{"id":201193,"date":"2016-03-23T14:54:50","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T14:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=201193"},"modified":"2016-03-23T14:54:50","modified_gmt":"2016-03-23T14:54:50","slug":"puma-rolls-out-initiative-to-unearth-young-talents-in-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/03\/puma-rolls-out-initiative-to-unearth-young-talents-in-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"PUMA rolls out initiative to unearth young talents in Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Global sportswear brand PUMA has launched a new initiative to unearth young Ghanaian talents between the ages of 13-16 from across communities in Ghana starting with the Greater Accra Region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to officials at Cute Events Trading Limited, franchise holders of PUMA in Ghana, the idea behind the \u201cSchool of Speed\u201d initiative which is being pushed globally by PUMA, is to encourage the growth and create opportunities for the younger generation through sports and academia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-201196 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/20645698-d605-41d1-977f-bd786934e1e5.jpg\" alt=\"20645698-d605-41d1-977f-bd786934e1e5\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At an impressive launch ceremony in Accra on March 21, 2016, Cindy Eghan, Country Representative of PUMA Ghana, stated that \u201cSchool of Speed is to help school children to combine sports and academia in order to realize their talents, dreams and aspirations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSports brings people together and breaks barriers between culture, religion and class. It promotes fitness and health, teamwork and competitiveness and helps our children explore talents out of the classroom,\u201d Eghan added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-201197 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/fdc022d8-2b3a-4cba-b37d-4173102165fa.jpg\" alt=\"fdc022d8-2b3a-4cba-b37d-4173102165fa\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to PUMA, it plans to scout for a School of Speed Team and provide them with the opportunity to refine, develop their skills as well as providing a platform for their talents to be noticed by well pivotal individuals in global football.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s Deputy Sports Minister, Mr. Vincent Oppong Asamoah who launched the School of Speed project described the initiative as a groundbreaking concept that will enhance government-corporate partnerships in sports development across the country<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-201194 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/4611a10a-bd75-43e7-beb1-c1c0a3999467.jpg\" alt=\"4611a10a-bd75-43e7-beb1-c1c0a3999467\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><br \/>\nThe event which took place at the popular Indafa Park in Mamprobi was attended by some global officials of PUMA, ex-Black Stars players like Stephen Appiah, Tony Baffoe and Joe Addo as well as the Technical Director of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Mr Oti Akenten, former Hearts of Oak players Adjah Tetteh and Amankwah Mireku and also officials of the Ghana Education Service.<\/p>\n<p>An exhibition match was played between some selected kids of schools and prizes were given to deserving players.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Credit: Pumaa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global sportswear brand PUMA has launched a new initiative to unearth young Ghanaian talents between the ages of 13-16 from across communities in Ghana starting with the Greater Accra Region. According to officials at Cute Events Trading Limited, franchise holders of PUMA in Ghana, the idea behind the \u201cSchool of Speed\u201d initiative which is being [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PUMA rolls out initiative to unearth young talents in Ghana - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/03\/puma-rolls-out-initiative-to-unearth-young-talents-in-ghana\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PUMA rolls out initiative to unearth young talents in Ghana - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Global sportswear brand PUMA has launched a new initiative to unearth young Ghanaian talents between the ages of 13-16 from across communities in Ghana starting with the Greater Accra Region. According to officials at Cute Events Trading Limited, franchise holders of PUMA in Ghana, the idea behind the \u201cSchool of Speed\u201d initiative which is being [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/03\/puma-rolls-out-initiative-to-unearth-young-talents-in-ghana\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-03-23T14:54:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/20645698-d605-41d1-977f-bd786934e1e5.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Godwin Akweiteh Allotey\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Godwin Akweiteh Allotey\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/03\/puma-rolls-out-initiative-to-unearth-young-talents-in-ghana\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/03\/puma-rolls-out-initiative-to-unearth-young-talents-in-ghana\/\",\"name\":\"PUMA rolls out initiative to unearth young talents in Ghana - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-03-23T14:54:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-03-23T14:54:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f2af5176fd89b19b3c31f8a4b9660f9b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/03\/puma-rolls-out-initiative-to-unearth-young-talents-in-ghana\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/03\/puma-rolls-out-initiative-to-unearth-young-talents-in-ghana\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/03\/puma-rolls-out-initiative-to-unearth-young-talents-in-ghana\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"PUMA rolls out initiative to unearth young talents in Ghana\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\",\"name\":\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"description\":\"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f2af5176fd89b19b3c31f8a4b9660f9b\",\"name\":\"Godwin Akweiteh Allotey\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/39abdd010da0725707cd850c74a394cf?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/39abdd010da0725707cd850c74a394cf?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Godwin Akweiteh Allotey\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/allotey\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"PUMA rolls out initiative to unearth young talents in Ghana - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/03\/puma-rolls-out-initiative-to-unearth-young-talents-in-ghana\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"PUMA rolls out initiative to unearth young talents in Ghana - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","og_description":"Global sportswear brand PUMA has launched a new initiative to unearth young Ghanaian talents between the ages of 13-16 from across communities in Ghana starting with the Greater Accra Region. According to officials at Cute Events Trading Limited, franchise holders of PUMA in Ghana, the idea behind the \u201cSchool of Speed\u201d initiative which is being [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/03\/puma-rolls-out-initiative-to-unearth-young-talents-in-ghana\/","og_site_name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3","article_published_time":"2016-03-23T14:54:50+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/20645698-d605-41d1-977f-bd786934e1e5.jpg"}],"author":"Godwin Akweiteh Allotey","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@citi973","twitter_site":"@citi973","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Godwin Akweiteh Allotey","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/03\/puma-rolls-out-initiative-to-unearth-young-talents-in-ghana\/","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/03\/puma-rolls-out-initiative-to-unearth-young-talents-in-ghana\/","name":"PUMA rolls out initiative to unearth young talents in Ghana - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-03-23T14:54:50+00:00","dateModified":"2016-03-23T14:54:50+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f2af5176fd89b19b3c31f8a4b9660f9b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/03\/puma-rolls-out-initiative-to-unearth-young-talents-in-ghana\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/03\/puma-rolls-out-initiative-to-unearth-young-talents-in-ghana\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/03\/puma-rolls-out-initiative-to-unearth-young-talents-in-ghana\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"PUMA rolls out initiative to unearth young talents in Ghana"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/","name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","description":"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f2af5176fd89b19b3c31f8a4b9660f9b","name":"Godwin Akweiteh Allotey","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/39abdd010da0725707cd850c74a394cf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/39abdd010da0725707cd850c74a394cf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Godwin Akweiteh Allotey"},"url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/allotey\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201193"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201193\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}