Ghandour(L), Gloria and Sammy Haywood Okine, a sports writer
The Chief Executive of Ghandour Cosmetics, Tanal Ghandour has advised parents to encourage their wards to combine sports and education to make them smart and efficient in this modern era.
He said in an interview that schools at all levels must also create the enabling conditions for pupils and students who are talented in sports to be awarded bursaries and scholarships to motivate them to take up sports to an appreciable stage like it is done in the advanced countries.
The Ghandour Chief said that if everyone is given the same opportunity for training and supervision, local athletes would be able to rub shoulders with their counterparts in Asia, UK and USA.
He noted that for their contribution to the development and promotion of sports in Ghana, and as part of their social responsibility, Ghandour Cosmetics is sponsoring the 2018 Women In Sports Association (WISA) Achievers Awards slated for September 29, 2018 at the Accra Sports Stadium.
26 female sports personalities have been selected for the second WISA Awards from disciplines like; tennis, table tennis, football, athletics, boxing, hockey, badminton, swimming, rugby, taekwondo, sports promoters, sports supporters, sports media and sports administration.
Madam Gloria Commodore, Executive Director of Women In Sports said, she was very glad to land on a sponsor like Ghandour Cosmetics and hoped that this year’s ceremony would be an improvement of the last one.
She called on WISA members to come on board to contribute to the programmes and events.
WISA was founded and registered four years ago with members being mostly media and sports performers and enthusiasts.