The national Beach Soccer team BLACK SHARKS has returned home from the 2016 Beach Soccer AFCON in Lagos, Nigeria. Although we could not qualify to the World Cup in Bahamas, the boys gave their all. Could they have done better? Well there is always room for improvement but as long as they gave 100% I … Read more
Former Black Stars defender Sam Johnson has jumped to the defence of Asamoah Gyan insisting the Ahli striker will not be a failure if he fails to lead the Black Stars to clinch gold at the 2017 Afcon in Gabon. Many have argued that despite his great performance as a striker and his qualities as … Read more
Many people have heard of and might have seen it before but few would want to identify it by the name: three-legged game. This is because it has always been known as the game played by people with one leg. The game in question is Amputee Football. Amputee football was a game that came about … Read more
Oh what joy! The day I feared may never come in 2016 came on December 7th, when Ghanaians voted massively to kick President John Dramani Mahama and his governing National Democratic Congress out of office. This was my prayer on January 6, 2016 . It was my fervent prayer that we could get rid of … Read more
Oh what joy! The day I feared may never come in 2016 came on December 7th, when Ghanaians voted massively to kick President John Dramani Mahama and his governing National Democratic Congress out of office. This was my prayer on January 6, 2016 . It was my fervent prayer that we could get rid of … Read more
Dear Country-Folks, A little over a week ago, I was supposed to have emerged to the sound of vuvuzelas and the throbbing of atumpans to announce that I, Kofi Dubai, had done it again. I was supposed to have given Nana Opana the shellacking of his life. What actually happened could not have been further … Read more
A section of Ghanaian soccer fans are calling on the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to initiate moves aimed at recalling sacked Black Stars midfielder, Sulley Ali Muntari to the team. This, the group insists, would go a long to improve the fortunes of the team which appears to be struggling for form, with their fate … Read more
First Germany coach Joachim Low. Then Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola. Now the organization that speaks for Europe’s biggest football clubs has rejected FIFA’s plan to expand the World Cup in 2026. The European Club Association said Thursday that the number of games played throughout the year was already at an “unacceptable” level, and urged … Read more
The organisation representing Europe’s leading clubs has rejected calls for the World Cup to be expanded. Earlier this month, Fifa president Gianni Infantino proposed a 48-team tournament consisting of 16 groups of three countries each. The European Club Association (ECA) say the number of games played in a year is already at an “unacceptable level”. … Read more
A collection of moments subtle and grand of the 44th president of the United States. Barack Obama boards Air Force One at Yangon International Airport on Friday in Yangon, Myanmar, for the G-20 summit in Brisbane, Australia. President Barack Obama, right, laughs as he holds a koala next to Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on … Read more
Russia’s right to host the 2018 World Cup amid revelations about a state-sponsored doping programme has been questioned by MP Damian Collins. A World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) report detailed an “institutional conspiracy” involving more than 1,000 Olympic and Paralympic athletes. Football was one of 30 sports implicated by the McLaren report. “Fifa now have to … Read more
Without fear of contradiction, leadership with sheer competence is purely one of the main challenges of development and growth in Nigeria. The matter of leadership is not for want of qualified, patriotic and inspiring individuals, rather the way and manner in which some of those in leadership emerge. Since the appointment of Minister of Youth … Read more
Prophet Kwaku Mensah Otabil of the Christ True Word of God, Pokuase, Accra has made some horrific and unspeakable allegations about how Ghana international defender Samuel Inkoom has been addicted to negative spiritualism in his football career. Inkoom currently plays for Turkish club Antalyaspor. According to Mensah Otabil the spiritual bondage of the former Kumasi … Read more
The president of the South African FA at the time of the 2010 World Cup has been banned by Fifa for five years in connection with a match-fixing scandal involving the country’s national team. A previous Fifa investigation found ‘compelling evidence’ that four South Africa friendlies prior to the World Cup on home soil had … Read more
By Joseph Annor Undoubtedly, corruption allegations have been level against President Mahama and his Government more than any of his predecessors during the 4th republic, and perhaps more than any other Ghanaian government including even General Acheampong. Moreover, most of corruption allegations against the previous governments were mainly based on perceptions rather than proven facts. … Read more
Undoubtedly, corruption allegations have been level against President Mahama and his Government more than any of his predecessors during the 4th republic, and perhaps more than any other Ghanaian government including even General Acheampong. Moreover, most of corruption allegations against the previous governments were mainly based on perceptions rather than proven facts. For example, Rawlings’ … Read more
Black Stars left back Abdul Baba Rahman is not giving up on the 2018 FIFA World Cup despite Ghana’s disastrous start to the qualifying campaign which has seen the team picking only one of a maximum six points. He maintained also that it was about time Ghana ended over three decades of continental drought by … Read more
President John Dramani Mahama’s first term in office has been buffeted by several scandals that have cost Ghana huge sums of money in lost revenue and, in some cases, embarrassed the country. Here are eight of such scandals: 1. Bus branding scandal: Last year, investigations into the branding of 116 Metro Mass Transit Buses involving … Read more
The Technical Director of the Royal Belgium Football Federation, Mr. Chris Van Puyvelde, has said Ghana needs to put in place the right structures to enable the country make the best out of the enormous talents at her disposal. Mr. Van Puyvelde, who is in Ghana to organise a symposium and training program for the … Read more
President John Dramani Mahama’s first term in office has been buffeted by several scandals that have cost Ghana huge sums of money in lost revenue and, in some cases, embarrassed the country. Here are eight of such scandals: 1. Bus branding scandal: Last year, investigations into the branding of 116 Metro Mass Transit Buses involving … Read more