I am tickled by the demeanour of two famous football coaches who have qualified their respective teams for the 2010 World Cup even with a couple of qualifiers to go; Fabio Capello for England and Milovan Rajevac for Ghana. Their contrasting mode of commenting on burning issues is quite exciting. Capello appears to be blunt and Rajevac looks like someone who doesn’t want to hurt a fly. more »

The Black Stars’ date with Sudan this Saturday in a World Cup/Africa Cup qualifying match quickly brings to mind a similar fixture in Omdurman eight years ago as both nations were seeking a place on board the 2002 Japan/ Korea World Cup and Cup of Nations in Mali. more »

The Ghanaian media had painted such a gloomy picture of the Black Stars’ readiness for the World Cup/ Africa Cup qualifying match against Mali that the Stars victory came as a shock and national jubilation was rather muted. Most people were shocked into disbelief and actually doubted what they were seeing on television as the media’s highly underrated Black Stars tore the Malians into pieces with two stunning second half goals by newcomer Kwadwo Asamoah and unstable striker Mathew Amoah. more »

It is unfortunate that just as the unnecessary debate as to why national skipper Stephen Appiah opted out of the Black Stars impending international matches seems to have abated, we should have on our hands serious financial practices against the Minister of Sports Alhaji Muntaka Mubarak. more »

The thick crowd that filled the Chinese built 20,000 capacity stadium in the northern regional capital of Tamale on Sunday night was unanimous in their verdict that Uganda had given the Black Stars a fitting trial for their impending World Cup assignment against Mali. more »