In the interest of Ghana, there have been successes in the various sports disciplines.
While football usually dominates the headlines, this year saw successes in swimming and other disability sports.
Below, we bring you the top eight Ghanaian sporting moments in 2023:
Ghanaian amputee football team crowned 2023 African Para Games champions
Ghana’s national amputee football team won the first African Para Games amputee football tournament in October.
The Black Challenge came from behind to beat Morocco 2-1 in the final of the tournament, hosted in Ghana.
Black Queens qualify for 2024 WAFCON
Ghana booked their place at the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) after a 3-2 aggregate win over Namibia.
This was despite the Black Queens losing 1-0 in the second leg of the final qualifying round in Pretoria. Hauptle’s side, however, triumphed on aggregate due to their 3-1 win in the first leg at home.
The Black Queens are returning to WAFCON for the first time in five years, having last played in the tournament in 2018 as hosts.
Yvette Tetteh makes history by swimming the Volta River
Ghanaian-British athlete and activist Yvette Tetteh made history as the first person to swim across the Volta River.
In May, the agribusiness entrepreneur began her swimming journey from Buipe to Ada, a distance that spanned 450 kilometers.
This marked the largest recorded swim in Ghanaian history as Yvette and her Foundation embarked on this mission to raise awareness of the impact of waste colonialism on ecosystems.
Bukom Banku retires from boxing
Meanwhile, boxer Braimah Kamoko popularly known as Bukom Banku announced his retirement from the sport in November.
The 43-year-old shot to fame in 1999 when he won the bronze medal at the Pan African Games in Johannesburg, South Africa.
In a career that spanned two decades, he held the WBO Africa Light Heavyweight and WBO Africa Cruiserweight titles and lost only one professional bout.
Kudus moves to Premier League side West Ham
Highly rated Ghanaian footballer Mohamed Qudous also realized his dream of playing in the Premier League after signing for West Ham United.
He joined the Hammers from Ajax Amsterdam in a deal worth €45m and signed a five-year deal with David Moyes’ side.
The transfer fee made Kudus West Ham’s record signing.
Laeticia Amihere becomes first Ghanaian player drafted in WNBA
In April, Laeticia Amihere became the first player of Ghanaian descent to be drafted into the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA).
The 22-year-old, who was born in Canada, was selected eighth overall in the American professional basketball league by the Atlanta Dream in the first round of the draft.
Amihere was born to a Ghanaian father and an Ivorian mother and began her college basketball career with the South Carolina Gamecocks in the Southeastern Conference.
Ghana wins the WAFU U20 Girls Cup
Also, Ghana beat Nigeria on penalties to emerge winners of the maiden edition of the WAFU B U-20 Girls Cup.
Having played to a 1-1 draw in the final, the game went to penalties where the Black Princesses triumphed 3-1 to lift the trophy.
Ghanaian clubs reach the group stages of CAF competitions
Finally, for the first time in many years, Ghana had representatives in both the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederations Cup group stages.
Ghana Premier League champions Medeama SC qualified for the Champions League group stage where they drew with Al Ahly, CR Belouizdad and Young Africans.
Meanwhile, FA Cup winners Dreams FC also reached the group stage alongside Club Africain, Rivers United and Academica Petroleos Do Lobito.