Saturday, January 28 is the day fixed for the 47th  SWAG awards which is co-titled by MTN and Adamus Mines.

The SWAG Awards which began in 1975 is the only awards event that has been running every year with no break.

As the date approaches, sports journalists are being inspired and motivated to promote the event on their various platforms, online, radio, television, newspapers, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and other social media spaces.

SWAG members also have the opportunity to vote in five categories of awards, namely Sports Personality of the year, Best Footballer male and female and Best Footballer homebased and foreign based. The Sports Journalists will also vote for the Best Five Sports Disciplines.

"Let us all use our various platforms to promote the event within the last few days" said Mr. Charles Osei Asibey, the General Secretary.

Event name is 47TH MTN/Adamus SWAG Awards.

Sponsors  of the 47th awards are MTN, Adamus, Stanbic Bank, Ghana Gas, Betway, Gyata Cement, Dr. Bawumia, HD+ Decoder, Twellium, Special Ice, Tobinco, GOIL etc.

The event will be Live on HD+ Decoder Scoore Channel 151.

Meanwhile, SWAG members are encouraged to bring ideas or support to make the SWAG Awards better, please.

Sports fans and sports men and women expect another memorable event.

Among guests invited are the IGP of the Ghana Police Service and Controller of the Ghana Immigration Service.

Nana Prah Agyensaim VI, Paramount Chief of Assin Kushea is the special guest of honor.

Top female musician, Wendy Shay is the guest artiste of the night.

By Sammy Heywood Okine

Premium Motors, distributors of Renault cars in Ghana will on Tuesday, January 24, 2023 present brand new cars to Charles Tetteh who won the best boxer award and Charles Quartey Boxing Foundation, the best gym at the first season of the  De-Luxy Professional Boxing League competition.

The presentation ceremony will be held at the Premium Motors  office and showroom at Odorkor in Accra.

Jihad Hijazi MD of Premium Motors Ltd is very proud to contribute to the promotion of Ghana Boxing and changing the lives of boxers and coaches.

He feels that boxers are doing well putting Ghana on the World map, so they must be encouraged.

He urged boxers and their coaches and managers to be disciplined so that they can reach the top and crack at world titles.

He promised that the next edition of the League will be very exciting with prizes and wished that the fans and spectators a successful new season.

The De-Luxy Professional Boxing League is sponsored by De-Luxy Paint, Renault, Max Buy, Niche Cocoa, Techno and TCL.

By Sammy Heywood Okine

Former Ghana Football Association Chairman, Alhaji MND Jawula, has passed on at the age of 74.

The veteran Ghanaian football administrator who  died in Nashville, will be buried today in the United States of America (USA), with burial prayers at his family house in Accra

Alhaji MND Jawula was President of the Football Association from 1997-2001..

Before his rise to the top of Ghana football administration, Alhaji Jawula was chairman of the Black Starlets team that won the World Cup in 1995 in Ecuador.

He last served as Chairman of the seven-member Ghana Premier League Management Committee from 2019.

Alhaji Jawula was also a board member of Real Tamale United and a CAF Interclub Committee Member. He owned Guan United, a division one football club.

Aside football, he was the Lepowura of the Kujolobite Gate of Lepo-Kpempe in the Northern Region.

According to sources, the stalwart football administrator will  be buried in the United States.May his soul RIP.

By Sammy Heywood Okine

Ghana cruiserweight champion, Jacob 'The Beast' Dickson suffered a first career defeat after being  stopped in round one by Albert Ramirez of Venezuela for the vacant WBO cruiserweight title -Sunday night at the Casino de Deauville, France- 22/01/2023

Incumbent Joseph Nii Armah retained as the Chairman of the oldest club in Ghana, Ghana Tennis Club, Adabraka after elections held at the clubhouse on Friday, 20th January 2023.

Chairman Nii Armah went unopposed, as the members  have confidence in his leadership and vested on him another tenure in office.

The mantle was handed over to some other  members  to help him stir the affairs of the club.

Businessman Mr. Eric Kwame Nyarko takes over the vice chairman’s position from Henry Boni Quarshie, health finance specialist and banker Derrick Ewudzie-Odoom takes over from Michael Salomey as Secretary of the club with Richard Obeng who is an Auditor of (SSNIT)  the Treasure  and Aaron Eggley becomes the captain of the club.

The tennis courts of the club have also seen an enormous transformation with the renovation of the courts, installation of floodlights with signages at the main gate.

Speaking to ghanatennis.org Chairman Nii Armah said, I have unfinished business with the club. You know, since I took over from Dr. Abraham Oppong as the chairman, there has been a lot of infrastructure development and membership too has increased”.

“ My aim is to uplift this great club to the highest realm it belongs’ Chairman Nii Armah stressed on.

Story: Gabriel Amoakoh

Premium Motors, distributors of Renault cars in Ghana will on Tuesday present brand new cars to Charles Tetteh who won the best boxer award and Charles Quartey Boxing Foundation, the best gym at the first season of the  De-Luxy Professional Boxing League competition.

The presentation ceremony will be held at the Premium Motors  office and showroom at Odorkor in Accra.

Alhaji Fadi Fattal, Group Director of Imax Media Promotions thanked the sponsor for their wonderful contribution to Ghana Boxing and hoped that other companies will come on board to support the most rewarding sports in the country.

He noted that boxers are doing well putting Ghana on the World map, so they must keep the tempo high.

He advised boxers and their coaches and managers to be disciplined and grab opportunities when they come.

He expressed that the Imax Media Promotions Professional Boxing League is a grand opportunity for local boxing and urged the participants to be serious and take it very seriously so that they can be in the continental and world rating.

He promised that the next edition of the League will be very exciting and wished that the fans and spectators will behave when they come to the boxing arena.

The De-Luxy Professional Boxing League is sponsored by Renault, Max Buy, Niche Cocoa, Techno and TCL.

By Sammy Heywood Okine

Mr. Abraham Neequaye, President of the Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA) has commended the Sports Media for their hard work in promoting boxing in Ghana.

In an exclusive interview, he commended the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) led by Mr. Kwabena Yeboah and the Boxing Writers Association of Ghana (BWAG) headed by Yours Truly for the wonderful publicity given to the Professional Boxing League sponsored by De-Luxy Paint, Renault and Imax Media Promotions.

He hinted that Boxing is the number one sport in Ghana and selecting the GBA as one of the best sports Federations is much appreciated and rewarding.

He said the attendance to the Boxing League has been unprecedented and also hailed the fans who trooped to the Bukom Boxing Arena for the bouts.

Mr. Abraham Neequaye also named the Ghana Boxing Supporters Union (GHABSU) for their unflinching support,  which resulted in the successful ending of the first edition of the Professional Boxing League.

According to the President, things that did not go well during the competition will be rectified and prayed that more companies will come on board for the Gyms and boxers to be rewarded adequately.

He congratulated the boxing gyms that participated in the exciting league, and praised the winners, Charles Quartey Boxing Foundation for their commitment and discipline.

He hailed the best boxer, Charles Tetteh of the Panix Gym and his trainers for their hard work.

The GBA President advised boxers to be disciplined and work harder because the next edition of the Professional Boxing League will be tougher, more lucrative and extra exciting.

He thanked all the Executive Board Members of the Ghana Boxing Authority, the ring officials and the National Sports Authority as well as the Ministry of Youth and Sports for the support and motivation.

"I want to leave a legacy in Ghana Boxing, so that one day my name will be remembered like my predecessors who came before me and did well. I want boxers and coaches to enjoy their labour so we are trying hard to be attractive to get more sponsors ".

" My wish is that more Ghanaian boxers are rated in the world ranking, because that is the way to get big bouts and get near Championship bouts " he expressed.

He promised to organize more workshops and seminars for all categories of contributors in boxing like journalists, coaches, boxers, medics, cut men, promoters, match makers, referees and judges.

Meanwhile, he has inspected the two Renault cars to be presented to the best boxer and best gym on Tuesday, January 24th 2023, and he is very satisfied and happy that his vision and aspirations for Ghana Boxing is coming true.

By Sammy Heywood Okine

Ojatson Sports Foundation on Sunday organised a successful cycling race at Accra Sports Stadium, Osu.

The very competitive event which covered a distance of 66 kilometres was saw Lawrence Adjei of the Gladiators club winning the men’s elite division, while Abraham Boakye, the 2022 SWAG Cyclist of the year took the second position and Frank Akuffo, another classic and fearless rider placed third.

In the exciting female race,  Paulina Yaa Mensah was third, Abigail Tetteh placed second and the first position went to Erica Sedro. She used her international experience to win the race.  The footballer, hairdresser and cyclist said she wants to do well at the upcoming African Cycling Championship in Accra and qualify to represent Ghana at the 2023 African Games and 2024 Olympic Games.

She said the exposure at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham has helped her a lot.

Mr. Joseph Ojatson, the organiser and sponsor of the event said he was impressed with the standard of the race at it was fast and attracted 98 cyclists including females and the youth.

Mr. Shaaban Mohammed, General Secretary of the Ghana Cycling Federation also hailed the organisers and participants.

He was happy that more females and young people are taking to cycling which is a very good sport.

He thanked the Sports Writers Association of Ghana SWAG for recognizing their efforts and nominating them among the best five sports disciplines.

He said Ghana will present a formidable team for the 2023 African Championship.

The Ojatson Sports foundation is a non profit organization founded by Joseph Konney Ojatson in the year 2022.

The Foundation is a free Program that provides varieties of sports to all children and adults in the community.

Joseph Ojatson began this foundation In Ghana West Africa, to give an opportunity to all children to be able to participate in any athletic sports they love with absolutely no cost .

Ojastson foundation strongly believe and are committed to their goal by providing financial assistance to children. The utmost goal is to be able to provide costs for equipment's, uniforms, and other relevant expenses for kids involved in sports.

By Sammy Heywood Okine

Ghana’s Jacob Dickson was rendered a first-round casualty in last night’s WBO Global cruiserweight title bout against Albert Ramirez in Deauville, France.

Ramirez who was a last-minute replacement for Lenar Perez came in with bigger experience having won 13 of his 14 bouts via knockout. By this loss, Dickson has also lost an opportunity to leap into the top 15 rankings of the cruiserweight division.

In an interview with Joy Sports, Dickson’s trainer Carl Lokko said the loss was a very unfortunate one.

“I am disappointed and this is hard luck. I expected something higher than this. But it’s a game and we have to take it on good faith,” he said.

“I have to sit the boxer down psyche him up and reorganize bounce back and take it from there. What happened before the bout drained the boxer.”

Lokko is confident that his boxer will pick up the pieces and move on from this unfortunate loss.

“He is a young chap and this is his ninth fight and he still has a long way to go. We will get back to the drawing board and get him back on track,” he added.

Dickson’s challenges on the night seemed to have been fueled by a few factors including the fact that he was fighting out of his homeland Ghana for the first time. He recorded his previous eight wins before home fans and had to fight without their cheers for the first time in his professional career.

Ramirez’s replacement of Cuba’s Lenar Perez was because the latter could not obtain a French visa to travel. So Ramirez came in with bigger experience and the tag of a knockout specialist with 14 straight wins in his professional career.

The Venezuelan boxer gave proof of it in less than three minutes. The situation for the Ghanaian was further complicated by the fact that Ramirez was a southpaw an opponent stance he hadn’t exactly prepared for, according to his trainer.

Dickson, who is the current cruiserweight champion in Ghana, will return home and will be expected to defend the title in the coming months.

Source: Nathaniel Attoh 

Ghana cruiserweight champion, Jacob 'The Beast' Dickson and opponent, Albert Ramirez both make weight for their WBO Global cruiserweight title fight at the Casino de Deauville in France on Sunday night.

By SHO