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President Akufo-Addo has on Tuesday, August 31, 2021 cut sod for the commencement of work for the construction of $145m sports complex at Borteyman, a suburb in Accra.
The yet-to-be constructed ultramodern sports complex will be used for the upcoming African Games to be held in Ghana in 2023.[ads2]
The Complex will be fitted with a 1,000 seater, competition swimming pool, that is a 10-lane competition swimming pool; an 8-lane warm-up swimming pool; a one thousand (1,000) seater multi-purpose sports hall for basketball, badminton, boxing, table tennis and weightlifting; and a five-hundred-seater (500) temporary dome for handball, volleyball, judo, karate and taekwondo.[ads3]
The rest are a five (5) tennis court complex, including a one thousand-seater (1000) centre court; a 6-lane warm-up athletics track; one FIFA standard football training field; and a 6-kilometre single lane road, and a 3-kilometre double lane road.[ads5]
