Ghana entered three disciplines, boxing, athletics and table tennis. Even though a couple of the boxers showed marked improvement, their performance was not good enough to win medals. more »

After eight years in the wilderness Ghana was at the Los Angeles Olympics with contestants for boxing and athletics. more »

For the second successive Olympic Games Ghana was not represented at the universal sports extravaganza. This time the boycott of the Moscow Olympics was in sympathy with the US who initiated the withdrawal because of political; differences with the Soviet Union over some crisis in Afghanistan. more »

To start with I went to the Munich Olympics by default. My boss veteran sports writer J.K.Addo- Twum (now Nana Addo-Twum) should have covered the Games for the Daily Graphic but he stepped aside at the last moment and I gleefully stepped into his shoes. more »

For the third consecutive Olympics Ghana entered three sports disciplines, soccer, boxing and athletics. Once again it was boxing that gave Ghana a medal - thanks to Prince Amartey’s bronze when he lost in the semi-finals. PS: The Munich Olympics were nearly marred by the killing of 11 Israeliathletes at the Games Village by Palestinian bandits.It was my first Olympiad and I will later on give readers my first experiences at the biggest sports festival on the planet. more »