One of the most famous football clubs in my country, Accra Hearts of Oak have an inspiring motto: NEVER SAY DIE UNTIL THE BONES ARE ROTTEN. This creed has urged them to brave several storms in their 100 year old existence. Unfortunately, their lofty plan to celebrate their centenary in style in November this year has crashed miserably and they are now fighting desperately to remain in the premier division. more »

My friend Ebo, who is always prepared to manufacture an excuse for any Manchester United defeat, is convinced United's 1-0 loss to City in the FA Cup semi-final was designed to ensure the city of Manchester becomes the new Mecca of English football and the home of championship trophies. more »

I doff my hat for veteran Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs for his wonderful engineering of the three marvellous goals that have ousted Chelsea from the medal zone of the UEFA Champions league. If Giggs’ slide rule pass to Wayne Rooney that won the day for United in the first leg at Stamford Bridge was superb, the two he gave to Javier Hernandez and Park Ji-Sung that won the day for United in the second leg at Old Trafford on Tuesday night were straight from the text book, especially the match-winner to Park that dashed any hopes of recovery by Chelsea who had got a moral boosting equalizer barely a minute earlier. more »

The massive victories recorded by Real Madrid and Schalke in the first leg quarter finals of the champions league on Tuesday night have set the stage for an intriguing semi final qualifiers. If Tottenham could not see what was happening to them in Madrid as four goals whisked past them, defending champions Inter Milan must be in wonderland for throwing away an early lead at home and incredibly losing by five goals to two. more »

Too bad that Inter Milan's local derby 3-0 loss to AC Milan has reduced to some extent the glamour surrounding their Champions’ league match quarter final first leg match against Schalke on Tuesday. But make no  mistake,  the defending champions might… more »