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Aug 24, 2018  As a foodie, this was one of my worst childhood games in Ghana I can’t forget. A perimeter is set, which is usually around the house, and you need to protect your food at all cost. Enjoy some of these traditional Chinese games with your family, perhaps when you are learning about China or celebrating Chinese New Year. Some of them may seem familiar to you, as they are similar to games that we already know. But many of them give us an interesting insight into another culture and are an excellent way of extending your studies on China.

See also: andOlympic sport in Ghana began when Ghana first competed as Gold Coast in the.Ghanaian athletes have won a total of four Olympics medals in thirteen appearances at the, three in, and a in association football, and thus became the first country on the to win a at. 2010 Winter Olympics Ghana competed in the Winter Olympics for the first time in 2010. Ghana qualified for the with a score of 137.5 points, within the qualifying range of 120-140 points.Ghanaian, nicknamed 'The ', became the first to take part in the, at the held in, taking part in the.Ghana finished 47th out of 102 participating nations, of whom 54 finished in the. Broke on the international circuit, being the second skier to do so. Cricket Cricket was handed over to Ghana in the early days of then the Gold Cost during the rule of its colonial masters the British and played its first international game against Nigeria in 1904. It is known that after the 2nd World War the game grew from there and spread through expatriates and further local citizens in the mining sector.The game between the 1960s and 1980s saw the involvement of schools and colleges notably in the Greater Accra, Central, Western and the Eastern Regions of Ghana. The spread caught the attention of the Universities, Training Colleges and Communities vibrantly.

By 1993 talents were identified at the grassroots to form the juvenile teams taking part in the Cricket Quadrangular among the North West Africa Cricket playing countries at that time.Ghana became an Affiliate Member of the ICC in 2002 and the game has continued to grow since.INTERNATIONAL The country competed in the ICC/ACA Division 3 of the ICC Africa World Cricket League in 2006 for the first time. Its third-place finish was hugely encouraging and it followed that up by winning the following event – in 2008 in South Africa – to gain promotion to ICC/ACA Africa Division 2.Ghana more than held its own in the 2010 ICC Africa World Cricket League Division 2 held in Benoni, South Africa in April as it finished in second place to maintain its spot for the next event. Black Stars squad line-up prior to match of the.is administered by the and the is known as the Black Stars, with the known as the Black Satellites.

Ghana has participated in many championships, including the with 4 titles, the three times, (2006, 2010, and 2014), and the with 1 title. In the, Ghana became the third African country to reach the quarter-final stage of the World Cup after Cameroon in 1990 and Senegal in 2002. Ghana national U-20 football team, known as the Black Satellites, is considered to be the feeder team for the. Ghana is the first and only country on the to be crowned and two-time runner up in.

The Ghana national U-17 football team, known as the Black Starlets, are two-time champions in and, two-time runners up in and.Ghanaian Asante Kotoko SC and Accra Hearts of Oak SC are the 5th and 9th best teams in Africa and have won a total of five Africa continental and trophies; Ghanaian football club has been crowned two-time winners in, and five-time CAF Champions League runners up, and Ghanaian football club has been crowned winner and two-time CAF Champions League runners up, 2001 champions and champions. The crowned Asante Kotoko SC as the. There are several club football teams in Ghana that play in the and, both administered by the Ghana Football Association. 2011-05-13 at the.

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Thinking about it, I feel sad that my children will never experience any of these 10Technology is great but I wouldn’t mind going back to these games any day. Read on to find out 10 games which stood out during my childhood in Ghana.ChaskeleGhana cricket is how I fondly remember this childhood game we can’t forget. With pieces of sticks and an empty milk tin, the game begins. And it’s up to the defender to prevent the ‘ball’ from entering the goal post (which is usually an old car type or an empty bin). Maame ne paapaThis is the Ghanaian version of playing with Barbie and Ken dolls.

And the only time, I could convince my brother to play with my dolls. There were no rules, all you have to do was just mimic how our parents cared for us daily.

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So we are our parents and the dolls are us.READ ALSO:PiloloSimilar to hide and seek, only this time around you are seeking for a piece of stick. The one who finds the shortest piece is out of the game.Practical numbersThis game was so fun and exhilarating at the same time. This childhood game in Ghana that we can’t forget was usually played during break time. More like a different kind of ‘mental’ than a game. Either you mention a prime number as faster as you can when it’s your turn or you are out of the game.AlikotoYou never know how deadly something can be until you reinvent it. A spinning top was fashioned out of pen top and old Tiger head batteries. Make sure when it stops spin on your turn it stands flat else the back of your hand would pay the price.READ ALSO:Ampe.

Ampe was my front even though I can’t say the say for today. The extra pounds might get me handpicked last this time around. This is definitely one of the childhood games we can’t forget.Counters ballThis intriguing game of football played with bottle tops and deodorant balls is a childhood game I won’t forget. Probably because I was the chief supplier of bottle tops in the neighbourhood.

I still remember my days as theKpiting3This childhood game we can’t forget was absolutely ridiculous. I never understood why sticking an empty pen with a broomstick into a heap of sand was any fun. Could someone please explain to me?ZanzamaHave you ever been knocked so hard you thought your brains will leak out of your ears? That’s how I felt the first and last time I played this childhood game I will never forget with my big brother. Forgetting to say the magic word, “Zanzama” had me nursing the longest headache in history.Kyin dan ho (go around the house).