The Sports Writers Association of Ghana's 32nd awards night certainly belonged to football, the sport with Ghana captain, Stephen Appiah picked the highest award of the evening, the Sports Personality of 2006.
Appiah, whose sterling leadership saw him lead Ghana to a historic debut at the World Cup where the Black Stars, Africa's best performers at the competition reached the round of 16, beat teammate, John Mensah and national long jumper, Ignatius Gaisah to the highest award.
The Fenerbahce midfielder's mum took the award on his behalf at the Banquet Hall of Ghana's State House on Saturday.
The yearly SWAG awards event seeks to honour sportsmen and women for their remarkable impact to sports.
In all 25 awards were presented to various sports personalities.
In the Footballer of the Year category, John Mensah overturned the scales in his favour as the defender, this time round beat Appiah and another national team colleague, Michael Essien to it.
After great showing at the World Cup last year that saw Ghana make waves of the biggest stage in football, the Black Stars received their due with the Team of the Year award.
Mensah, who was present at the event picked up another award as he together with Black Stars goalkeeper, Richard Kingson were received a special Meritorious Award for their contributions to the national team.