Sports
McPhylls Protocol Consult presents assorted food, PPEs to NSA, 4 para sports assocs.
A Deputy Director General (Technical) at the National Sports Authority (NSA), Mr Abedu Wilson has called on the private sector to extend support to players/athletes in the sports industry as the covid-19 effects ravages on.
According to Mr Wilson, the lack of activity on the sports scene has rendered the players/athletes redundant and has made life unbearable for some of them, adding that, ‘the companies and individuals offering support must try and reach them.’
The NSA Director made the comment on Tuesday when he received assorted food items and Personal Protect Equipment (PPEs) to the NSA and four paralympic sports associations.
McPhylls Protocol Consult, an Accra based logistics company that have supported paralympic sports over the years presented 60 Veronica buckets, 10 cartons of Sardine, 10 boxes of liquid soup, 10 boxes of cooking oil, 10 boxes of hand sanitizers, 300 pieces of nose masks and 60 bags of rice to the NSA and the associations.
The beneficiary associations included the Ghana Deaf Football Association (GDFA), Ghana Blind Football Association (GBFA), Ghana Amputee Football Association (GAFA) and Cerebral Palsy Football Association (CPFA).
According to Mr Wilson, the gesture will go a long way to support the beneficiaries and thanked the logistics company for the gesture and advised other companies to offer similar supports to the athletes to ease the pressure on them.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of McPhylls, Mr Festus Annan said the welfare of players in the sports industry has been a major concern for his outfit and that informed the decision to support them.
The gesture, he explained, was also to commemorate the 60th birthday anniversary of his father, Mr Winfred Chartey Annan, the Head Coach of the national deaf football team.
He disclosed that the company would make a similar donation to other para sports that were left out.
Coach Chartey was full of gratitude for the honour done him and hoped that motivates the athletes work harder.
President of the Association of Sports for the Disabled, Shaaban Mohammed thanked Mr Annan for the support.
BY ANDREW NORTEY
Otto Addo is taking a calm and focused approach to the World Cup after being drawn against England, Panama, and Croatia in Group L.
“I look forward to every game as special,” he told ghanafa.org.
“Very important for us that we don’t underrate any team. For sure, England is the favourite in that group,” he acknowledged. “But for me as a coach, to be honest, I’m looking at each and every game equally.”
Addo is particularly focused on getting a strong start against Panama. “I’m hoping that we have a good start against Panama, that will be very, very crucial,” he said. “It will make the other games a little bit more relaxed and easier for the players psychologically. We will use the window of March for test matches, and then see,” he said.
Despite being a young team, Addo is proud of his squad’s progress. “I think we did very well in the qualifiers ” he said. “We didn’t lose a single official game, like the qualifying games, we did very well. We just played one draw and the rest we won, so we had quite a good year in 2025, after a bad year in 2024’’.
“Even though we have a very young team, we really, really did well, had a good harmony in the team, good union,” he added.
Ghana will open their FIFA World Cup campaign against Panama in Toronto on June 17 before facing England and Croatia in the other Group L matches on June 23 and 27 respectively.
The unbeaten away run of Accra Hearts of Oak will be put to the test tomorrow when they visit the Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium in Tamale to play as guests of Karela United. Described as one of the top-liners of the weekend games, the match will pitch one of the best home teams against the best away team, with their records on the line.
After playing a pulsating 2-2 draw with Kumasi Asante Kotoko last week, league leaders Medeama SC return to their fortress, the TnA Stadium, to welcome Berekum Chelsea FC in a clash of former league winners. Medeama have struggled in recent times to hold their own against the ‘Bibires’, losing their last four games both home and away.
However, according to Head Coach of Medeama, Tanko Ibrahim, that sequence of results will come to an end tomorrow as they look to crawl out of the claws of their opponents with victory. Eleven points separate the sides, with Berekum Chelsea lying a distant 14th position on the log. They have been a pale shadow of themselves this season, and it remains to be seen if Coach Samuel Boadu’s side can keep the bragging rights over the Yellow and Mauves in what has been described as one of their worse starts to a league season.
Today, second-placed Kpando Heart of Lions will trek to the Kwame Kyei Sports Complex in Abrankese to play as guests of struggling Nations FC. Having suffered a 1-0 away loss to Basake Holy Stars in their last game, Nations FC would look to pick all three points to better their current 12th position.
In other games, the Hohoe Sports Stadium will come alive as new boys Hohoe United FC welcome Kumasi Asante Kotoko. The Nii Adjei Kraku II Sports Complex in Tema will host the Vision FC versus Young Apostles FC game, the Tuba Astro Turf will host the Dreams FC versus Bechem United FC clash, while the Nsenkyire Sports Arena will host the Samartex FC versus Bibiani Gold Stars game. High-riding Aduana FC will sort things out with Basake Holy Stars at the Nana Agyeman Badu I Park in Dormaa.
By Raymond Ackumey
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