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 »