Charles Kumi Gyamfi, Ghana’s celebrated ex-international footballer and former national coach says Ghana should not expect any favours in the upcoming World Cup in South Africa. “In 2006 World Cup, Ghana was an unknown quantity and they might have been treated with kid gloves. Now that they are in top reckoning, opposition will be tough this time round”, the veteran football connoisseur told me in an exclusive interview in Accra. more »

A cross section of Ghanaians interviewed after the 2010 World Cup draw in South Africa have expressed relief that for the first time in many international competitions, Ghana has not been placed in the so called group of death. A quick survey downtown in Accra, the capital city talking to the ordinary Ghanaian football fan gave the impression that it was not a particularly tough group playing Australia, Germany and Serbia .in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. more »

The request by the Republic of Ireland to FIFA to grant them an extra place in the upcoming World Cup in South Africa is to my mind, funny. I sympathise with the Irish for the bad goal they conceded against France but I think the matter must be put to rest. It must be taken as one of those strange things that happen in football when the best team never always wins. more »

The late music maestro Barry White’s composition “Let the Music Play” was one of my favourite songs. I would like to paraphrase it this way and say,” Let the Game Play”. This is in reference to all those non- football people who are unconsciously giving this simple game for the masses all sorts of coloration to confuse them. more »

A keen football fan has described the victory of Ghana’s Under 20 soccer team, Black Satellites in the just ended FIFA Junior World Cup in Egypt as a fair bargain. The fellow’s analogy is that Ghana hosted CAN 2008 and it was won by Egypt, so it is fair bargain if Egypt hosts the FIFA U-20 World Cup and it is won by Ghana. more »