Saturday, 04 September 2010 03:34

The Association of Sports for the Disabled (ASFOD) of the National Sports Council (NSC) has taken steps to streamline the activities of all sub-bodies under its jurisdiction.

The Association has called on such bodies, which are into sports promotion to register with ASFOD in a bid to weed out activities of charlatans from the system.

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Saturday, 04 September 2010 03:34

Ghana skier Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong became Ghana's first athlete to compete at a  on Saturday.

The 'snow leopard' "beat" accomplished skiers including reigning world champion Manfred Pranger of Austria and three-time medal winner here, Bode Miller of the United States. Both did not finish. Fog and mixed precipitation made for tough racing conditions, and 10 of the top 30-ranked skiers didn't reach the finish line.

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Saturday, 04 September 2010 03:34

As a 35-year-old Olympic Alpine skier from Africa, Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong is accustomed to beating the odds.

Just not the competition.

The soft-spoken Alpine skier from Ghana pulled off his long-shot quest to make the Vancouver Games and gets his shot against the big boys in the slalom at Whistler Creek next Saturday.

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Saturday, 04 September 2010 03:34

Ghana, land of sea and sun is sending its very first Winter Olympic athlete to Vancouver. Alpine skier Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, nicknamed "The snow-leopard", is a self-taught, self-funded skier who had not seen snow until his 20's. He managed to gain enough points to qualify for the Olympics by racing in Iran, Bosnia, Turkey and other less traditional skiing nations.

He will be aiming to stay upright and run a personal best time all while wearing his signature black and white leopard-print suit. He told the Daily Telegraph that he's encouraging young kids in Ghana to take up skiing "We gave them grass skis and then took them to a fish refrigeration unit at Tema to let them feel what the cold is like". He will no doubt be very popular in Vancouver, and certainly embodies the Olympic spirit.

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