Archives for: May 2008
World Cup Thrills
May 31st, 2008Twenty three years ago, July 14 1985 to be precise,the Libyan national football team stormed Accra Stadium (now Ohene Djan Stadium) and held the Black Stars of Ghana to a pulsating goalless draw in the first leg qualifying series of the 1986 Mexico World… more »
No More Wonders
May 31st, 2008Ghana’s premier division football club Accra Great Olympics affectionately called “Wonder Club” has ceased to perform any more wonders. One of the eight pioneer teams that started the National league of Ghana in 1958, Olympics are now firmly rooted at t… more »
Of Foreign and Ghanaian Coaches
May 29th, 2008There is no love lost between The Ghana Football Association(GFA) and the Retired National Footballers Association of Ghana (RENFAG) on the nagging question of recruiting foreign coaches for our senior national team Black Stars instead of making use of t… more »
A Matter Of Priorites
May 27th, 2008Kumasi Asante Kotoko, arguably the best supported football club in Ghana is going to get rich courtesy a sumptuous sponsorship deal by communications giant Millicom operators of Tigo Mobile phones, worth nearly two million dollars. But the snag is that o… more »
Hearts Confirm Popular Notion
May 25th, 2008There is this popular notion in Ghanaian football circles that matches involving the two biggest clubs Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Accra Hearts of Oak never follow the form guide. In other words no matter the current strength of each side it is extremely di… more »
Hearts Will be No Match
May 24th, 2008I think it is totally wrong to describe the national football league match between Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Accra Hearts of Oak at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi on Sunday as a match for the gods by a section of the Ghanaian media.
The fact that the… more »
The Sporting Gods favoured Manchester United
May 24th, 2008When Manchester United organized that special ceremony last February to honour the memories of their predecessors who perished in the famous Munich air disaster 50 years ago I said to myself that it was a real spiritual cleansing and that the team would… more »
Ghana's World of Football
May 24th, 2008Is it foreign or local coach?
The current debate in Ghanaian football circles is whether the country should go for a foreign or national coach following the decision of French Coach Claude Le Roy not to renew his contract and the Ghana Football Asso… more »
Welcome to Ken Bediako's Blog
May 24th, 2008It’s all about sports with emphasis on football arguably the most popular and patronized sports discipline in the world. We shall be talking about how the game was introduced to Ghana more than hundred years ago and the impact it has made on the lives of… more »