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Ghana relay team gains automatic qualification to 2023 World Athletics Championships
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Source: Joy Sports
Ghana’s 4x100m male relay team has secured an automatic spot at next year’s World Championships in Budapest.
This follows a quick revision of the qualification rules after Guangzhou 2023 World Relays was postponed to 2025 by World Athletics governing body yesterday.
The decision to postpone the World Athletics Relays Guangzhou 23, scheduled for 13-14 May 2023, was taken with the agreement of both the Guangzhou organizing committee (LOC) and the Chinese Athletics Association (CAA), due to the ongoing pandemic conditions.
The move by the World Athletics governing body immediately impacts the qualification system for the relay events at next year’s World Athletics Championships in Budapest. The World Athletics Competition Commission upon approval of the Council has released revised set of rules for qualifying.
Very much like the qualification system for the Oregon 2022, top eight teams from the last World Athletics Championships make the competition.
The philosophy, according to World Athletics, is to replicate a similar qualification system by still qualifying part of the field through direct competition and part through performance in the qualification period.
Ghana’s male relay team finished 5th during the relay final in Oregon and thus qualifies automatically alongside Canada, USA, Great Britain, Jamaica, South Africa, Brazil and France.
Details of the changes to the Budapest qualification system are outlined below;
Source: Joy Sports
The Tema Regional Police Command has arrested a 32-year-old man for allegedly posing as a soldier and extorting money from unsuspecting members of the public at Ashaiman.
The suspect, identified as Bright Atsu Kudiabor, was arrested by the Ashaiman Police on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, at about 7:00 a.m.
According to the Police, he was arrested at an area known as “I Shall Return”, where he was allegedly parading himself as a soldier and demanding money from people.
The Police said Kudiabor, who is an ex-convict, was initially arrested by personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service in Ashaiman with assistance from other members of the public.
A search conducted on him after he was handed over to the Police reportedly led to the recovery of a set of military camouflage uniform.
The suspect is currently in Police custody and assisting with investigations.
The Tema Regional Police Command said he would be processed for court after investigations are completed.
The Police urged the public to remain vigilant and report anyone who falsely presents themselves as a soldier or a member of another security agency to deceive or extort money from the public.
By: Jacob Aggrey
Volta Regional Minister, James Gunu, says the Volta Region holds enormous agricultural potential and efforts must be geared towards connecting farmers to the needed resources to unlock that potential.
He said focus must be on linking farmers to resources, technology, financing and markets to increase production, create jobs and build sustainable livelihoods.
Hon. Gunu made the remarks at the national launch of the Ghana Tomato Self-Sufficiency Initiative (GHATSI) held at Anloga in the Volta Region on Tuesday, September 15.
The initiative, under the theme “Produce at Home. Feed the Nation. Export the Surplus,” seeks to boost local tomato production, processing and marketing while reducing Ghana’s heavy reliance on imported tomatoes.
The launch was attended by the Minister for Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, his Deputy, John Setor Dumelo, Feed Ghana Coordinator, Bright Demordzi, Members of Parliament, traditional leaders, MMDCEs, farmers and other stakeholders.
Mr.Gunu expressed appreciation to the Minister for Food and Agriculture for the support announced for the region, including two excavators, 200 cartons of organic fertiliser, and GH¢200,000 for Ms. Kuatudzo Esther Dela, a tomato farmer and processor from Ziope.
He described the initiative as an important step towards making agriculture a stronger driver of food security, job creation and economic growth in the Volta Region.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
