In 1984, when Cameroon won the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time , Ghana were already four time champions and had won the original cup for keeps in 1978. It was however becoming clear that Ghana were fast losing her shine as Cameroun dominated the African soccer scene with impressive shows in the World Cup of 1982, 1986 and 1990. more »

The FIFA World Cup statistics clearly show that despite the emergence of a number of potential African stars, the overall standards of football in Africa at the national level is going down.It was twenty years ago that Cameroun took the world by storm and made an impressive show in Italia ’90 by reaching the quarter finals. It took 12 more years until another African country, Senegal, made a similar spectacular show in Korea/Japan 2002 where they caused a sensation by defeating France, the defending champions. more »

I am not too fond of describing the ongoing South Africa World Cup 2010 as Africa’s World Cup. I am not privy to any financial or material contributions by any African country to the organization of the global football festival. And so as far as I am concerned, it is South Africa World Cup and all the credit for the marvelous organization and the first class sports stadia must go to Nelson Mandela’s home country. more »

Nationwide discussions on the Black Stars’ narrow 1-0 win over Serbia and the subsequent 4-0 mauling of Australia by Germany suggest that the Stars could face a severe test of character against the Socceroos on Saturday June19. more »

Goalkeeper Richard Kingson and forward player Dede Ayew are Ghana’s history makers in the ongoing World Cup in South Africa. Kingson, currently the most experienced Ghanaian international, first played alongside Dede Ayew’s father, Abedi Ayew Pele in the 1996 African Cup of Nations in South Africa. Actually, he was the third choice among Simon Addo and Nanabanyin Crentsil. Let’s give him that credit he was part of the squad. more »

The mood of uncertainty that characterized the fate of Ghana’s national soccer team, Black Stars after their disastrous trial match against Holland, has now completely changed to a hopeful one following the splendid 1-0 win over Latvia on Saturday. Many of the doomsayers in the Ghanaian media who predicted that Ghana would be only tourists in South Africa are now full of praise for Coach Rajevac Milovan and his squad. more »

Rajevac Milovan, the Serbian coach of Ghana’s national football team Black Stars, must be having sleepless nights following the Stars humiliating 4-1 defeat at the hands of Holland in a trial match on Tuesday. more »