Ghana abandons plans to build new stadium for All-African Games

Ghana supporters cheer ahead of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) football match between Ghana and Benin at the Ismailia Stadium on June 25 , 2019. (AFP)

Ghana has abandoned plans to build a new Olympic Sports Complex to host the All-African Games in 2023, according to a Parliament statement on Thursday.

The statement said the country's Youth and Sports Minister Mustapha Ussif told Parliament that rather than complete a new facility at Borteyman near the eastern port city of Tema, the country would renovated the abandoned stadium at the University of Ghana ahead of the Games.