Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games bound amateur boxer Samuel Takyi has commended the Asamoah Gyan Foundation for supporting budding sportsmen and other projects.

He said it is good to give back to society and the Asamoah Gyan Foundation must be commended for venturing into provision of safe water, health and agriculture.

According to him, he was touched when Samuel Anim Addo invited him to sit at the high table during the presentation of a cheque for $7,000 to 13 year old Ghanaian born American boxer, Joseph Awinongya Jr.

Takyi encouraged the USA based Awinongya Jr. to work hard as he eyes the 2028 Olympic Games, when he will be 21 years.

“I am 19 years, and I am going to the Olympic Games as one of the youngest athletes. I am not going to be a tourist or joke at the Games, I want to achieve, I want to win a medal especially the gold. I want the government and organisations who believe in us to support us win the gold” he expressed.

Samuel Takyi was selected into the Black Bombers and at his first international assignment he qualified for the Olympic Games by beating the African Champion.

He stressed that it is indeed a long time that Ghana won an Olympic medal, and promised to bring home the ultimate.

By Sammy Heywood Okine

The Asamoah Gyan Foundation has fulfilled a promise of supporting young Ghanaian born American talented boxer 13 year old, Joseph Awiningya Junior.

The donation of $7,000 took place at the Inus Company premises in Accra on Monday where the executive directors of the Asamoah Gyan Foundation, Messrs Baffour Gyan and Samuel Anim Addo presented a dummy cheque to Mr, Mustapha Nettey, member of the Team Awinongya.

Mr. Samuel Anim Addo recalled some of the benevolent duties in provision of portable drinking water to communities and educational institutions, involvement in health, agriculture, sports and other humanitarian concerns.

He mentioned the versatility of sports legend, Asamoah Gyan who has been contributing to the development and promotion of football, boxing and tennis.

He promised that the Foundation will continue to look out for budding talents and support them, like how they identified young sportsmen like boxer John Laryea, footballer Matthew Anim Cudjoe and the rising star Joseph Awinongya Jr. who has been decorated with many boxing titles.

He revealed the opening of a new office Illinois, in the United States of America and launched their website.

Mr, Nettey thanked the Foundation and prayed that the relationship would yield positive results. He said the new Asamoah Gyan Foundation office in the USA will support Ghanaians and boast business between Ghana and the USA. He announced that Awinongya is preparing for the next national championship to select future amateur boxers to represent

Present at the ceremony were Olympic bound 19 year old Samuel Takyi, Carl Lokko of the Bronx Gym, Randy Afriyie, Mohammed Amin Lamptey, boxing enthusiasts and some members of the Ghana Boxing Supporters Union (GBSU).

By Sammy Heywood Okine

Andre Dede Ayew was named the official Man of the Match as his side Swansea City beats Nottingham Forest 1-0 away on Sunday, November, 2 in the Championship.

Connor Roberts' first goal of the season helped the Swans to bag the points and move to fourth on the league table.

The wing-back headed home the only goal of the match after 43 minutes.

Ayew was making a return to the starting line-up after recovering from a hamstring injury he picked during the FIFA international break.

His ball into the box was deflected up into the air, and Roberts followed in strongly to beat Ameobi to the ball and head into the far corner.

The Black Stars captain nearly doubled the lead early in the second half but his overhead kick went wide after good work by Jake Bidwell and Matt Grimes down the left.

Ayew confirmed his award in a Tweet: ''3 points away from home ????love it!great shift guys?? we keep going.. ???? MOTM.''

Source: Ghana Soccernet

The Ghana Football Association (GFA), has organised a two-day integrity training for club and RFA integrity officers as part of efforts to protect the integrity of our matches and competitions, organised.

The meetings were held online, with Premier League, Women Premier League, Division One League and RFA Integrity officers present.

The training was to create awareness on match fixing, sanctions available to individuals who fix matches and also reporting mechanisms available to report all unethical conducts.

The presentations of the various sessions were from: Ennio Bovolenta - Head of Integrity FIFA Rodrigo Arias Grillo - Senior Integrity Manager FIFA Agnieszka Antoszkiewicz - Integrity manager

They also encouraged all participants of the game to visit the FIFA Integrity e-learning Portal to familiarize themselves with the subject. https://integrity.fifa.com/#/home

All participants of the game are advised to desist from betting on all football related activities and to report all Integrity Issues to the GFA Integrity Unit on Call/WhatsApp: 0593-371-735, Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or report to FIFA on Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., FIFA integrity App or https://www.bkms-system.net/FIFA.

Source - GFA

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has extended Goodwill messages to Asante Kotoko SC.

Asante Kotoko will be hoisting the country’s flag in this year’s Total CAF Champions League competition while and Ashantigold SC, Ghana’s representatives in this year’s CAF Inter-club competitions Ashantigold represent the nation in the CAF Confederation Cup competition.

As Asante Kotoko and Ashantigold face Mauritanian side FC Nouadhibou and Burkinabe side Salitas FC respectively, the GFA has urged the two clubs to remain focused in their quest to make it to the next stage of the competition.

“The two clubs have demonstrated their determination to attain the set objectives in their respective competitions and we are confident their efforts will be rewarded”

We urge football fans and all stakeholders to offer Asante Kotoko and Ashantigold the needed support in their quest to make Ghana proud on the continent”.

“We wish the two clubs the very best of Ghanaian luck”, the GFA said in a statement ahead of the two matches on Sunday November 29.

Asante Kotoko face Mauritanian opponents in Nouakchott while Ashgold host Salitas at the Len Clay Stadium.

From Sammy Heywood Okine

In a stunning turn of events, Joe Joyce damaged Daniel Dubois' left eye and stopped him in the 10th round to hand him a first career defeat of an intriguing clash between unbeaten British heavyweights in London on Saturday evening.

Joyce thudded a ramrod jab onto his rival's badly swollen eye, sinking Dubois dramatically to one knee. When he rose again, the referee immediately called the fight off.

The vast experience of Olympic silver medallist Joyce ultimately trumped the prodigious punch-power of Dubois, who is 12 years younger, after their crossroads fight which had the British, European and Commonwealth titles at stake.

Dubois suffered broken orbital socket and nerve damage in brutal loss as eye ballooned up and will be out for months, facing a painful spell on the sidelines after Joe Joyce smashed his orbital socket and left his left eye with nerve damage.

Over ten brilliant rounds, the 35-year-old Olympic 2016 silver winner rammed an arrow of a jab into the British and Commonwealth champion’s eye.

In the end, the 23-year-old could take no more and was counted out on one knee, to hand his former Team GB sparring partner his old crowns and the vacant European belt.

The final left hand The Juggernaut landed seemed to send a shock through Dubois’ system and he compared the pain to an electric shock ripping through his skull.

From Dornu’s Corner

Lucky Annan Ayisah, a resilient golfer from the Achimota Golf Club emerged champion of the 2020 Gold Fields Professional Golfers Association (PGA) Golf Championship held at the Damang Golf Course, Western Region.

He walked away with Ghc40,000 as prize money.

Ayisah, having won the event for the first time started his game on a bright note by leading in day one and lost the lead to Francis Torgah and Kojo Barnni in day two and three of the competition respectively.

However, on the final day yesterday on hole 15, he made sure he pulled a score of five under par (-5) to open two strokes gap which he held on to win the flagship professional golf event in Ghana last Saturday.

Barnni who topped the third day leading Ayisah with two shots going into the last day, lost it on hole 15 which is par four but played seven finished second with three under course par.

Speaking to the media, Ayisah said “This is a big thing to happen to me because I’ve been working hard to win this tournament for the past 6 years.

“My patron Emos Koblah is not playing well this year so I said to myself I have to be there and win. I wanted this trophy to go to Achimota so it was always on my mind to win it.”

He stressed that, winning the Gold Fields PGA Golf Championship came with hard work and intensive training and advised the amateur golfers to stay discipline, train hard to reach the top.

On defending the title next year, he said ” I know it is extremely difficult to defend this Championship, but, whoever wants to win this must be hard working to take this glittering trophy from me because l would defend it in 2021.”

Emmanuel Osei and Francis Torgah placed fourth and fifth with Standard Scratch Score of 286 and 288 respectively.

In the Seniors category, Victor Brave Mensah maintained his dominance by scoring 219 gross over three days whilst the Tournament Director Akwesi Prempeh came second with SSS 234 for three days.

The 7th Edition of the PGA Golf Championship ended successfully with much more interesting display as leader board kept charging from day one to the last with three golfers from different golf clubs till final day.

This year’s edition had no foreign based golfers due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This prevented the 2019 champion, Nigerian Christopher Francis from partici

By GNA

Mr. Michael Quarshie, CEO of Daily Manna Foundation who doubles as the Effa Kwesimintsim Municipal Assembly (EKMA) Football Association chairman has through the Daily Manna Micro Credit donated cash and food items to 50 people in Bremang New York.

The items include Milo. Sugar, Milk, Bread, Malt and 200gh each went to the aged and widows towards their welfare and well being development.

Mr. Quarshie who has been making donations to people for the past five years said he want the people to celebrate a fitting Christmas as the year 2020 was difficult and tough.

He has promised to do similar donations to people in Takoradi in the Western Region on on December 4, 2020.

By Sammy Heywood Okine

The New Patroitic Party (NPP) Aspiring Member of Parliament for Ablekuma South, Hon. Benard Nii Anyaa Brown on Saturday organized a football gala for the youth of Korle Bu, Korle Gonno, Chorkor and Mamprobi.

20 selected community sides competed in two separated events that went on simultaneously at the Attoh Quarshie park at Chorkor and Okpotsu park at Korle Gonno.

The two best teams will clash in a special programme to commission a new astro turf pitch constructed by Hon. Jerry Ahmed’s Coastal Development Authority (CODA) for the community.

Napoli and Happy Mama will represent Korle Gonno at the finals and they have promised their fans victory.

Ismaila Mills, skipper of the Happy Mama squad said the constituency abound in sporting talents, and appealed to the authorities in the area to support the youth with employment and other opportunities that will make them cheerful.

Mr. Tettey Amankwah aka Mr. Tee, one of the party organisers urged the youth to vote wisely in the general elections as Nana Akuffo Addo has the youth at his heart.

Mr. Lamptey, aka ‘Taller’ advised the youth not to involve themselves in violent acts, but try their best to live peaceful with their political opponents as the elections is not a do and die affair, but just to find competent leadership for the nation.

By Naa Amerley Commey / Sammy Heywood Okine

Jake Paul, Nate Robinson - Former boxing greats Roy Jones Jr and Mike Tyson went at it for eight rounds in an exhibition match on Saturday night that was scored an eight-round draw by the three celebrity judges in their match at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

Former boxing greats Roy Jones Jr and Mike Tyson went at it for eight rounds in an exhibition match on Saturday night that was scored an eight-round draw by the three celebrity judges in their match at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

Unfortunately, the judges didn’t give any scores for the fight, so we’re left to guess what they were.

Roy Jones was bothered by the body shots that Tyson was throwing at him, and he looked gassed in the later rounds.

“I’m used to doing this for three minutes, but sometimes those two minutes felt like three minutes,” said Tyson.

The boxing fans on social media saw it as a slam dunk win for 54-year-old Tyson, who looked in better physical shape, showed superior power, speed, and talent than Jones.

Skillwise, it was a mismatch. Tyson was the far better and more powerful fighter of the two. But given that this was an exhibition match that wasn’t supposed to have a winner when it was first put together, it’s not unexpected that the judges scored it a draw.

“I’m good with a draw,” said Mike Tyson.

If they had scored it for Jones, they might have messed up future pay-per-view events for Tyson in the state of California. A loss to Jones Jr would likely have impacted Tyson’s future pay-per-view sales.

Many boxing fans won’t buy any of Tyson’s future fights because there very little entertainment value for the $50 that fans paid.

I mean, Jones Jr did nothing but clinch and move and look scared. For his part, Tyson was throwing many body punches, which is not normal for him.

During Tyson’s career, he was a headhunter who only rarely threw body shots. Tonight, we saw many body shots from Tyson, and it looked like he was making sure he didn’t knock out Jones and upset the California State Athletic Commission.

“The body shots definitely took a toll,” Jones said. “The body shots are what make you exhausted. I knew that. I had a six-pack, but I think I needed a 12-pack.”

The undercard was a mixed bag of fights that only the most hardcore boxing fans would love. The only fight I liked on the entire card, including the main event between Tyson and Jones, is a match between YouTuber Jake Paul and NBA star Nate Robinson. Now that was a fun fight.

Paul dropped Robinson in the first and twice in the second in scoring a vicious second-round knockout.

In one of the bad fights, Badou Jack (23-3-3, 13 KOs) defeated Blake McKernan (13-1, 6 KOs) by an eight-round decision. In some ways, that fight was similar to the main event with Badou chasing McKerman around the ring.