The two African countries, Sénégal and Egypt who qualified for the 2024 Beach Soccer world cup in Dubai have been eliminated at the group stage of competition, shattering their hopes of competing for the elusive title.

Africa’s Beach Soccer champions Senegal was eliminated after losing 4-6 to Japan in their 3rd and last group C game which propelled them to a 3rd place finish in their group with 3 points, 1 win and 2 defeats.

Egypt on the other hand finished 3rd in group A after winning their lone game of the competition 5-4 against USA and lost to Italy and the United Arab Emirates.

The 16 Nations competition will pit the top two teams of each group including Japan, Iran, Belarus, Brazil, Portugal, Italy, United Arab Emirates and Tahiti at the quarter finals.

The quarter finals will place Brazil against Japan, Belarus will face Portugal, IRAN will play the United Arab Emirates while Italy will face Tahiti.

Source: Cameroon News Agency

Mr. Edward Patrick Nii Lante Bannerman, President of the Ghana Handball Association (GHA) has called on all participating teams in the 2024 Africa Zone Three International Handball Federation (IHF) Male Championship to be disciplined ahead of the event.

Speaking at the opening ceremony at the Borteyman Sports Complex, the President was excited that Ghana was hosting the tournament for the third time.

He thanked the Minister of Youth of Sports (MOYS), the IHF and the Confederation of Africa Handball (CAHB) for the opportunity given to Ghana to host the event.

He said, ‘We are excited we have a standard court, thanks to the government through the MOYS and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the 13 Africa Games’.

Mr. Eric Mensah Bonsu, Head of Finance and Administration at MOYS said it was important to host the competition as it would give the country opportunity to test the facilities before the Accra 2023 Africa Games.

He said, ‘I want to thank the IHF for giving Ghana the right to host this importan
t championship once again. This would form part of our preparation towards the 13th African Games’.

He said the government would continue to support all federations in the country including the lesser-known sports.

He said, ‘With the commitment and leadership of the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo, Ghana now has a modern sports complex for the youth of Africa to develop their God-giving talents’.

Mr. Majeed Bawa, Deputy Director General at the National Sports Authority (NSA) said, Ghana was prepared to host the rest of Africa from 8-23 March 2024.

Source: Ghana News Agency