{"id":34839,"date":"2026-05-19T11:03:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T09:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=34839"},"modified":"2026-05-19T11:03:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T09:03:25","slug":"goc-still-waiting-for-commonwealth-games-funding","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/goc-still-waiting-for-commonwealth-games-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"GOC still waiting for Commonwealth Games funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) says it has yet to receive government funding for preparations ahead of this year\u2019s Commonwealth Games and the Youth Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>GOC President Richard Akpokavie says the delay is affecting preparations with just over two months remaining before the Commonwealth Games begin in Glasgow on July 23.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Parliament reportedly approved a $1 million budget for Ghana\u2019s participation in the Games, but the committee says no funds have yet been released.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Youth Olympic Games will take place in Dakar from October 31 to November 13.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Akpokavie says while football often receives strong financial backing from sponsors and government, other sporting disciplines also deserve adequate support.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":34840,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-34839","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"GOC says it has yet to receive government funding for preparations ahead of this year\u2019s Commonwealth Games and the Youth Olympic Games","published_date":"2026-05-19 11:00:24","news_description":"GOC says it has yet to receive government funding for preparations ahead of this year\u2019s Commonwealth Games and the Youth Olympic Games","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34841,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34839\/revisions\/34841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=34839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}