{"id":142302,"date":"2024-01-23T13:09:42","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T13:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/23\/eleven-excel-at-ghana-sports-excellence-awards\/"},"modified":"2024-01-23T13:09:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T13:09:42","slug":"eleven-excel-at-ghana-sports-excellence-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/23\/eleven-excel-at-ghana-sports-excellence-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Eleven Excel At Ghana Sports Excellence Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Afeafa Nfojoh<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Eleven sporting personalities were adjudged \u2018Exceptional\u2019 at the global event, Annual Ghana Sports Excellence Awards 2023, held at the British Council in Accra last December.<\/p>\n<p>Minister for Youth and Sports, Mustapha Ussif, Ghana Football Association\u2019s (GFA) President, Kurt Okraku, SV Waldhof Mannheim 07\u2019s Charles Jesaja Herrmann, and Black Queens\u2019 head coach, Nora Hauptle emerged Exceptional Sports Administrator, Rising to the Challenge, Exceptional Diasporan Male Athlete and Exceptional Expat Coach, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Also honoured on the occasion were Great Britain\u2019s sprinter, Annie Tagoe, Ragin Cajuns\u2019 Brock Appiah and Atlanta Dream\u2019s Laeticia Amihere, who came up as Exceptional Diasporan Break-Out Star, Exceptional Diasporan Youth Athlete and Exceptional Diasporan Female Athlete, in that order.<\/p>\n<p>Media General\u2019s Afeafa Nfojoh and Bill Eshun received honours as Exceptional Media Productions Genius and Exceptional Emerging Sports Journo, whilst Graphic Communications Group\u2019s Beatrice Laryea was awarded as Exceptional Sports Journo.<\/p>\n<p>Black Stars\u2019 and West Ham United\u2019s Mohammed Kudus and Accra City Hotel were named Exceptional Break-Out Star and Exceptional Hospitality Firm.<\/p>\n<p>Founded by Hallmark Plus, the Annual Ghana Sports Excellence 2023 was made possible by Ethiopian Airlines, Socca Box, Mulik, Parmalat, Nacional Cookie, Ocean Spray, among others.<\/p>\n<p>It is an important element of the event to unveil individuals and organisations that<\/p>\n<p>have historically been reluctant to showcase their achievements.<\/p>\n<p>The winners were therefore selected through an independent judging process under the direction of a chief reviewer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From The Sports Desk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Afeafa Nfojoh \u00a0 Eleven sporting personalities were adjudged \u2018Exceptional\u2019 at the global event, Annual Ghana Sports Excellence Awards 2023, held at the British Council in Accra last December. 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