Archives for: August 2008

This Strange World Of Football

August 28th, 2008
The football world is full of interesting episodes. The other day when Real Madrid were firing on all cylinders to get Manchester United gem Cristiano Ronaldo into their fold the Spanish champion club defiantly ignored the fact that Ronaldo was on a long contract at Old Trafford. more »

From The Archives

August 28th, 2008
The Ghana senior national football team, Black Stars, have won the Africa Cup of Nations four times. For the records I have provide the players that constituted the winning teams in 1963,1965,1978 and 1982. more »

No Words Can Describe Beijing Olympics

August 24th, 2008
I had that sneaky feeling that journalists who covered the Beijing Olympics were so overwhelmed that they ran short of the necessary vocabulary to describe what the Chinese presented to the world as hosts of the 29th Olympiad. Beautiful,awesome,spectacul… more »

Giving Ghana A Bad Image At The Olympics

August 21st, 2008
Ghana’s ace sprinter Vida Anim gave Ghana a bad image by her unsporting conduct in refusing at the last minute to run the 200 metres race at the Beijing Olympics when she had been duly registered. The young lady had promised to drop an earlier threat of… more »

Messi Is My Man

August 19th, 2008
Despite the hullabaloo about the exploits of Jamaican super sprinter Usain Bolt at the ongoing Beijing Olympics my favourite star at the Games is Argentinian ball juggler Lionel Messi. I admire him for the spirit of Olympism and nationalism he displayed… more »

Olympic Games Not Lottery

August 18th, 2008
The Olympic Games is not a lottery, in other words it is not a game of chance. It is for sportsmen and sportswomen who have trained seriously over the years and they shall be honoured with medals. I have attended four Olympic Games, twice as an active… more »

Beijing Must Tighten Security

August 9th, 2008
Despite the worldwide acclamation for the splendid opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, the perfect organization and state of the art sports facilities some nitwits who have no sense of decorum may wish to spoil the fun. This is the reason why I bac… more »

Athens Olympics 2004

August 7th, 2008
For the first time since the Rome 1960 Olympics no Ghanaian boxer qualified to be at the Olympics and so Ghana did not have a boxing team and the popular question at the Games Village was the whereabouts of Ghanaian boxers. more »

The Libyan Trap

August 2nd, 2008
It is good that Asante Kotoko fans kept their cool when irate Ittihad players from Libya went on the rampage at the end of the Confederation Cup match in Kumasi against Asante Kotoko that they lost 3-1. The Libyans destroyed electrical fittings and smashed a large screen plasma TV set in the dressing room in protest against what they described as unfair officiating by the Tunisian referee more »

SYDNEY OLYMPICS 2000

August 2nd, 2008
Ghana participated in boxing and athletics. Even though none of the participants won a medal a couple of athletes showed a lot of promise. more »