Brighton and Hove Albion defender Tariq Lamptey has joined the Black Stars in Marrakech, Morocco, for the international friendlies against Nigeria and Uganda.

The 23-year-old is returning to the national team for the first time since the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Lamptey has not featured for the Black Stars since the 3-2 victory over South Korea at the global showpiece.

He has been consistently dropped for international assignments due to his niggling injuries. Due to the setback, the England-born Ghanaian also missed the Africa Cup of Nations staged in the Ivory Coast.

However, his injury comeback is a huge boost for the Black Stars as new coach Otto Addo prepares his team for June’s World Cup qualifiers.

The former England youth international is expected to play in Friday’s West African derby against Nigeria and next Tuesday’s game against Uganda.

The Black Stars hope to put behind them a disastrous AFCON by beating their arch-rivals, Nigeria.

The beach volleyball competition of the 13th African Games enters the quarter final stage today.

Ghana’s men’s team will face Morocco at 10 AM at the Laboma Beach.Ghana have so far won all four matches in the competition.

Wins against Togo (2-1), Senegal (2-0), and Benin (2-0) ensured a smooth path to the round of twelve in the competition.

A 2-1 win over Algeria on Tuesday secured Ghana’s ticket to the quarter final stage.

Kenya, Africa’s number one ranked team, also 21st in the world, will play South Africa in the first quarter final match on Wednesday at 9 AM.

Senegal and Sierra Leone will face off in the other quarter final tie scheduled for 9AM.

Mozambique play Botswana.

At 11 AM, Ghana will face Mozambique in the women’s quarter final.

Although Ghana have missed the services of Rashaka Katadat, one half of the pair that qualified Ghana for the Commonwealth Games, the team has looked quite competitive.

Her partner from 2022, Corporal Juliana Aryee, has teamed up with Lance Corporal Charity Torku.

Congo will face Algeria in Court Two, while Ghana’s match takes place in Court One.

In the other quarter final fixtures, Morocco will face Rwanda, while Kenya face Egypt.

Ghana’s Abeiku Jackson has won Ghana its first medal in swimming at the ongoing African games after finishing second in the finals of the fifty(50) meters butterfly.

Abeiku Jackson, captain of the Ghana swimming team, capitalized on the huge support of the home crowd to finish second just behind the favorite in Egypt, Ali Khalafalla, who won gold.

Abeiku Jackson secured Ghana’s historic feat in the pool with an impressive time of 24.23s, finishing closely behind Ali Khalafalla (23.93) with South Africa’s Hardin Eaton securing the third spot with a time of 24.42s.

Abeiku Jackson’s silver medal takes Ghana’s medal haul to four after Winifred Ntumi won three medals in weightlifting today.

Ghana now has one gold medal and 3 silver medals at the ongoing multi-sports event in Accra.