I have this sneaky feeling that some sports loving people are perhaps unconsciously, trying to toy with Ghana’s international reputation as a strong sporting nation and by extension a democratic country that respects the rule of law.The world’s two most powerful sports authorities; FIFA and the IOC have stringent rules and regulations that bind all nations on the planet. It is therefore strange that certain people in my part of the world would want to act in a manner that would make Ghana a laughing stock among the comity of sporting nations worldwide. Let me refer here to the subtle manner by which a division one football club, Medeama from the Western region that had failed to gain promotion into the Premier division, quickly bought a Premier club Kessben ,renamed it Medeama and readied itself to compete in the Premiership in the upcoming season. This is unheard of. more »

I predicted the other day that the English Premiership would be the same old story this season with the traditional top four of Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool calling the shots. Whilst I still stick to my forecast, little did I know that there would be an elite class that would perfect in the art of scoring six goals per match. more »

I don’t subscribe to the notion that because the FIFA World Cup produced a brand new Champion, the English Premier League would see a departure from the old faces of Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool. To my mind, nothing dramatic has happened to the structures of these perennial winners and it is going to be the same old story. more »

Ghana’s heptathlon star Margaret Simpson-Senya is a fine encouragement to women who entertain the sad notion that competitive sports could make them infertile. The versatile athlete of seven disciplines broke her athletics career in 2006 to have a baby and her brilliant winning form in the just ended Africa Athletics championships in Kenya should be good news for all sportswomen, especially those in my part of the world, to shun the superstition that sports would deny them the chance of having babies. more »

I think some of us would have to revise our opinion about women’s football. I had always held the view that women are that tender that’s why we refer to them as the weaker sex; and that such a combative game played with tough rubber boots with hard studs would be a no go area for them. But the just ended women’s Under 20 World Cup has proved wrong all of us who think so. more »