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| Black Satellites, winners of FIFA U-20 world cup in Egypt |
Ghana’s
achievements in sports have been tremendous, but many of such attainments are
counted as “past glories”. Recent achievements in sports have been less as
compared to many years past where money was not even their priority to some
athletes, but the reason behind their successes were based on fame, national
identity and patriotism.
Ghanaian
athletes have won a total of four Olympics medals, three in boxing, and a bronze medal by the under-23 Ghana national football team in 1992. With respect to football, the last time the Black
Stars won the nations cup was in 1982 and since then some of or our
performances have not been the best as the nation wanted.
The junior
national teams such as the Black Starlets have also won some continental and
world cup trophies but the most recent chalked by such teams was the FIFA U-20
world cup which was won by the Black Satellites in Egypt in 2009, the first by
any African country.
The below
shots show some achievements the country has chalked in sports.
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Dominic Adiyiah won the Golden Boot
for scoring 8 goals in U-20 tourney in Egypt
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E. Assifuah also won the Golden Boot at
U-20 world cup in Turkey 2013
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| Black Stars qualified for its third straight world cup after beating Egypt |
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Clement Quartey (left) won silver in men's
Light Welterweight at 1960
Olympics in Rome, Italy
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Black Maidens took bronze in FIFA U-1
womens world cup in Azerbaijan
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| Juliana Arko, won 8 medals at African weightlifting championships in Morocco, this year. Pix: Courtesy graphiconline.com
These and many others,
which majority of them are past glories are the successes and achievements
chalked by the state even when financial support pushed unto such sporting disciplines
are not even. Thus, government and corporate bodies must pay attention to other
sporting events in the country to help unearth various talents in the country.
All pictures courtesy
via the internet
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