Indeed the most appropriate headline for this story should have been “NO TEARS FOR GHANA AS FAR AS THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT IS CONCERNED”. But it’s somewhat mouthful so let me cut it short.I saw it written on the wall long ago that Ghana could be bundled out of the revered Olympic fraternity when those who should know better started playing dirty politics with the composition of the Ghana Olympic Committee. Dear reader, please refer to this same blog on October 3 2010. more »

The seeming struggle for power in the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) is completely uncalled for. It looks like we have two presidents in the person of Benson Baba who has headed the GOC for the past 13 years and Prof Francis Dodoo who was elected at a controversial GOC Congress a couple of weeks ago. more »

I had that sneaky feeling that journalists who covered the Beijing Olympics were so overwhelmed that they ran short of the necessary vocabulary to describe what the Chinese presented to the world as hosts of the 29th Olympiad. Beautiful,awesome,spectacul… more »

Ghana’s ace sprinter Vida Anim gave Ghana a bad image by her unsporting conduct in refusing at the last minute to run the 200 metres race at the Beijing Olympics when she had been duly registered. The young lady had promised to drop an earlier threat of… more »

Despite the hullabaloo about the exploits of Jamaican super sprinter Usain Bolt at the ongoing Beijing Olympics my favourite star at the Games is Argentinian ball juggler Lionel Messi. I admire him for the spirit of Olympism and nationalism he displayed… more »