Archives for: September 2008

KEN BEDIAKO’S SPORTS HALL OF FAME

September 30th, 2008
To mark my 47th anniversary as a professional sports journalist I present to readers my forty seven Ghanaian sports heroes since Independence. more »

Sports Development in Ghana

September 26th, 2008
To mark my 47th anniversary as a professional sports journalist I present to readers my agenda for the rejuvenation and sports development in Ghana. more »

Busy Time For Ghana Football

September 24th, 2008
The next couple of weeks will really be a busy time for Ghana football at the international level. The U-20 team Black Satellites, champion club Kumasi Asante Kotoko and the senior national team Black Stars will all be involved in crucial continental matches over the period. more »

Baba Yara Unveiled in Kumasi

September 22nd, 2008
A life size billboard of the legendary football star Baba Yara has been unveiled at one of the main entrances of the magnificent Kumasi Sports Stadium named after the late football icon. more »

Asante Kotoko In Familiar Territory

September 18th, 2008
Football historians will tell you that Kumasi Asante Kotoko are in familiar territory as far as the second round of the CAF Confederation's Cup is concerned. more »

Double Conquest Of The North

September 13th, 2008
Ghana's junior national football team, Black Starlets and the champion club Kumasi Asante Kotoko made it a sweet double victory over North African teams at the weekend. more »

Starlets' Redemption Trip to Libya ?

September 9th, 2008
The overwhelming national support being given the junior national football team Black Starlets for their African U-17 championship match against Libya on Friday Sept 11 shows how deeply Ghana felt when the Black Stars loss to Libya in the World Cup/ Africa Cup qualifiers last week.Everybody is looking for revenge. more »

Black Stars In A Fix

September 8th, 2008
My verdict on the Black Stars woeful performance against Libya in the World Cup/ African Cup qualifying match in Tripoli at the weekend is that Canadian journalist Declan Hill has been able to unsettle the Black Stars with his published allegations of match fixing involving Ghana’s senior national football team. more »

The Black Stars Libyan Connection

September 4th, 2008
It is good news that the Ghana Football Association has reacted quickly to that dangerous accusation of a bribery scandal against the Black Stars of Ghana in their 2006 World Cup match against Brazil in Germany. A Canadian investigative journalist by name Declan Hill has seriously indicted Ghana’s senior national football team in a book titled"THE FIX" which is about betting on sport around the world more »

Kotoko's Expensive Birthday Present

September 1st, 2008
Ghana’s champion football club Kumasi Asante Kotoko gave their numerous supporters a very expensive 73rd birthday present when the fans had to sit on thorns for pretty 88 minutes before Kotoko gained a fighting narrow 1-0 win over Mirreikh of Sudan in the Confederations Cup match at the Baba Yara Stadium on Sunday August 31. more »