Bazilian football’s Olympic saviour
Olympic football gold had always eluded Brazil, until Rio 2016 that is, when an inspirational Neymar captained A Seleção to a long-awaited victory over Germany in the final. The Barcelona star sealed the title himself, scoring the winning penalty...
Olympic basketball champion Luis Scola becomes Youth Olympic Ambassador for Buenos Aires 2018
ARGENTINIAN OLYMPIC BASKETBALL CHAMPION LUIS SCOLA WAS ANNOUNCED TODAY BY THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE AS AN AMBASSADOR FOR THE YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES (YOG) BUENOS AIRES 2018.
To mark the announcement, the 37-year-old veteran NBA player joined 300 youngsters at the...
Devers crowned Queen of the sprint
AGAINST THE ODDS
A true champion, Yolanda Gail Devers’ track success came after years of misdiagnosed health problems. The American failed to qualify for the 1988 South Korean Olympics games in Seoul due to symptoms of an enlarged thyroid caused...
Heroic Redmond defies the pain barrier
CHAMPION OF OLYMPIC VALUES
Derek Anthony Redmond didn’t win a medal at the Barcelona Olympics. In fact, the British 400m runner didn’t even make it past the semi-final stage. But it was his determination to finish that will live forever...
Micho quits Uganda post over unpaid wages
Serbian coach Milutin 'Micho' Sredojevic has left his post as Uganda's coach over unpaid wages.
Milutin met Uganda FA (Fufa) officials on Monday over the issue of unpaid wages but the two parties were unable to resolve their differences.
It follows a...
28 players get call up for CHAN qualifier vs Burkina Faso
Twenty-eight players have been invited to the Black Stars ‘B’ camp as they continue preparations for their CHAN qualifying match against Burkina Faso and the upcoming WAFU tournament.
The invited players are expected to report to the team’s training camp...
GH One: Ghana’s chances at the IAAF World Championships
GH One host Samuel Bartels and his panel discuss Ghana's chances at the IAAF World Championships in London 2017 with interviews with Ghana 400m runner Emmanuel Dasor and Ex Ghana long jumper Prof. Andrew Owusu on Monday, 24th July,...
Bolt and Thompson lead Jamaica to IAAF World Championships London 2017
Double Olympic sprint champions Usain Bolt and Elaine Thompson lead a Jamaican squad of 56 to the IAAF World Championships London 2017 from 4-13 August, the JAAA announced.
Both Bolt, the defending 100m and 200m world champion, and Thompson, who took silver...
Jordan Spieth: ‘Tiger Woods made winning look easy … it’s not’
Royal Birkdale (CNN)He bemoaned Tiger Woods for making winning look easy, labeling his countryman's exploits "almost unfair."
And after Sunday's rollercoaster final day at the British Open, newly-crowned champion Jordan Spieth knows just how hard it can be to win a...
GFA admits Puma deal includes ‘financial gains’ for the first time
The Ghana Football Association has admitted for the first time that it has been receiving financial gains from its deal with German Kits manufacturing outfit for the first time in its history.
The GFA was responding to allegations by Atinka...
