Category: Olympic Games
Let's Have Calm In The Ghana Olympic Committee
July 15th, 2009The seeming struggle for power in the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) is completely uncalled for. It looks like we have two presidents in the person of Benson Baba who has headed the GOC for the past 13 years and Prof Francis Dodoo who was elected at a controversial GOC Congress a couple of weeks ago. more »
No Words Can Describe Beijing Olympics
August 24th, 2008I had that sneaky feeling that journalists who covered the Beijing Olympics were so overwhelmed that they ran short of the necessary vocabulary to describe what the Chinese presented to the world as hosts of the 29th Olympiad. Beautiful,awesome,spectacul… more »
Giving Ghana A Bad Image At The Olympics
August 21st, 2008Ghana’s ace sprinter Vida Anim gave Ghana a bad image by her unsporting conduct in refusing at the last minute to run the 200 metres race at the Beijing Olympics when she had been duly registered. The young lady had promised to drop an earlier threat of… more »
Messi Is My Man
August 19th, 2008Despite the hullabaloo about the exploits of Jamaican super sprinter Usain Bolt at the ongoing Beijing Olympics my favourite star at the Games is Argentinian ball juggler Lionel Messi. I admire him for the spirit of Olympism and nationalism he displayed… more »
Olympic Games Not Lottery
August 18th, 2008The Olympic Games is not a lottery, in other words it is not a game of chance. It is for sportsmen and sportswomen who have trained seriously over the years and they shall be honoured with medals.
I have attended four Olympic Games, twice as an active… more »
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