UG Sports News

The Sports Directorate has organised an orientation for members of the University of Ghana Student Sports Council. The forum gave Council members an insight into the organisation of sports on campus, the activities of the Directorate and how relevant they are in the chain.

The Sports Council is made up of Sports Secretaries from all the Halls of Residence, School Team Captains and the Executives of the Council.

Following the press statement by University Management on the death of a Level 100 male student at the University of Ghana Sports Directorate Swimming Pool on Saturday, 29th January, 2022, Management of the Sports Directorate wishes to inform the University Community and the public that the swimming pool is closed until further notice.

We wish to express our deepest condolences to the family and friends of the deceased.

Management, Sports Directorate

The University of Ghana male 4x100m Team has set a national record of 39.75 seconds in the maiden Junior Olympics held at the Paa Joe Stadium, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi.

The Sports Directorate in collaboration with the University of Ghana Careers and Counselling Center (UGCCC) has organised a one-day seminar for student athletes camping ahead of the 27^th Ghana Universities Sports Association (GUSA) Games in April 2022.

The newly elected executives of the University of Ghana Student Sports Council have been sworn into office by the Director of Sports, Dr. Bella Bello Bitugu.

The swearing in ceremony took place at the Mensah Sarbah Dining Hall during a welcome meeting between Management and Staff of the Sports Directorate, and student athletes who are camping ahead of the 27^th Ghana Universities Sports Association (GUSA) Games to be held at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi in April 2022.

The University of Ghana Debate Society, National Champions of the 2021 Ghana Universities Debate Championship, will participate in this year’s Pan-African Universities Debate Championship to be hosted by the University of Botswana Debate Masters Association.

The Championship which is to be hosted virtually because of the COVID-9 pandemic will come off from 9^th to 14^th December 2021.

The Sports Directorate will commence camping for athletes of the University from 28^th November to 19^th December 2021 in preparation for the 27^th Ghana Universities Sports Association (GUSA) Games to be hosted by the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi in April 2022.

The University of Ghana Sports Directorate has presented the 2021 Ghana Fastest Human and the Ghana Universities Debate Championship trophies to the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Nana Aba Appiah Amfo.