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.

The Stadium was a lovely mixture of both Ivorian and Ghanaian fans and the neatly dressed bevy of Ivorian ladies was a top side attraction.

Kudos to the teeming Ivorian fans who defied the unnecessary volatile situation in their home land and travelled to Ghana to watch their darling footballers in action.

Thankfully Didier Drogba and his squad did not disappoint and fought back from a goal deficit to win the day 2-1.

Kudos also to the Ghanaian football lovers who made the occasion grand with their massive presence. Indeed, they have shown that football and sports in general knows no boundaries.

This was a weekend to remember as Ghana rather unexpectedly hosted four countries in a mini African tournament of three exciting international matches.

The first one was not quite on a good note for Ghana as the Olympic team, Black Meteors, put up a lacklustre performance against Sudan and lost 1-0.

After throwing away a lot of chances in the first half the Meteors wilted in the second half and the last minute winner by Sudan was actually a reflection of the run of play.

The Ivorian Olympic team did not throw away chances like the Meteors did against Sudan and the Baby Elephants thrashed Liberia 4-0 in the second match of the weekend to pave the way for the senior Elephants against Benin in the Cup of Nations fixture.

Didier Drogba and Co enjoyed massive crowd support especially from an excited Ghanaian crowd that had just been told of the good news of a sweet 3-0 away victory by the Black Stars over Congo Brazzaville in another African Nations Cup qualifier.

It was big picnic at the Ohene Djan Stadium. The Black Stars victory was the right setting for the upcoming historic international friendly against England at Wembley on March 29.

Historians say this will be the first full scale international match between the two countries since an English FA representative XI routed Ghana 7-0 during a tour of Ghana in 1958. Incidentally, the Black Stars were then being handled by an English Coach George Ainsley.

The English FA team had earlier beaten an Ashanti representative side 5-3 in Kumasi.

This writer was in secondary school when this match was played and my only recollection from radio reports is the name of top scorer Hannah and goalkeeper Pinner who was said to be a giant in the post.

Ohene Djan, Ghana's late authority on sports who was chairman of the Ghana FA at the time said in his memoirs about the humiliating defeats that,"Ghana football was then undergoing a painful transitional period and there existed an inevitable confusion between the old and the new methods".

This may be true but it is now a fact that Ghana football has come a long way.  One can safely say that Ghana can now easily match England both in tactics and player performance.  Let's see how England's Capello and Plavi of Ghana would adopt their various tactics to suit the game.

It is learnt Capello will be resting those stars involved in upcoming European Champions’ league clashes.  Plavi doesn't have that luxury of option and is likely to field almost the same side that trashed Congo Brazzaville on Sunday.

No matter the situation, it is going to be a momentous occasion for the two countries; Ghana against her former colonial masters.

I pray for a clean game and sportsmanship at the highest level from all the players from both sides.  In the end football should be the winner.

Cheers everybody and keep loving sports.