Congratulations to Bayern Munich for that splendid 2-1 victory over Manchester United in their Champions League semi final first leg in Munich. It was a classic performance by the German club by all standards. If there was anything called super revenge, this was it. more »

The sudden resignation of English FA Chief Executive Ian Watmore reminds me of a secret shared between me and former Ghana national coach Sam Arday when I was a member of the Black Stars management board in the early nineties. Arday, one day overheard some football lobbyists gossiping that I was too gentle to serve on a board reserved for football politicians and I should be replaced with someone with a tough skin. We laughed over it when he told me the story and since then we teasingly shout at each other the phrase “too gentle” whenever we meet. more »

The scales have turned again in Ghana’s Premier soccer league and it looks as if those campaigning for the halt to the duopoly of Accra Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko may have the laugh last after all. For the first time in nearly two decades, both H… more »

It is not too often that we have name sakes in Ghana football playing at the top level. In the eighties, we had two top players being affectionately called Joe Tex- midfieder Akwetey Quaye of Asante Kotoko fame and national defence player Joe Odoi of Acc… more »

David Beckham’s recent visit to Old Trafford in the company of AC Milan received such a tremendous welcome from Manchester United fans that it reminded one of the famous Biblical story of the return of the prodigal son. The fans could not so easily forget Beckam’s contribution to the huge success story of United and they gave him a fitting welcome home. more »

The Ghanaian version of Spain’s El Classico featuring football giants Real Madrid and Barcelona comes off at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi on Sunday between Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko in an epic league battle for supremacy. more »

Those who believed strongly that the Kumasi Asante Kotoko- Accra Hearts of Oak duopoly of the Ghana premier league would end this season are now beginning to revise their notes. The two veteran campaigners who had been stuttering all along during the first round have made a dramatic recovery in the second session and are giving the pacesetters a good chase. more »