Sports in Ghana

Ghana's most popular sport is football, followed by boxing, Athletics, Badminton and basketball.

On December 2025 the Sports Fund was established under Act 1159 under the Ghana Sports Fund Bill to boost sports infrastructure and athletes welfare. To kick start operation of the sports fund, several organizations has donated to the fund which include the National Investment Bank. The minister for Sports and Recreation has also pledge to donate his two months salary to the fund. While Honorable Nelson Rockson Dafeamekpor also donatetes his three months salary to the fund.

National Sports Authority which is governmental agency established before Ghana's independence, states that it promotes sports in Ghana. Collaborating with 52 sporting associations and federations. These national sporting federations are the national governing bodies of each sport. Per an Act of Parliament, the NSA provides financial and technical support to the various national teams that compete locally and internationally through their national federation.

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