{"id":1179513,"date":"2022-08-16T07:56:05","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T07:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/16\/its-wrong-to-begin-sports-shows-with-foreign-news-kwabena-agyapong-to-king-eben-and-friends\/"},"modified":"2022-08-16T07:56:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T07:56:05","slug":"its-wrong-to-begin-sports-shows-with-foreign-news-kwabena-agyapong-to-king-eben-and-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/16\/its-wrong-to-begin-sports-shows-with-foreign-news-kwabena-agyapong-to-king-eben-and-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s wrong to begin sports shows with foreign news \u2013 Kwabena Agyapong to King Eben and friends \u00bb \u2122"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_33\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Ex-sports reporter Kwabena Agyapong thinks it\u2019s improper for the Ghanaian sports media to focus so much on sports coverage from outside the country.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>On Kessben TV, Kwabena Agyapong complained about how much coverage of international sports takes away from coverage of local games.<\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO:\u00a0I doubt if some of Akufo Addo\u2019s appointees are true NPP people \u2013 Kwabena Agyapong<\/p>\n<p>According to the former press secretary of the deposed president Kuffour, the media has given local sports, and Ghana football, in particular, very little attention.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>Despite the media\u2019s inability to eliminate international sports due to their profitable structure, Kwabena Agyapong said that it is the media\u2019s responsibility to promote the local game so that it can attract a large audience.<\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO:\u00a0Gate fees of Ghana League should be reduced to 5ghc \u2013 Kwabena Agyapong<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>During the tail end of his broadcast, he said that back when he was a sports writer in Ghana, he was responsible for introducing foreign sports to local audiences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you go to the UK and others, you won\u2019t hear them talking about the Ghana premier league. They spend a good time talking about theirs but in Ghana what do you see? We spend so much time on foreign news and it is wrong to start the sports shows in Ghana with foreign news. I introduced foreign football on my show years ago but that was at the latter part of the show\u201d He said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"DET5JXS76Bs\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kwabena Agyapong fires Sports Presenters\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DET5JXS76Bs?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; &#8211; Ex-sports reporter Kwabena Agyapong thinks it\u2019s improper for the Ghanaian sports media to focus so much on sports coverage from outside the country. On Kessben TV, Kwabena Agyapong complained about how much coverage of international sports takes away from coverage of local games. 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