I have never supported that popular saying that names don’t play football. I believe they do otherwise why so much time and money will be spent to chase a player like Cristiano Ronaldo. The young man has made a name in football and it is his name that dr… more »

The fear of fixed matches towards the end of the premier national football league continues to haunt the football authorities and since you need top class intelligence work to establish guilt in these circumstances everybody seems to have given up. The p… more »

Ghana boxing legend Azumah Nelson’s comeback fight against old foe Jeff Fenech in Melbourne on Tuesday June 23rd has received mixed reactions from Ghanaian boxing fans. Azumah was declared loser on points in the ten rounder but many fans think a draw… more »

It is unfortunate that the June 24th comeback non title fight between Ghana’s Azumah Nelson and Jeff Fenech of Australia has been shunned by boxing authorities in the two countries. Whilst the Australian boxing authorities have expressed concern about… more »

Even though the senior Ghana national football team Black Stars avenged the 2-0 defeat at the hands of Gabon with a similar scoreline in the World Cup/ Africa Cup qualifying match in Accra on Sunday not many people were impressed with the over all output… more »

Even with three more matches to end Ghana’s premier national football league both the champions and the bottom club have been decided. Asante Kotoko with an unassailable 60 points tally and a 13 points gap between their nearest challengers Kpandu Heart o… more »

A cross section of football fans have been loud of late in their criticism of sports writers and radio sports journalists and presenters for being unduly biased in their reportage. The allegation is that many sports journalists, especially radio/TV prese… more »

Ghana’s premier league football competition has had a rather bad reputation for suspected matches of convenience being played or simply put "fixed matches" towards the end when the relegation axe is about to fall on some clubs. This is a very controversi… more »

The 2-0 defeat of the senior national football team Black Stars at the hands of Gabon in the World Cup/Cup of Nations qualifying series in Libreville last Sunday has shaken the very foundation of football in Ghana and it would be no exaggeration to say t… more »

The large number of admirers of Ghanaian boxing legend Azumah Nelson who saw him off at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra on his way to Australia for his impending non title fight against old foe Jeff Fenech were impressed with his physical appea… more »

There is no need mincing words, the performance of the Black Stars against Gabon in the Cup of Nations/ World Cup qualifier on Sunday was a big let down. The team that had scored two straight victories over Libya and Lesotho netting six goals in the proc… more »

Even though Black Stars acting coach Sellas Tetteh has scored two straight victories in the on going World Cup/ Cup of Nations qualifying series fastidious Ghanaian football fans believe there is still enough room for improvement. The 3-0 home win ove… more »

I had been watching television footages of American football but did not quite follow the game till I had the opportunity to visit the USA for the first time in 1975 when a friend fully explained the essence of the game. Apart from the frightening protec… more »

One thought that superstition in Ghana football had ceased to be a topic for discussion until a funny incident reared its head in the recent premier league match between Wa All Stars and Obuasi Ashgold at Wa on Sunday June 8 For some strange reasons b… more »

Ghana’s boxing legend Azumah Nelson former long reigning world featherweight champion has been declared medically fit to fight again after ten years retirement. Dr Awudu Nelson younger brother of the boxer and manager told the media in Accra "physical… more »

When news filtered through recently about Ghana’s boxing legend Azumah Nelson returning to the ring after a decade’s absence many boxing fans doubted the veracity of the news. Many lovers of the fistic sport especially fans of Azumah believe strongly tha… more »

I have always maintained that football coaches must be good gamblers as far as substitution of players is concerned. The axiom that matches are won from the bench means that a good coach must be able to read the game well and predict right when and what… more »

Those of us who thought the foreign football coach- local football coach debate in Ghana was over would have to revise our notes. The issue is still alive. Football Association President Kwesi Nyantakyi has made it clear that even though local coach Sell… more »

Football club supporters all over the world take delight in bragging rights but in my estimation supporters of Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko are a special breed whose passion for the game and loyalty to their pet clubs put them well above… more »

There is no doubt that the presence of Ghana's international star Michael in Chelsea has won a lot of support from Ghanaians for the West London Club. In certain parts of the country it was real mourning when Chelsea lost the European Cup to Manchester U… more »

Gradually but unnoticeably the administration of Ghana football is changing for the better. The football association is gradually taking lessons from the real professionals in Europe especially where the premier league and international matches are conce… more »

I just came across a statement by Austrian Coach Hickersberger which I recommend should be adopted by all football coaches who mean to stay long in the business. He says and I quote "Every coach has to cope with at least 10,000 assistant coaches in the s… more »

Since June 4 1979 when Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings led junior officers in the Ghana Armed Forces to stage a bloody coup the month of June has left an indelible mark in the minds of Ghanaians. It was in the same month that year that eight senior officers o… more »

Accra Great Olympics the Wonder Club of Ghana that is facing relegation from the premier division managed to put aside their board room wrangling to salvage a point in their away fixture against the black magicians, Swedru all Blacks at Swedru. Olympi… more »