture sustained in his previous bout. Ofori will advance automatically to the semi-final as a result.
29 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Hayford Addai will represent Ghana in the Men's 100m T47 Final at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. With a personal best of 11.09 seconds from the 2026 Dubai World Para Athletics Grand Prix, Addai ranks sixth on the entry list and is within striking distance of leading medal contenders in what is expected to be one of the fastest T47 finals in Commonwealth Games history.
29 July 2026 · Joy Online →