Sports News of Friday, 13 April 2018Source: www.ghanaweb.comCommonwealth Games: Three times Ghana’s image has been tarnished in AustraliaThe athletes claim they are owed $400 per diem, eachGhana’s participation in yet another international competition has brought nothing but monumental shame. The theme for Ghana’s participation which was “from Gold Coast to Gold Coast for Gold” has turned into “from Gold Coast to Gold Coast for disgrace” with underwhelming performances from the athletes and a visa fraud scandal. The report was however denied by Ghana’s Chef de Mission for the Games, Mohammed Sahnoon“Let us ignore all the bad press about team Ghana. ’Journalists deported from AustraliaThe Australian authorities deported some Ghanaians who travelled to the country with fake and fictitious documents suggesting that they are journalists. The Australian authorities explained that the deported journalists did not possess journalism equipment such as laptops, recorders, mobile phones and money required to cover the games.

Source: GhanaWeb April 13, 2018 11:37 UTC