The University of Ghana team has departed Accra for Nairobi ahead of the 10th Federation of African Universities Sports (FASU) Games which will take place from 6th to 10th June 2022 at the Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya.
A team made up of twenty-six (26) student-athletes, a Student Leader, five (5) Coaches, two (2) Sports Organisers, a Medical Doctor, the Senior Assistant Registrar of the Sports Directorate (Deputy Head of Delegation) and the Director of Sports (Head of Delegation) left the shores of the country on Sunday for the tournament in Kenya.
This will be UG’s third appearance at the biggest tertiary sports festival on the African Continent since the rules were changed for individual Universities from countries to participate in the Games rather than national University delegations.
UG participated in the 8th and 9th editions hosted by the University of Johannesburg, South Africa and Mekelle University, Ethiopia in 2016 and 2018 respectively.
UG improved on the 2016 performance (4 gold, 7 silver and 5 bronze medals in five disciplines) in 2018 winning 5 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medal in three disciplines (Basketball, Badminton and Tennis) placing fifth in the medal table.
Out of the twelve (12) disciplines, the University of Ghana will participate in five (5) namely; Athletics, Basketball, Badminton, Table Tennis and Tennis.