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 »

“Wait until you see the Black Stars of Ghana”, this was what Cameroun’s football legend Roger Milla told the world media when adulations were pouring in for Cameroun’s brilliant shows at the World Cup in the 80s and 90s when Ghana was still struggling to make her debut at the world’s topmost football festival. more »

There is every indication that the 2010 World Cup qualifying series to pick the best five for South Africa will be a hectic race. Ghanaian football fans were privileged to witness two of the group stage matches in Accra and Kumasi involving Togo and Cameroun, Ghana and Benin and the similarities in the two matches were significant. more »

The Hawk is a bird noted for its wonderful ability to hunt for preys while simultaneously protecting its offspring. This is exactly what the Togo national football team that goes by the appellation The Hawks did in their first round match World Cup/Africa Cup qualifiers against The Indomitable Lions of Cameroun at the Ohene Djan Stadium in Accra on Saturday. more »

The mood of the football fraternity is that of cautious optimism for the senior national football team, Black Stars, as they begin the struggle with Benin, Mali and Sudan to determine who qualifies for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. On paper, Ghana is the only side with World Cup experience among the group and the temptation to underrate the others is very strong.Therein lies the danger and it is the hope of Ghanaians that the authorities will not take things for granted more »