John ‘Expensive Boxer’ Laryea To Take Part In 2023 Millennium Marathon

John ‘Expensive Boxer’ Laryea of the Bronx Boxing Gym will take part in 2023 Millennium Marathon.

Speaking to Yours Truly after collecting his running vest, he encouraged other sportsmen and wo,en to join in the race for fun and excellence.

He said he can not win but will so well and in case his luck shines he will drive home the Nissan car at stake for the raffle draw.

John Abaja Laryea who is two times WBO Africa Featherweight champion said he has a big fight coming up very soon, and he will use the race to test his stamina and win more fans.

With an unbeaten record, he believes in himself as the next world champion from Ghana.

He advised sportsmen and women to be disciplined and take training serious, but have time also for fun and socialization.

he is managed by Sammy Anim Addo, CEO of Baby Jet Asamoah Gtan Foundation 

By Sammy Heywood Okine

Ghana Boxing Federation national teams, Black Bombers and Hitters have began residential camping at the Trust Sports Emporium hostel and gym.

They are preparing for next month's Africa 2024 Olympic Games qualifiers in Dakar, Senegal.

The Black Bombers will be boasted with UK based heavyweight, Freezy Macbones and US based female boxer Ornella Sathoud.

Also expected in the camp is 2020 Tokyo Games Bronze medalist, Samuel Takyi aka the Ring Warrior.

According to the Vice President of the GBF, Dauda Fuseni, the camping atmosphere is not bad and it is very good that they are together at one place and very close to the gym.

He called on Ghanaians to motivate the team so that they can once again win for the nation.

He was happy that the medical / health conditions of the boxers are also checked to present a very strong and powerful side.

By Sammy Heywood Okine

When searching for your favorite brands or celebrities on Google, you have probably noticed that many have a panel dedicated to their name or brand on the right-hand side of the first results page with a unique subtitle under its name to describe the brand or celebrity’s profession. This is called a Google Knowledge Panel.

Think of it as an overview of a brand, but one that appears at the top of Google search!

Having one could not only benefit you in terms of increasing your discovery on Google, it can also really help to improve your overall brand reputation and perception and getting one is typically the decision of google and its algorithm and when a brand is given one it is because of their authority and credibility over the years.

It was noticed that, Samuel Kwame Boadu, one of the top digital marketers in Ghana’s subtitle was changed from an Entrepreneur to a Digital Marketer, which makes him the first in Ghana to have such subtitle. Digital Marketers like Kwadwo Sheldon, Edward Asare, Zion Felix , Gh Kwaku, etc all use subtitles like Youtubers, Bloggers etc. because its rare and difficult to attain the title “Digital Marketer” beneath your name.

Samuel Kwame Boadu, who has being a Digital Marketing Consultant for brands like Priority Insurance Company Limited, Kofikrom Pharmacy Limited, Ghana National Chamber of Pharmacy, Coco Vanilla Restaurant, Berry Ladies Football Club etc. is one of the most sort after Corporate Digital Marketer in Ghana now and this is a huge milestone for him as a brand and his business, SamBoad Business Group Limited.

In the case of personal or branded panels, Google decides if the person or the brand deserves a knowledge panel. If the person or the brand possesses enough authority, a knowledge panel will show up and for the subtitle, suggestion can be made but the profession “Digital Marketer” is rarely given

Knowledge panels are a type of rich result in the search results pages of Google. They show information about a particular entity or brand you search for. It is like a quick preview of information. Examples of these entities include people, countries, businesses, etc. The panel shows up on the right side of your screen in the desktop search results with the brand’s social media profiles beneath

A knowledge panel is useful if you want to be found for search terms such as your business or brand name, which you typically want to. If Google decides to display your business or brand in this panel, you will pretty much dominate the desktop search results on the screen’s right side.

Google knowledge panels are a fantastic asset to have in search results as they help users discover your business. If you earn a knowledge panel, you get to increase the trustworthiness and authority of your business. It not only helps you generate more business but also gives you an edge over your competitors and with years of experience and authority in the name “SamBoad” or “Samuel Kwame Boadu”, it is no surprise that Samuel Kwame Boadu becomes the first in Ghana to get such subtitle from Google

From Sammy Heywood Okine

All set for 'Boxing For Education Fundraiser ' at Accra Sports Stadium

After a successful weigh in session at the Wisdom Boxing Gym, all is set for the special promotion being staged by Wisdom Boxing Promotions in collaboration with Making Learning Happen (MLH) at the Accra Sports Stadium on Saturday, August 26, 2023.

Business executive turned boxer, Abubakar Sulemana, a product of Mfantsipim School will face unbeaten promising star, Haruna Mohammed in a Heavyweight bout for the main fight on the packed bill.

Both boxers promised of a good fight, but Haruna assured of an early knock out, while Abu Sulemana urged fans to come and support him to raise funds to construct desks and chairs for two million kids in schools all over Ghana.

The CEO of Making Learning Happen (MLH) said this is a fight to create jobs for education and making life better for others in deprived areas. He expressed that there would be other activities to raise funds for the project.

The President of the Ghana Boxing Authority(GBA) Mr. Abraham Neequaye who was at the Press Conference and Weigh in pledged full support for the project to support education through sports  and urged corporate Ghana to contribute to the initiative. He was accompanied by his executive board members including first Vice Rabon Dodoo, second Vice Roger Barnor, Alhaji Toffik, Mr.Annan, Oblitei Commey and Mr. Michael Tetteh aka Golden Mike.

In the undercards, Paul Sackey takes on John Plange in a Light heavyweight contest, Adjei Clinton takes on Richard Ashong  in a Cruiserweight fray and Sampson Jarah against Ishmael Ankrah in a Super Middleweight contest.

2018 Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Jessie Lartey will clash with Daniel Kotey in a Welterweight bout, Senegal boxer Mouhammed Abdalah Diallo will make his professional debut against Ghanaian Sangotu Denjie in a Super Lightweight contest.

Emmanuel Sackey will meet Emmanuel Quartey in a Super Featherweight contest.

Abdul Aziz Seidu fights Lveyi Abibu in a Super Bantamweight clash, Samuel Martei Laryea takes on John Oblitey Commey in another Super Bantamweight clash while Arnold Addo faces Daniel Otoo in the same weight clash.

Shakul Samed, the Tokyo 2020 Olympian also fights on the bill against Boateng Agyemang Prempeh, while veteran Raymond Commey shows his experience against Robert Nunoo.

Olivera Welbeck of the Wisdom Boxing Gym will also fight an opponent yet to be named.

Rates for the bill dubbed 'The Boxing Fundraiser' are 20ghc for Popular stand, 50ghc for Ringside and 150ghc for VIP area.

According to Ghana's first female Match Maker, Miss Sarah Lotus Asare some dignitaries have been invited to grace the event, and thanked the media and everyone helping in the event. She noted that gate opens at 3pn with Amateur bouts, while the Professionals fights start at 6pm and the main bout at 9pm.

She said Ringside and VIP will attract some refreshments and photo opportunities with some Boxing stars, as Wisdom Boxing is known to have produced some Olympians.

By Sammy Heywood Okine

Ghana Athletics deeply regrets to announce the withdrawal of Ghana's men's 4x100m relay team from the World Athletics Championships, Budapest 2023.

Unfortunately, two of the five athletes on the relay, James Dadzie and Joseph Paul Amoah, sustained injuries during the 200-meter heats today, August 23, 2023, that require urgent medical care.

James pulled his hamstring about 80m into the race, resulting in a grade II tear in the bicep femoris muscle in his left hamstring.

After running a great curve in the 200m, Joseph Amoah felt a pop sensation accompanied by sudden pain in the lateral front side of his right foot. A subsequent x-ray scan revealed a small fracture at the base of his right big toe.

Given World Athletics', and by extension GA's emphasis on SafeGuarding athletes, the health and recovery of James and Joseph are our top priority.

In consultation with the Honorable Minister of Youth and Sports, Hon. Mustapha Ussif, GA, firmly believes that it's in the best interest and greater good of James and Joseph's careers to discontinue participation in the championships given the circumstances and to shift focus to support options for treatment.

GA would like to thank all stakeholders and ask that they pray and support the athletes for a speedy recovery.

Source GAA

The leadership of the Ghanaian delegation at the 2023 World Championship in Budapest has engaged the World Athletics President, Mr Sebastian Coe, to strengthen ties between Ghana and the world athletics body.

In attendance were Director General of Ghana's National Sports Authority, Prof Peter Twumasi, and President of Ghana Athletics, Mr Bawa Fuseini.

By Sammy Heywood Okine

The leadership of the Ghana Armwrestling Federation (GAF) headed by President and Founder, Charles Osei Asibey, Godson Kwame Asem and Husseini Akuettteh Addy will defend the defend Ghana’s bid to host the 2024 World Armwrestling Championship in Accra.

The team is currently in Almaty, Kazakhstan attending the World Armwrestling Federation congress that will take a decision on the host for next year’s championship.

Ghana’s bid is supported by  Ghana’s Minister and the Ministry of Youth and Sports (MOYS), Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), Ghana Investment Promotion Council (GIPC), Gt. Accra Regional Cordinating Council (GARCC) and many other institutions.

This comes after President Osei Asibey during the last Congress made a case for Africa to host the World Championship as the event had evolved in Europe and the America’s for over 45years.

Speaking ahead of Ghana’s bid, the Sportspreneur (Sports Entrepreneur), explained that the championship brings enormous opportunities to Ghana and Africa as it will give many Africans the first time opportunity to compete in the World Championship.

He added that the 2024 World Armwrestling Championship will deepen, expand, and strengthen the gains chalked by the GAF since its inception as a result of the brand penetration occasioned by the 2018 & 2023 Africa Championship and also to consolidate the advancement and grounds covered particularly in development.

On infrastructure, the President mentioned that the country will rely on and make use of the legacies of Ghana’s hosting of the 2023 Africa Games that is personnel, infrastructure, transport, accommodation etc. and will certainly reap all the benefits and advantages associated with hosting Accra 2023 African Games.

He further explained that the World Armwrestling Federation has also resolved to send a Technical Expert to run a WAF Referees/Coaches Certification Course during the 2024 World Armwrestling Championship and as such, hosting the championship in Ghana will afford a large chunk of the national referees the best opportunity to be examined and certificated after which they have the right to wear the WAF Referees Badge.

Charles Osei Asibey who also doubles as the President for the Armwrestling Federation of Africa and Vice President of the WAF noted that the promotion of the championship globally, will bring in over 2,000 tourists into Ghana to Experience Ghana, Live Ghana and potentially become referrals.

He added that “Expecting potential investors as Armwrestling brings together business-oriented people with different background and the many visitors apart from exchange on visa will also spend on hotels, food, tourism, transport etc.

The World Armwrestling Championship is the highest, biggest and the most prestigious Armwrestling event globally organised annually.

It is the convergence of all the best Pullers battling for supremacy and rights.

Over 2,000 athletes, coaches, referees, and spectators come together for this annual festival which has been instituted, sanctioned, and supervised by the World Armwrestling Federation (WAF).

Soyrce GAF

Rugby’s first global viewing destination will aggregate events into one place, delivering the ultimate immersive experience for fans

DUBLIN, Ireland, August 25, 2023/ -- World Rugby (https://www.WorldRugby.org) launches rugby’s first-ever global streaming platform, a key pillar of the sport’s growth mission; RugbyPass TV (https://RugbyPass.TV/) is central to building new audiences and deepening fan engagement, bringing fans closer to the action on and off the field via unrivalled access and exclusive content; Rugby World Cup 2023 provides showcase launch moment with a winning blend of live coverage, archive content and exclusive original programming from documentaries to lifestyle content; RugbyPass TV will ensure fans around the world have access to major competitions; from WXV to HSBC SVNS.

World Rugby is excited to announce the launch of RugbyPass TV, a world-class streaming platform created to connect rugby fans across the globe more deeply with the game they love, for free.

Launching ahead of Rugby World Cup 2023 in France, RugbyPass TV builds on World Rugby’s strategic mission to grow the global game by making rugby more accessible and relevant to more people.

RugbyPass TV is more than a streaming platform, through unrivalled access and exclusive content, rugby’s first global viewing destination will aggregate events into one place, delivering the ultimate immersive experience for fans, bringing them closer to the action than ever before.

RugbyPass TV will blend unparalleled coverage of the world’s top events including the men’s and women’s Rugby World Cups, WXV and the HSBC SVNS with exclusive behind the scenes, documentary and feature content produced by World Rugby Studios involving the sport’s biggest stars.

The platform will ensure that the 10th edition of the men’s event in the sport’s 200th anniversary year will be the most widely accessible rugby event ever, providing the destination for live coverage for nations where deals do not exist or where rights-holders are not showing all matches live.

World Rugby Chief Executive Alan Gilpin said: “We are excited to be launching RugbyPass TV for fans around the world. This important move builds on the recent acquisition of RugbyPass and the strengthening of our fan engagement capability. It represents a key strategy in our mission to make rugby truly global by making the sport more accessible and more relevant to more people.

“This is a statement of intent to set the sport up for success, for all our unions, regions and the wider rugby ecosystem, and a result of a significant business transformation to convert our vision into meaningful growth outcomes. RugbyPass TV will deepen connections with audiences and accelerate growth beyond our traditional markets.”

World Rugby Chief Marketing and Content Officer James Rothwell added: “This is an opportunity for rugby fans around the world to get closer to the game we love. Rugby is an incredible sport, and we want to deepen the connection it has with new and existing fans through live rights, never seen before archive content, and our World Rugby Studios original programming. RugbyPass TV is the destination for global rugby content.”

Launching ahead of Rugby World Cup 2023, RugbyPass TV will ensure that everyone in the world has the ability to view World Rugby events. The platform will ensure that every try, kick, pass and tackle is available from the tournament and accessible in every nation. It will also play a leading role in the promotion, accessibility and impact of WXV, launching this year.

World Rugby archive and exclusive content

Ahead of France 2023, RugbyPass TV will be home to every available men’s and women’s Rugby World Cup match recorded on camera, totaling more than 10,000 hours of archive content. For the first time ever, this entire archive will be available to fans. Fans will have the ability to watch full-match replays, highlights, tries and magical moments all in one place. It will also bring together never seen before content and documentaries charting the magic, growth and success of one of the biggest brands in sport.

RugbyPass TV marks the beginning of an impressive direct to consumer offering from World Rugby. The newly developed match centre and editorial hub on RugbyPass.com arms avid rugby fans with more data and statistics than ever before, while a new Fantasy Rugby offering on the RWC 2023 mobile app is the company’s first venture into gaming.

Rothwell said: “Rugby competes with all sports and other forms of entertainment for attention, and through scaling our portfolio of direct-to-consumer products we hope to entertain and inform viewers and play a bigger role in the lives of fans.”

The content on the RugbyPass TV platform will continue to grow and evolve in 2024, providing fresh, globally relevant as well as localised content across the year.

SOURCE World Rugby

The Ghana Breaking Federation in collaboration with Africa Breaking Academy with the support of the French Embassy in Ghana is organizing a five days Workshop at the Nima Mamobi Community Library.

The programme is a high level training seminar designed to build and support dance athletes development geared towards the promotion of Breaking as a new Sport discipline for Paris 2024 Olympics Games.

Three French delegates from Attitude Association France are in Ghana for the programe.

Thomas Raymond, President of Attitude Association, BBoy Thomas khalifu and Huze Philippe, a DJ are training the participants on how to score with music beats, branding, leadership skills and others.

The Africa Breaking Academy is a sport creative-led organization in Ghana that promotes Dance sport and Hiphop Culture in Ghana and Africa.

The Founder / President of Africa Breaking Academy and Ghana Breaking Federation, Nana Tuffour Okai aka Bboy Lyricx indicated this strategic partnership on FSPI 2023/2024 is to improve the skills , level and understanding of Breaking as a professional sport among dancers in Ghana.

The three French nationals took the participants through the Breaking exciting course.

Nana Tuffour thanked all partners and sponsors as well companies and institutions that have supported them over the years and the workshop, namely the French Embassy, KGL, Attitude, Ghana Olympic Committee, National Sports Authority and the media.

He noted that Ghana is getting there in Breaking gradually, and will represent at the Olympic Games.

Participants, both male and female came from all over, including Accra, Cape Coast, Elmina, Takoradi, Koforidua and Kumasi.

By Sammy Heywood Okine

Talented 21 year old Belgium born Ghanaian, Jeremy Doku has signed a 5 year deal worth 55.4milloin pounds to join EPL Champions, Manchester City.

The Stade Rennais FC forward is the third signing of Man City after Mateo Kovacic and Josko Gvardiol.

His signing has brough delight to City as they look forward to defend the EPL.

Doku played for Belgium 16 including his splendid performance at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar where he was one of the shinig stars.

Doku who played for RSC Anderlecht during his developmental stages says he can not wait to start working with Pep Guardiola.

Jeremy Doku is being strategically acquired to fill the void left by Algerian forward Riyad Mahrez, who departed Manchester City earlier this summer.

By Sammy Heywood Okine