The news that Ghana’s recently crowned footballer of the year, Eric Bekoe of Kumasi Asante Kotoko fame, is gallivanting in Europe looking for a professional contract is disturbing to say the least. I dare say the young man is falling into a similar trap by some Ghanaian budding stars whose craze for a stint in Europe, blinded them into taking hasty decisions. more »

The mood of the football fraternity is that of cautious optimism for the senior national football team, Black Stars, as they begin the struggle with Benin, Mali and Sudan to determine who qualifies for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. On paper, Ghana is the only side with World Cup experience among the group and the temptation to underrate the others is very strong.Therein lies the danger and it is the hope of Ghanaians that the authorities will not take things for granted more »

Media reports depict that there are some behind the scene moves by certain interest groups to get the premier league increased from 16 to 20 clubs.This is happening on the eve of the Ghana Football Association congress to ratify the relegation of three clubs from the Premier League and endorse the qualification of three oth more »

The scanty reports in the media about the death of Emmanuel Christian Briandt,one of the most distinguished footballers Ghana has produced and first captain of the senior national football team Black Stars has confirmed the urgent need for the establishment of a sports hall of fame to immortalize our past sporting h more »

It is not so often that the Ghanaian football fraternity remembers its past heroes.The decision therefore by champion club Kumasi Asante Kotoko, to honour the memory of its long serving patron and philanthropist Benjamin Kyem Edusei (affectionately called “BK”) who died 35 years ago, has been lauded by many true sports lovers. more »

Ghana’s champion club Kumasi Asante Kotoko must not bemoan their exit from the Confederation Cup but rather regard it as dress rehearsal for next year’s champions’ league. Kotoko at the moment have quite a youthful side and you could see that inexperience found them wanting at certain crucial moments when it mattered m more »

Top division football clubs in Ghana are known for their captivating names. Apart from a few indigenous names like Asante Kotoko, Abuakwa Susu Biribi, Wassaman, Bofoakwa Tano and Adansiman, there are exciting English names like Accra Hearts of Oak, Cape Coast Venomous Vipers, Cape Coast Mysterious Dwarfs and Sekondi Eleven Wise. Incidentally all the above mentioned clubs are referred to as traditional clubs. more »

The plight of Ghanaian football coaches has been the subject for public discussion over the years and it seems it would continue for a long time. The issue of emoluments and contracts has been the moot point and there is every indication that the debate would continue for a long time to come. more »

Sekondi Eleven Wise, affectionately called the Western Show Boys are arguably the most popular and best supported football team in the Western Region of Ghana.The club has a long standing tradition of playing the type of fascinating and entertaining game punctuated with eye pleasing dribbling that keep fans on their toes. more »

Well, the Serbian magic has worked again for the Black Stars. Coach Milovan Juvenac, like his predecessor, Ratomir Dujkovic has managed to steer the senior Ghana national football team on the path to another World Cup qualificat more »

The sporting fraternity in Ghana is visibly disturbed about the apparent falling standards of athletics in the country. No wonder some leading figures of the sport recently met in Accra, to seek new ways of breathing life back into a sport which once gave the country its eminent place. more »

I recall with some nostalgia the fanfare surrounding the first ever world boxing title fight staged in Ghana in 1964, between local hero Floyd Robertson and Cuban born Sugar Ramos of Mexico. Jack Solomons, the famous English millionaire boxing promoter staged the tournament with active support from the government of Gha more »

Football historians will tell you that Ghana has for a long time had problems with certain visiting teams from northern Africa both at the national and club level as far as discipline and good sportsmanship is concerned. more »

The Black Stars’ Serbian Coach Milovan Rajevac is determined to emulate the fine example set by his compatriot Ratomir Dujkovic, who in 2006 took Ghana to the FIFA World Cup for the first time. Dujkovic had taken over the management of the team at a dicey time when the Black Stars were on the verge of missing the World Cup one more time, but he majestically braved the storms and saw the Black Stars through to Germany 2006 amidst nationwide applause. more »

My considered opinion is that the best tribute Ghana’s sporting fraternity can pay to the late Finance Minister Kwadwo Baah –Wiredu, is to name the proposed national sports hall of fame after him more »

Ghana’s champion club, Kumasi Asante Kotoko, have a Hobson’s choice in their Confederation Cup match against Etoile Sahel at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi on Saturday,Oct 4th more »