Wendy Shay Official to perform live at the 47th Adamus Resources Limited   MTN Ghana  Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG)  Awards Night on January 28 at the Accra International Conference Center.
Highlife sensation, Gladstorm Kwabena Akwaboah Jnr., known by his stage name, Akwaboah Jnr, entertained patrons at the 46th MTN Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) Awards at the same venue on Friday, December 17, 2021.
SWAG has featured a long list of elite performers, including Amakye Dede, the Ramblers International Band, Samini and Kwabena Kwabena, performing at the awards in line with SWAG tradition.

Paul Tergat has been announced as ambassador of the World Athletics Cross Country Championships Bathurst 23, with one month to go until the 44th edition of the global showpiece in Australia.
Kenya’s multiple world cross country gold medallist will be in Bathurst for the competition on 18 February, when some of the world’s current best athletes will descend on Mount Panorama looking to emulate him as a world cross country champion.

​ST PETERSBURG, FL, USA – The WTA has today announced the latest update and addition to its 2023 calendar, the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open.

The WTA 500 level tournament will take place from February 6 – 12, staged on the outdoor hardcourts of the Zayed Sports City International Tennis Centre in the heart of the United Arab Emirates capital city, Abu Dhabi.

CARLSBAD, Calif., Jan. 17, 2023  -- The Major Arena Soccer League (MASL) and SiriusXM announced a 10-game regular season broadcast package will air nationwide on SiriusXM every Friday night from January 20 through March 24. MASL games will air on SiriusXM's dedicated soccer channel, SiriusXM FC (channel 157).
The Major Arena Soccer League represents some of the best professional indoor soccer in the world. The MASL features teams across North America, with teams playing coast-to-coast in the United States and Mexico, and players from over 30 countries.

Not content with merely making up the numbers, Rwanda’s remarkable young women secured a maiden ICC Under19 Women’s T20 World Cup win on Tuesday, as they proved too strong for Zimbabwe at the North-West University Oval on Tuesday.
Henriette Ishimwe’s hat-trick provided the gloss on a historic day for Rwandan Cricket, as they defeated Zimbabwe by 39 runs.
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Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bowl first in Potchefstroom, and Rwanda immediately set to task in making a total that would test their African counterparts. Openers Merveille Uwase and Cynthia Tuyizere made a terrific start, adding a steady 49 for the first wicket.

• A strong field of Moroccan boxers will be backed by local fans at the World Boxing Tour Golden Belt Series tournament in Marrakesh 
  
• Mohamed Hamout and Khadija Mardi will be among Morocco’s medal hopefuls in the men’s and women’s competitions, respectively
  
• The tournament, which will take place 2-10 February 2023, will attract a large contingent of African boxers to Morocco

Lausanne, Switzerland – Local interest is set to rocket for the upcoming World Boxing Tour Golden Belt Series tournament in Marrakesh after the International Boxing Association confirmed that a significant number of elite Moroccan competitors will be stepping into the ring. 

Dubai-born teenager Aliyyah Koloc reached the end of the Dakar Rally after a gruelling 15 days of action in Saudi Arabia, finishing 33rd in the T3 Lightweight Prototype category on her first attempt at the classic rally raid.
The 45th edition of the Dakar was one of the longest and most demanding in recent years, with over 5000 kilometres on the agenda for the crews across 14 stages. Traversing a variety of surfaces, from sand and rocks to dried-out salt lakes and mammoth dunes, Aliyyah’s first experience of the iconic rally raid was a character-building exercise. 

JANUARY 17, 2023​ UTSUNOMIYA (Japan) – The 12th edition of the FIBA 3x3 World Tour – the flagship competition of the FIBA 3x3 professional season – will travel around the globe, starting with the World Tour Opener, which will be back in Utsunomiya, Japan on April 29-30.

The season currently includes 13 events, one more than in 2022.

2023 season:

According to Safebettingsites.com, Ligue 1 was the only one of the big-5 leagues to return positive net spending in the last ten years. During that time, the French elite league spent €5.089B on player acquisitions. And it received €6.159B giving it a net expenditure of €350M.
Safebettingsites investments expert Edith Reads says this is concerning news for football stakeholders. She asserts:

PARIS, Jan. 17, 2023  -- Paris 2024 and On Location – the official and exclusive Hospitality provider for the Olympic and Paralympic Games – today launched a dedicated global e-commerce platform offering customizable Olympic Games Hospitality to the general public for the first time ever.
Fans across the globe can now access official Paris 2024 Hospitality packages at a consistent price no matter where they are, with packages including guaranteed tickets to sporting sessions and a wide array of additional options including hotels, transport, and unique hospitality experiences in the competition venues or in the heart of the city. 

Kayla Reyneke’s all-round performance was key to keeping hosts, South Africa, in the running to get out of the group stages of the ICC Under19 Women’s T20 World Cup, following a hard fought 44-run victory over Group A opponents Scotland. Her teammate, Madison Landsman, took the first hat-trick of the tournament to help accelerate the win in the end.
Reyneke first helped the South Africans score a total which gave their bowlers something to bowl to, having come in at 18/2 and gone on to top-score with 53 off 49 balls (five fours, one six).

• Over 500,000 tickets sold for FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™ 
• 184 days remain until New Zealand takes on 1995 FIFA Women’s World Cup winners Norway in the opening match 
• Tickets for the first-ever FIFA Women’s World Cup Play-Off Tournament on sale today 

FIFA is delighted to announce that over half-a-million tickets have been sold to fans from more than 120 countries for the ninth edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup™, taking place this July and August in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. 

The tournament moved past 500,000 ticket sales last week, with the most sought-after match of the tournament being the 20 August final at Stadium Australia in Sydney/Gadigal.

A composed and unbeaten 65 by opening batter Eyman Fatima guided Pakistan to a comfortable eight-wicket win over Rwanda in their opening match of the ICC Under19 Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa.


After seeing Pakistan’s chase of Rwanda’s modest 106/8 get off to a false start with opening partner Shawaal Zulfiqar dismissed with the score on one at JB Marks Oval in Potchefstroom, Fatima dropped anchor and played a knock which took turns being watchful and seizing the initiative.

The Ghana Tug of War Association (GHATOA) has been invited to participate in the 9th All African (U23) Tug Of War Championships in Kimberley, South Africa. 
According to the official invite letter signed by Anton Botha, President of the South African Tuf-of-War Federation, the championship is scheduled for 4th to 6th May, 2023.
He said entry fee is R100 per team, while food and drinks will be available at the Kimberley Pirates Sports Club.
Accomodation is available for R300- R400 per person, per night, while the SA Tug-of-War can assist with transportation within Kimberley to be in the visiting country’s own account.

HOUSTON – January 15, 2023 -- Thrilling sprint finishes for the men, dominant performances by the women and a new American half marathon record highlighted the Aramco Houston Half Marathon and Chevron Houston Marathon on Sunday.
Despite unseasonably warm conditions -- 56 degrees and 85 percent humidity when the race started at 7:01 a.m. -- and strong headwinds on parts of the course, the women’s half marathon was a race for records. Hiwot Gebrekiden of Ethiopia said she was aiming for the course record of 1:05:03 while American Emily Sisson was looking to win and lower her own American record of 1:07:11.
Gebrekiden attacked the course early and alone, going through the five-mile mark well under record pace while Sisson stayed 30 seconds back, sharing the opening miles with South Africa’s Dominique Scott. However, by 10K both women were on their own. Gebrekiden’s pace slowed and the record fell out of reach, but the gap she had opened up secured her the victory in 1:06:28. Sisson came through the finish chute seconds later as a roaring crowd cheered her to a second place finish in 1:06:52, shattering the record she set just nine months ago.

A dazzling 92 not out from Shweta Sehrawat spearheaded India’s dominant, seven-wicket victory over hosts South Africa, in their ICC Under19 Women’s T20 World Cup Group D clash at Willowmoore Park in Benoni on Saturday afternoon.

The official ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup captains’ image for media use is available here.
The stage is set for the inaugural ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup 2023. The 16 captains assembled for their historical photo at Nelson Mandela Square in Johannesburg.
The captains’ gathering marks the start of the tournament, featuring a breakfast event with tournament ambassador, Mithali Raj. The 16 future stars were given the opportunity to engage with her about her vast World Cup experience and received insight on how to tackle game day nerves, bouncing back from losses, leadership styles and how to grow and maintain a strong brand.

Lausanne, Switzerland – The second edition of the ASBC U22 Men’s and Women’s Asian Boxing Championships will take place in Bangkok, Thailand from 17-26 January 2023. In total, 243 athletes from the continent are registered to participate in the opening event of 2023.
21 countries, including Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Nepal, Kyrgyzstan, Thailand, Tajikistan, Kuwait, India, Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Iraq, Uzbekistan, the Philippines, Singapore, Laos, China, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Malaysia, Sri Lanka are sending their best boxers to bring medals and trophies back to their countries. Boxers who have already proved themselves as the strongest athletes for their age group are ready to shine at the upcoming Asian Boxing Championships. 

Men’s world U20 100m record
9.91 (0.8m/s) Letsile Tebogo (BOT) Cali, 2 August 2022
Women’s world U20 4x100m record
42.59 Jamaica (Serena Cole, Tina Clayton, Kerrica Hill, Tia Clayton) Cali, 5 August 2022
Men’s world marathon record
2:01:09 Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) Berlin, 25 September 2022

Eliud Kipchoge’s 2:01:09 marathon world record, along with world U20 records set last year by 100m sprinter Letsile Tebogo and Jamaica’s 4x100m team, have been ratified.
Double Olympic champion Kipchoge won the Berlin Marathon last year, taking 30 seconds off the marathon world record he had set in the same city on 16 September 2018.

The FIFA Referees Committee has announced the match officials who will be in charge at the forthcoming FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2022™.
A total of 26 match officials, including six referees, 12 assistant referees and eight video match officials, have been chosen in close cooperation with the confederations.

• EBU Members to deliver broad free-to-air coverage across Europe
• Warner Bros. Discovery continues as the streaming home of “every moment” of the Games
• Partnership to show more of the Olympic Games in Europe than ever before

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that all media rights in Europe for the four Olympic Games in the 2026-2032 period have been awarded to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Warner Bros. Discovery. 
Following the IOC’s launch of a competitive tender, the EBU and Warner Bros. Discovery presented a joint bid to acquire all media rights across 49 territories in Europe* for the XXV Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026, the Games of the XXXIV Olympiad Los Angeles 2028, the XXVI Olympic Winter Games in 2030 and the  Games of the XXXV Olympiad Brisbane 2032, as well as for the Youth Olympic Games in the period.

Twenty-Five Coaches are undergoing a FIFA Youth Coaching Course at Prampram.
General Secretary Prosper Harrison Addo and Technical Director Bernhard Lippert opened the course on Monday.

Mr. Sammy Heywood Okine, popularly known in media circles as ‘General One’ has been nominated as Ghana Country Coordinator by the Congress of African Journalists (CAJ). 
The ace sports and entertainment journalist with over 30 years experience will be assisted by Miss Helga Gokah of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation. 
Sammy Heywood Okine, a product of St. Augustine's College, Accra High School and the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) has held many positions related to media duties. 
He was former Deputy General Secretary of the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG), and former Public Relations Officer /Communications Director of the Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA) and Ghana Kickboxing Association (GKA).

The Federation of Roller Sports has held their first Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Accra Sports Stadium on Saturday, 7th January,2023.
The main agenda for the meeting was to call for the dissolution of the old interim Management Committee and reinstitute a new one.
Also the old name was changed from Federation of Roller Sports Association to Ghana Skaters Association (GHASA).
The interim Management Committee is to develop and amend the constitution as well as plan and organize more activities for the Association.

Europe's Top Fighters To Compete In PFL's True Sports Season Format With A Regular Season, Playoff And Championship
2023 PFL Europe Events To Be Held In Newcastle, Berlin, Paris and Dublin Distributed On DAZN In Europe And Select International Markets


NEW YORK, Jan. 12, 2023  -- The Professional Fighters League (PFL), the fastest growing and most innovative sports league, today announced the cities, venues and dates for the inaugural PFL Europe season in 2023 to be shown live on DAZN, the ultimate sports entertainment destination and global home of combat sports.