{"id":107990,"date":"2025-12-22T02:17:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T02:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=107990"},"modified":"2025-12-22T02:17:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T02:17:34","slug":"team-ghana-shines-at-2025-african-youth-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=107990","title":{"rendered":"Team Ghana Shines at 2025 African Youth Games"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ghana\u2019s young athletes have returned home after a remarkable performance at the 2025 African Youth Games in Luanda, Angola.<\/p>\n

The team, which had a shaky start, won three gold medals, six silver medals and 12 bronze medals, bringing its total medal haul to 21. Ghana competed in 12 sporting disciplines, confirming the country\u2019s growing depth across the sporting spectrum and the deliberate focus on youth talent development.<\/p>\n

Highlights of Ghana\u2019s campaign included impressive performances in badminton, boxing and athletics. The badminton team put up a stellar showing, winning gold in the boys\u2019 and girls\u2019 doubles events, silver in mixed doubles, and bronze in girls\u2019 singles, the mixed relay and mixed doubles, for a total of six medals. The team, made up of Adu-Mintah Obapomba, Adu Moslena Ama Korama, Racheal Quarcoo and Andy Amofa, was a delight to watch.<\/p>\n

Ghana\u2019s boxing team also made its mark, with four boxers securing medals. Margaret Angel Naa Oyoo impressed with her maturity and skill in the women\u2019s 46\u201348kg class, winning bronze for Ghana. Richardson Ofori and Rahman Ablorh won gold and silver respectively, while William Laryea claimed a bronze medal.<\/p>\n

Ghana\u2019s young track and field athletes delivered commendable performances, gaining valuable experience and exposure. Coffie Mary won silver in the women\u2019s 400 metres hurdles, Evans Agyemang secured bronze, while Eghan Christina claimed two bronze medals in the girls\u2019 triple jump and long jump.<\/p>\n

Rising weightlifter Naa Aku Ansaba Tackey delivered three silver medals in the snatch, clean and jerk, and total categories. Kingsley Afful, Edward Amartey and Maxwell Ofei also won bronze medals in golf, karate and taekwondo respectively.<\/p>\n

President of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC), Richard Akpokavie, praised the team\u2019s efforts, describing the mission to Luanda as a success and noting that the athletes gained invaluable experience and exposure. \u201cThe team\u2019s performance reinforces the importance of continued investment in youth sports development and provides motivation for young Ghanaians to pursue excellence across diverse sporting disciplines,\u201d he said. The presence of GOC leadership in Luanda, he added, injected fresh energy into Ghana\u2019s campaign and underscored youth sports development as a shared national responsibility.<\/p>\n

Sports Minister, Hon. Kofi Iddrisu Adams, also expressed optimism, saying Ghana\u2019s performance at the Games highlights the country\u2019s potential across various sports and bodes well for future continental and global youth competitions.<\/p>\n

The African Youth Games serve as a crucial development platform for emerging athletes and a pathway to major competitions, including the Youth Olympic Games.<\/p>\n

The team\u2019s return home on Saturday was marked by a sense of pride and accomplishment, with athletes, coaches and officials commended for their efforts. Ghana now looks to build on this momentum in future competitions.<\/p>\n

Ghana\u2019s participation in the Games was made possible through the collaborative efforts of the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ghana Olympic Committee.<\/p>\n

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The team, which had a shaky start, won three gold medals, six silver medals and 12 bronze medals, bringing its total medal haul to 21. Ghana competed in 12 sporting disciplines, confirming the country\u2019s growing depth across the sporting spectrum and the deliberate focus on youth talent development.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":107991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_2277560469115098_106292521332774":"","twitter_aToxNzczMzI3Njk4OTg4ODUxMjAxOw==_1773327698988851200":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12925,5209,536,804,10,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-african-youth-games","category-angola","category-ghana","category-other-sports","category-politics","category-popular"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/107991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}