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Sports in Ghana

Index Sports in Ghana

Ghana is a country with a rich heritage in sports. [1]

76 relations: Accra Hearts of Oak S.C., Africa, Africa Cup of Nations, African Games, Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom, Asante Kotoko S.C., Ashanti Region, Association football, Azumah Nelson, Basketball, Black people, Boxing, Bronze medal, CAF Champions League, CAF Confederation Cup, CAF Super Cup, Canada, Confederation of African Football, Cricket, D. G. Hathiramani, Daily Mirror, FIFA U-17 World Cup, FIFA U-20 World Cup, FIFA World Cup, Football, Football team, Ghana, Ghana Football Association, Ghana Football Leagues, Ghana Karate Do Association, Ghana national football team, Ghana national under-20 football team, Ghana Premier League, Ghanaian people, Golf, Hockey, IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Ike Quartey, International Federation of Football History & Statistics, International Ski Federation, Japan, Joshua Clottey, Kumasi, Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, Medal, Nana Konadu, Osaka, Rugby football, Skiing, Slalom skiing, ..., Snow leopard, Sport, Sport of athletics, Sprint (running), Summer Olympic Games, Tennis, Tennis court, The Independent, Vancouver, Vida Anim, Winter Olympic Games, 100 metres, 1952 Summer Olympics, 1970 African Cup of Champions Clubs, 1983 African Cup of Champions Clubs, 1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship, 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship, 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship, 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship, 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, 2000 CAF Champions League, 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship, 2004 CAF Confederation Cup, 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, 2010 FIFA World Cup, 2010 Winter Olympics. Expand index (26 more) »

Accra Hearts of Oak S.C.

Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club, commonly referred to as Hearts of Oak or just Hearts. Hearts of Oak S.C is a professional sports club based in Accra (Greater Accra) Ghana.

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Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent (behind Asia in both categories).

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Africa Cup of Nations

The Total Africa Cup of Nations, officially CAN (Coupe d'Afrique des Nations), also referred to as African Cup of Nations, or AFCON, is the main international association football competition in Africa.

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African Games

The African Games, formally known as the All-Africa Games or the Pan African Games, are a continental multi-sport event held every four years, organized by the African Union (AU) with the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) and the Association of African Sports Confederations (AASC).

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Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom

The men's slalom competition of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Creekside in Whistler, British Columbia, on February 27, 2010.

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Asante Kotoko S.C.

Asante Kotoko Sporting Club, also known as Asante Kotoko or Ashanti Kotoko, is a professional football club from Kumasi, Ashanti.

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Ashanti Region

The Ashanti Region is located in south Ghana and is third largest of 10 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of or 10.2 per cent of the total land area of Ghana.

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Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.

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Azumah Nelson

Azumah Nelson (born 19 July 1958) is a Ghanaian former professional boxer.

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Basketball

Basketball is a team sport played on a rectangular court.

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Black people

Black people is a term used in certain countries, often in socially based systems of racial classification or of ethnicity, to describe persons who are perceived to be dark-skinned compared to other populations.

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Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves, throw punches at each other for a predetermined set of time in a boxing ring.

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Bronze medal

A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc.

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CAF Champions League

The CAF Champions League is an annual continental club football competition run by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

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CAF Confederation Cup

The CAF Confederation Cup, officially named Total CAF Confederation Cup is an international club association football competition run by the Confederation of African Football.

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CAF Super Cup

The CAF Super Cup (also known as African Super Cup or for sponsorhip reasons Total CAF Super Cup) is an annual African association football competition contested between the winners of the Total CAF Champions League and the Total CAF Confederation Cup.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Confederation of African Football

The Confederation of African Football or CAF (Confédération Africaine de Football) is the administrative and controlling body for African association football.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players each on a cricket field, at the centre of which is a rectangular pitch with a target at each end called the wicket (a set of three wooden stumps upon which two bails sit).

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D. G. Hathiramani

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Daily Mirror

The Daily Mirror is a British national daily tabloid newspaper founded in 1903.

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FIFA U-17 World Cup

The FIFA U-17 World Cup, founded as the FIFA U-16 World Championship, later changed to its current name in 2007, is the world championship of association football for male players under the age of 17 organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).

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FIFA U-20 World Cup

The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship for male players under the age of 20, organised by FIFA.

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FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body.

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Football

Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball with a foot to score a goal.

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Football team

A football team is a group of players selected to play together in the various team sports known as football.

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Ghana

Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a unitary presidential constitutional democracy, located along the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean, in the subregion of West Africa.

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Ghana Football Association

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) was the governing body of association football in Ghana from 1957 to 2018, based in Kumasi.

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Ghana Football Leagues

List of Professional Leagues from Ghana under the Globacom Premier League.

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Ghana Karate Do Association

Ghana Karate Do Association it is the largest association for karate in Ghana and a member as well as the official representative for this sport in the Ghana Olympic Committee.

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Ghana national football team

The Ghana national football team represents Ghana in international association football and has done so since the 1950s.

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Ghana national under-20 football team

Ghana national U-20 football team known as the Black Satellites, is considered to be the feeder team for the Ghana national football team.

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Ghana Premier League

The Ghana Premier League is the top professional football division of the football league system in Ghana.

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Ghanaian people

The Ghanaian people are a nationality originating in the Ghanaian Gold Coast.

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Golf

Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.

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Hockey

Hockey is a sport in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.

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IAAF World Championships in Athletics

The IAAF World Championships, commonly referred to as the World Championships in Athletics, is a biennial athletics event organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

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Ike Quartey

Isufu "Ike" Quartey (born 27 November 1969) is a Ghanaian former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2006.

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International Federation of Football History & Statistics

The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) is an organization that chronicles the history and records of association football.

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International Ski Federation

The Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS; English: International Ski Federation) is the world's highest governing body for international winter sports.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Joshua Clottey

Joshua Clottey (born October 6, 1977) is a Ghanaian professional boxer who held the IBF welterweight title from 2008 to 2009.

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Kumasi

Kumasi (historically spelled Comassie or Coomassie and usually spelled Kumase in Twi) is a city in Ashanti Region, and is among the largest metropolitan areas in Ghana.

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Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong

Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong (born 19 December 1974), nicknamed "The Snow Leopard", is a Ghanaian skier and is the first person from Ghana to take part in the Winter Olympics, which he did at the 2010 Winter Olympics Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Medal

A medal or medallion is a small portable artistic object, a thin disc, normally of metal, carrying a design, usually on both sides.

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Nana Konadu

Nana Yaw Konadu Yeboah (born February 15, 1964 in Sunyani, Ghana) is a retired boxer who won World titles in two different weight divisions.

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Osaka

() is a designated city in the Kansai region of Japan.

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Rugby football

Rugby football refers to the team sports rugby league and rugby union.

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Skiing

Skiing can be a means of transport, a recreational activity or a competitive winter sport in which the participant uses skis to glide on snow.

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Slalom skiing

Slalom is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding discipline, involving skiing between poles or gates.

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Snow leopard

The snow leopard or ounce (Panthera uncia) is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia.

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Sport

Sport (British English) or sports (American English) includes all forms of competitive physical activity or games which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants, and in some cases, entertainment for spectators.

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Sport of athletics

Athletics is a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking.

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Sprint (running)

Sprinting is running over a short distance in a limited period of time.

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Summer Olympic Games

The Summer Olympic Games (Jeux olympiques d'été) or the Games of the Olympiad, first held in 1896, is an international multi-sport event that is hosted by a different city every four years.

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Tennis

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles).

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Tennis court

A tennis court is the venue where the sport of tennis is played.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia.

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Vida Anim

Vida Anim (born 7 December 1983 in Accra, Greater Accra) is a Ghanaian sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres.

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Winter Olympic Games

The Winter Olympic Games (Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international sporting event held once every four years for sports practised on snow and ice.

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100 metres

The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions.

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1952 Summer Olympics

The 1952 Summer Olympics (Kesäolympialaiset 1952; Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland, in 1952.

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1970 African Cup of Champions Clubs

The African Cup of Champions Clubs 1970 was the 6th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region (Africa), the African Cup of Champions Clubs.

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1983 African Cup of Champions Clubs

The 1983 African Cup of Champions Clubs was the 19th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region (Africa), the African Cup of Champions Clubs.

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1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship

The 1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship, the fourth edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Florence, Montecatini Terme, Viareggio, Massa, Carrara, and Livorno in Italy between 16 August and 31 August 1991.

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1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship

The 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship, the fifth edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Tokyo, Hiroshima, Kyoto, Kobe, Nagoya, and Gifu City in Japan between 21 August and 4 September 1993.

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1993 FIFA World Youth Championship

The 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Australia for second time from 5 to 20 March 1993.

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1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship

The FIFA U-17 World Championship 1995, the sixth edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Guayaquil, Portoviejo, Quito, Ibarra, Cuenca, and Riobamba in Ecuador between 3 and 20 August 1995.

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1997 FIFA World Youth Championship

The 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship was the 11th staging of the FIFA World Youth Championship.

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2000 CAF Champions League

The CAF Champions League 2000 was won by Hearts of Oak over Espérance.

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2001 FIFA World Youth Championship

The 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Argentina between 17 June and 8 July 2001.

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2004 CAF Confederation Cup

The 2004 CAF Confederation Cup was the first edition of the newly created CAF Confederation Cup.

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2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup

The 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 17th U-20 tournament, which was hosted by Egypt from 24 September to 16 October, in the cities of Cairo, Alexandria, Port Said, Suez and Ismaïlia.

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2010 FIFA World Cup

The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams.

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2010 Winter Olympics

The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games (Les XXIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Vancouver 2010, informally the 21st Winter Olympics, was an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 12 to 28 February 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the surrounding suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University Endowment Lands, and in the nearby resort town of Whistler.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_in_Ghana

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