I was privileged to be among a group of journalists on a conducted tour of the famous Berlin Olympic stadium in April 1966. We had on site information of how Adolf Hitler shunned the great black Olympian athlete Jesse Owens, who had won multiple gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games. more »

Football in Ghana which in the not too distant past used to be city based is gradually spreading to the hinterland and this is good for the sport. The just ended middle league that picked the top three for the premier league revealed an interesting trend. Teams from Brong Ahafo are making a great impact. more »

With the whirlwind start of the European football season and the impending second round of the World Cup qualifiers, there will definitely be pressure on the African professional stars to maintain consistent form and also contain the drastic climatic changes and the long flights to and from home for the numerous assignments. more »

The Sportswriters Association of Ghana (SWAG) could congratulate itself for hitting the 41st milestone this month. It is fitting that the annual SWAG Cup football match named after their late chief patron Henry Plange Nyemitei turned out to be a resounding success. more »

I am writing this piece as a bona fide fan of Manchester United. If the performance of Ben Foster in the Charity Shield match against Chelsea is anything to go by then I can say with all authority that he cannot be number one goalkeeper for Manchester United in the absence of the injured Van der Saar. The Englishman could hardly catch any ball at once and his composure in the air was suspect. He could have effectively punched the ball to safety instead of that half hearted approach that resulted in the first goal. more »

Some time ago, the Ghana Football Association conceived the fine idea of aligning the football season with what obtains in Europe so that the foreign based players that form the nucleus of the Black Stars would not be disturbed with unplanned matches when they are supposed to be in the off season. more »

In my part of the world, there are many people who don’t regard the cat as a mere pet but a real delicacy. They however admit the cat is an extremely cunning animal and you need to be an expert executioner to kill it but as they defiantly put it “they are so many ways of killing a cat”. more »

It is heart warming that the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) has saved Ghana from self-destruction by agreeing to lift the ban on Ghana to enable its athletes to participate in the forthcoming world championships in Berlin, Germany. more »