All I can surmise about that much heralded friendly international football match between Ghana and England at Wembley Stadium in London on Tuesday night is that Ghana's Asamoah Gyan confirmed his reputation as an enigma. more »

The huge numbers that filled the Ohene Djan Stadium in Accra on Sunday to watch Cote d'Ivoire play Benin in the Africa Cup Nations football qualifier should shame the warring politicians in Cote d'Ivoire who have made things difficult for such sports and leisure to be held in that country. more »

Whilst English football fans await the three sizzling fixtures between the two amazing prize fighters, Manchester United and Chelsea, their counterparts in Ghana will enjoy a bumper harvest of two exciting international matches this weekend. The Ghana Olympic team, Black Meteors, will face Sudan in an Olympic Games qualifier in the first match followed by an African Nations Cup qualifier between Benin and Cote d’Ivoire. Both matches take place at the Ohene Djan Stadium at the nation's capital .What a treat! more »

The Ghana version of El Classico between Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Accra Hearts of Oak billed to be a titanic battle turned out to be a near one way traffic with Kotoko beating Hearts in all departments of the game. The 2-0 win for Kotoko was no where near the 5-0 thumping Barcelona dished out to Real Madrid in the original El Classico but this was due to some lethargic marksmanship by Kotoko at certain stages of the game. more »

Alex Ferguson says he won’t contest the five match touchline ban imposed on him for making uncomplimentary remarks about a referee. That's all well and good . Maybe he wants the football authorities to rake all the skeletons they are capable of and he won't open the cupboards. more »

Whilst English football fans wait to witness the three upcoming fixtures between close rivals Manchester United and Chelsea, we in Ghana are privileged to have our local biggest football fixture on the calendar this weekend between Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Accra Hearts of Oak. more »

This is really a testing time for Arsenal's shrewd manager Arsene Wenger as the football world will be anxiously watching his reaction after going out of three trophies in two weeks. The Carling cup loss to unsung Birmingham City must have been a bad omen.The Emirates ball jugglers so dominated the game it would be no exaggeration to say that they actually refused to win by throwing away countless scoring chances. You can't be that unlucky. more »

It really looked a tough assignment for Arsenal to conquer Barcelona at Nou Camp but no matter how you look at it, Arsene Wenger's youngsters seem to have acquired some self-confidence these days.The way they forced Barcelona to concede an own goal depicts their new found fighting spirit. more »

It may sound like a broken gramophone but I cannot help lauding the brilliant work of that body in charge of arranging fixtures for the English Premier league.The fixtures are done in such a marvelous way that you find excitement throughout the season, no wonder the EPL's worldwide appeal is never in doubt.Take for instance the Chelsea- Manchester United first round match which was ruined by snow around Xmas.I have no idea whether the fixtures committee members are necromancers but fixing the match in the middle of the second round at the time it did added extra excitement. more »