Entries by UK Admin

Ghana Academy vs MTN Reality Starlets

United Through Sport’s U15 Academy side accepted the invitation to play against a very different Academy team this week. Located on the fringes of Accra’s Central Business District, our players took to the ‘Yellow Arena’ to play the MTN Soccer Academy team. MTN is the biggest mobile phone provider in Africa. In its’ seventh season, […]

Academy Players compete for National Tennis Ranking

Wednesday 5th February saw the National Tennis Centre, Accra, host the annual Ghana Tennis Association Competition held to determine National Rank. United Through Sport Academy Tennis players, George and Emmanuel, made up 2 of the youngest of the 64 competitors present at the tournament which would only see players contest one set. Both of our […]

Ghana Tennis Boys compete in Open Tennis Championships

On Friday 27th December 2013, three of the United Through Sport Ghana Tennis Boys competed in the Accra Christmas Youth Open Tennis Championships, held at the Accra Sports Stadium. Emmanuel Wettey, George Nyarko and Reginald Okai competed in the tournament, representing United Through Sport. All three boys played exceptionally well and fought every point to […]

Venus and Serena Williams visit Argentina

The Williams sisters, United Through Sport Argentina and the Blind Tennis Social Project put on a clinic during an exhibition match held at Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club on 30th November. Serena Williams, world number 1, and her sister Venus worked with children suffering from blindness with the aim to promote more participation in the […]

Ghana Boys Play in the Accra Senior Open Tennis Championship

Monday 2nd December was an exciting day for two of our Tennis Academy Boys, George Nyarko and Emmanuel Wettey, as they competed in the Accra Senior Open Tennis Championships at the Accra Lawn Tennis Club. Both George and Emmanuel entered the Singles tournament and joined forces in the Doubles tournament to fly the United Through […]

Ghana U11’s and U13’s Football Tournament

Friday 29th November saw the United Through Sport under 11’s and under 13’s teams compete in a Football Tournament held at Lizzy’s Complex in East Legon, Accra. The boys were accompanied by United Through Sport staff, volunteers and special guests who cheered them on as they took on their opposition teams. To add some extra importance to […]

South Africa Netball Girls Visit UK

At this moment ten pupils from the Junior School of Excellence (JSE) program are in the UK for a sports and cultural exchange tour sponsored by touraid. The under-13 girls are taking part in netball and touch rugby tournaments and will experience some cultural activities during their time in England. The girls, along with the […]

Scholarship Awards Ceremony in Ghana

Thursday 26th September 2013 was a very special day for United Through Sport Ghana as the first ever Scholarship Awards Ceremony was held in Teshie, Accra and the very first intake of talented young football and tennis players received their Scholarships to the School of Excellence. For the last 6 months the Ghana Team have […]

The Happiest 5km on the Planet

“The happiest day of my life”! This is how Tazneem, one of our Junior School of Excellence Netball players described taking part in The Color Run, held in Port Elizabeth yesterday. Tazneem was one of 25 children and 17 volunteers from United Through Sport lucky enough to take part in the first ever Color Run […]