You can trust the millions of arm-chair critics in football crazy Ghana. Not too surprising, there is a furious debate going on in Ghana whether the Black Satellites 4-3 victory over South Africa in the semi- finals of the African Youth Football championship in Kigali was the result of the Satellites having sharp shooters that bang in the goals or a lousy defence that concedes goals with careless abandon. more »

Ghana’s football legend Abedi Pele must really be a proud father watching his son Andre Ayew stoutly leading the national Under-20 team Black Satellites to shine so brilliantly in the ongoing African Youth football Championship in Kigali, Rwanda. more »

Accra Hearts of Oak’s Serbian coach Kosta Papic is unhappy that the national premier league is going to be suspended for one month; to enable the home- based Black Stars to participate in the novelty African Nations championships from Feb 22 – March 8. more »

The complaint by English premiership Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez that he has not been given enough control over football matters and that he has to answer to his chief executive, has sent interesting ripples in football circles in my part of the world notably Ghana. more »

I was just wondering what was going on in the mind of Chelsea manager Felipe Scholari as he sat on the touchline, watching the young man he guided in the Portuguese national team. Christiano Ronaldo tearing his team into pieces as Manchester United routed the Blues to a humiliating 3-0 win at Old Trafford. The Brazilian coach might have foreseen this torture that was why he was advising the amazing dribbler and goal scorer to leave Manchester for Real Madrid last season. more »

Both the English and Ghanaian top division football league used to be called the first division league. The English, who are obviously the masters of the language apparently wanted to add more spice to the competition and renamed it the Premier League. And as if by design, the change in nomenclature has gradually over the years added extreme colour to the championships and it is arguably the best in the world in terms of quality players and organisation. more »

Sorry folks for the long hibernation. I was consumed by the general elections passion in my beloved country Ghana and I completely lost the appetite to write. I am happy to back after cracking my brains trying to find out what Zain and Tain have in common. more »