All the winter sports that Africans are missing

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• Yaw Bee. 9 years ago

  Kofi, a good article but at least you should have acknowledged the Ghanaian who participated in one of the winter olympics.

  Kofi, a good article but at least you should have acknowledged the Ghanaian who participated in one of the winter olympics.

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• Kofi Amenyo 9 years ago

  Yaw, you're certainly right. I should have mentioned The Snow Leopard, Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, the Ghanaian alpine skier who took part in the Vancouver Olympics. He certainly should have been mentioned in an article like th ...
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  Yaw, you're certainly right. I should have mentioned The Snow Leopard, Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, the Ghanaian alpine skier who took part in the Vancouver Olympics. He certainly should have been mentioned in an article like this. He may be the reason why Ghana is a member of FIS and I should I have mentioned it.
  
  I think it just didn't occur to me even though I know of his story well.
  
  Thanks for mentioning it, Yaw.

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• Saint Ghfuo: FREE YOUR PSYCHE 9 years ago

  WE HAVE AFRICAN CDN AND AMERICANS WHO PLAYED IN THE NHL. INFACT, THE FIRST BLACK PERSON TO PLAY IN THE NHL WAS AN AFRICAN CANADIAN CALLED WILLIE OREE AND HE PLAYED FOR BOSTON BRIUNS. THERE ARE STILL MANY BLACKS IN THE NHL BUT ...
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  WE HAVE AFRICAN CDN AND AMERICANS WHO PLAYED IN THE NHL. INFACT, THE FIRST BLACK PERSON TO PLAY IN THE NHL WAS AN AFRICAN CANADIAN CALLED WILLIE OREE AND HE PLAYED FOR BOSTON BRIUNS. THERE ARE STILL MANY BLACKS IN THE NHL BUT BCOS OF RACISM U DONT SEE TOO MANYBLACKS ASPIRING TO PLAY HOCKEY. SECONDLY, THE AVERAGE SALARY OF AN BASKETBALL, BASEBALL AND NFL PLAYER IS MORE THAN A PLAYER WHO PLAYS IN THE NHL. ITS ALSO EXPENSIVE TO BUY HOCKEY EQUIPMENT SO MOST BLACK PARENTS DONT HAVE THE MONEY TO SPONSOR THEIR KIDS AND DATS WHY U SEE MORE WHITE PPL PLAYING ICE HOCKEY. CANADA IS THE BEST ICE HOCKEY COUNTRY. INFACT, CANADA IS THE BRAIL OF ICE HOCKEY...FROM YOUTH TO ADULT..MEN AND WOMEN

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• ATTA OWUSU 9 years ago

  I don't think Ghanaians are sad for lack of snow on their territory. Winter sports are very fascinating but it is important for Ghanaians and the entire African community to develop football and be very formidable in it. It i ...
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  I don't think Ghanaians are sad for lack of snow on their territory. Winter sports are very fascinating but it is important for Ghanaians and the entire African community to develop football and be very formidable in it. It is very sad that the countries that enjoy fascinating winter sports are still champions when it comes to football. Even more sad is the fact that you don't see Ghanaians abroad, playing professional ice hockey or other related winter games. There was only one African girl I saw taking part in dance skating.

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• Akua Amoah 9 years ago

  I think it's okay not to do winter sports when you have no snow in your country. We can develop our own sporting activities based on what we have at our disposal and if they are enjoyable enough and we sell it to the world, w ...
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  I think it's okay not to do winter sports when you have no snow in your country. We can develop our own sporting activities based on what we have at our disposal and if they are enjoyable enough and we sell it to the world, who knows, our sports may also reach the Olympics one day.
  I wouldn't say we are ' missing' anything by not participating in winter sports. We don't play winter sports because our continent is warm and we have no snow. And I think that's perfectly alright!

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• the truth 9 years ago

  Is American football a winter sport?

  Is American football a winter sport?

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• Kofi Amenyo 9 years ago

  American football is not a winter sport. I mentioned it as a new sport that can be enjoyed if you understand the rules - just like ice hockey.

  American football is not a winter sport. I mentioned it as a new sport that can be enjoyed if you understand the rules - just like ice hockey.

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• Saint Ghfuo: FREE YOUR PSYCHE 9 years ago

  baseball is prolly on average,the highest paid professional sport but i dont understand why we havnt invested in baseball infrastructure, leagues in gh. look at how the akoreans, japanese and central americans are cashing in ...
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  baseball is prolly on average,the highest paid professional sport but i dont understand why we havnt invested in baseball infrastructure, leagues in gh. look at how the akoreans, japanese and central americans are cashing in with major lg baseball. big time money....

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• Kofi Amenyo 9 years ago

  I see your point. I think the problem in Ghana is now football as we have over-concentrated all our resources on that game at the expense of others.
  
  How many people play cricket in Ghana now? I think that game is disappea ...
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  I see your point. I think the problem in Ghana is now football as we have over-concentrated all our resources on that game at the expense of others.
  
  How many people play cricket in Ghana now? I think that game is disappearing from our country. The distance between cricket and baseball is not long. If we have stopped playing cricket, how can we take on baseball in which we have no tradition?
  
  Remember too that baseball has been popular in S Korea and Japan for ages because of the American presence there. And South America is near USA and they have the tradition of watching baseball from that country. And since USA was not our colonial master, we don't have any tradition of baseball.
  
  Even basketball which is a world game and not too costly to play is not popular in Ghana. Only football...

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