Starlets arrive today after conquering Africa one more time
Starlets arrive today after conquering Africa one more time
Accra (Greater Accra), 3rd June '99 -
The national under-17 soccer team, the Black Starlets, winners of the just-ended Africa U-17 soccer championship in Guinea, arrive home on Thursday, June three.
A statement from the Ministry of Youth and Sports issued in Accra on Wednesday, said the team will arrive at 3.30 pm and called on all sports-loving people to throng the Kotoka International Airport to welcome them.
The statement said the team will be paraded through some principal streets of Accra and will end up at the Independence Square.
It congratulated the players and their handlers for winning the two-week tournament.
"This glamorous victory which comes after the one by the Black Satellites in Accra and the wonderful performance in Kaduna, gives a signal of the many good things that lie ahead for Ghana sports in the days ahead", the statement said.
It assured the team of the Ministry's readiness to assist the team in their preparation to win the covetous trophy at the FIFA World U-17 tournament in New Zealand in November.
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Accra (Greater Accra), 3rd June 99 -
Ghanaian hi-life star, Charles Kojo Fosu (Daddy Lumba), has been named Ghana's Olympic Music Ambassador for 1999 by the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC).
A statement issued and signed by the first Vice-President of GOC, Mr Frank Appiah, said Lumba, the first recipient of the award, will be decorated at the Maiden Olympic Banquet slated for the Banquet Hall, State House, on Friday, June 25.
Other eminent persons who have supported the Olympic movement in Ghana as well as past medal winners at the previous Olympic and Commonwealth games will also be decorated.
They include Mr Justice D.F. Annan, Speaker of Parliament and Mr Kofi Badu, Managing Director of Graphic Company.
The statement said the awards night would be used to raise fund to support Ghanaian contingents at this year's All-Africa Games in South Africa and the 2000 Sydney Olympic games.
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