Pulse Sports News - 24th June, 2016

The draw for the African Qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup tournament was held on Friday, June 24, 2016. The Black Stars of Ghana have been drawn in Group E with Uganda, Congo and Egypt. Ghana went into the draw seeded in Pot 1 with Algeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal and Tunisia. Egypt were seeded in Pot 2 accounting for them being in the same group with the Black Stars of Ghana. Atsu Nyamadi won Ghana’s first medal at the 20 African Seniors Championships at the Kings ParkAthletics Stadium in Durban-South Africa on Thursday after taking silver in the men’s decathlon on the second day of the event. Ranked third with 3895 points after the first day of the combined event, Atsu put up a strong performance on the final day, winning the javelin throw and discus throw events. Ghanaian forward Ben Bentil has been selected by Boston Celtics as their 51st pick in the 2016 NBA draft. The 21-year-old scores at all levels of the floor. He is a great ball handler for his size, and is quite mobile. He embodies the qualities teams look for in a modern day NBA. Alvaro Morata has thanked Juventus fans for their support after returning to Real Madrid following a two-year stay in Serie A. Despite the Italian champions being keen to keep Morata, Madrid exercised a buy-back clause reportedly worth €30million to bring the striker back to the Spanish capital.