Accra, Jan. 22, GNA – The 45th MTN Sports
Writers Association Of Ghana (SWAG) awards has been launched at the MTN head
office at Ridge in Accra.
In all, 27 sportsmen and women who have
excelled in the past sports season would be honoured at the Accra International
Conference Centre (AICC) on Saturday, 23rd May, 2020.
They include Sports Personality of the year,
Footballer of the Year, Athletes of the Year, Para athlete of the Year,
Professional Boxer of the Year, Amateur Boxer of the Year, Table Tennis Player
of the Year, Prospect of the Year and Taekwondo Athlete of the Year.
Mr. Kwabena Yeboah, President of SWAG said
the best five performing sports federations would be recognized and honoured,
namely; weightlifting, rugby, athletics, badminton and armwrestling.
He hinted that special meritorious awards
would be given to the national beach volleyball team, former international
football star, Nii Odartey Lamptey, Richard Akpokavie – General Secretary of
the Ghana Olympic Commitee (GOC), Mr. Oteng Aboagye – former Sports
Administrator and president of Cheetah FC/ Ghana Bodybuilding & Fitness
Association Mr. Abdul Haye Yartey.
According to the SWAG president MTN, Ghana
Gas, GOIL, ABL and TT Brothers were also going to be awarded for supporting
Ghana sports.
Mr. Samuel Koranteng, Senior Corporate
Services Executive of MTN who launched the 45th awards on behalf of the CEO
commended SWAG members for covering the recent Ghana University Sports
Association (GUSA) Games, and urged them to make the coming awards night more
attractive and spectacular.
He urged other corporare bodies to support
SWAG to honour the nation’s most distinguished sports men and women.
GNA