Sports
SOUTH AFRICA WORLD CUP AND OUR UNGRATEFUL SUPPORTERS
Saturday July 10, 2010
THEY say Africa was not capable of hosting the world to football’s biggest festival. They say the black continent was not ready. But South Africa has proven beyond every reasonable doubt that the Black man, indeed, is capable of managing his own affairs. From the couleur-de-rose opening ceremony on June 11 that brought together scores of...read more
Western Union Rewards Fans
Friday July 09, 2010
Ten lucky customers of Western Union will each receive one Plasma flat screen television set after emerging winners in the second draw of the Western Union World Cup loyalty draw. The 10, Alex Frimpong, Agnes Ofosuwaa, Jacob Gorman, Margaret Wristberg, Enyonam Esi Agbeviade, Forgive Kadiga, Bernard Kantataba, George Broni, Doris Mintah and...read more
Solving Ghana's Goalkeeping Problems
Wednesday May 12, 2010
Africa has produced several great goalkeepers in the past; some of these great goalkeepers are Nkono of Cameroon, Chabala of Zambia, Robert Mensah, Ibrahim Dossey, Simon Addo, Sammy Adjei, and Edward Ansah of Ghana.
It is generally believed by many football fans that the late Robert Mensah remains the all time best goalkeeper ever to emerge...read more
Central University Wins CHUPG Games
Tuesday May 11, 2010
Central University College (CUC), retained the Conference of Heads of Private Universities of Ghana (CHUPG) Fun Games held at the Valley View University (VVU) last Monday. The Fun Games reserved for teaching and non teaching of the CHUPG, saw the Central University College team, dominating 13 others to win in the football competition. They...read more
Deputy Minister Lauds TV Consortium
Saturday March 27, 2010
The Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports, Nii Nortey Dua has lauded the three major television stations forming the consortium to telecast live and delayed matches of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa for the initiative which he said will give every Ghanaian a feel of the tournament.
The Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), TV 3 Network...read more
World Cup Planning Committee Inaugurated
Saturday March 27, 2010
The Ministry of Youth and Sports (MoYS) has set up a 12- member planning committee of the 2010 FIFA World Cup to aid in Ghana’s preparations for the South African event.
The committee is presided over by the Sector Minister Akua Sena Dansua with her deputy Nii Nortey Dua also on board.
Its mandate is to facilitate for funds for Team Ghana...read more
Roger Milla: Indomitable Lionheart
Saturday February 27, 2010
When Roger Milla took the 1990 World
Cup by storm, scoring four goals despite not starting a single game, Cameroon’s virtuoso veteran not only wrote his own name into finals folklore, but helped drag African football out of the shadows and into the global consciousness.
Longevity is a quality often commended in football, and though we are...read more
Why Take-Overs And Foreign Investments Are In Vogue
Saturday September 19, 2009
Sheffield Wednesday chairman Lee Strafford wants an investor to put £20m into the Championship club - and he is relying on an American firm to make it happen.
You probably haven’t heard of New York-based investment bank Inner Circle Sports but it represented Tom Hicks and George Gillett in their takeover at Liverpool and brokered...read more
Hearts Split Points With Kessben
Monday July 06, 2009
League Leaders Accra Hearts of Oak were forced to settle for a pulsating goalless drawn game with Kessben F/C in their 27th fixture of the Glo Premier League match played at Anane Boateng Sports Stadium at Abrankese near Kumasi on Sunday. Hearts who needed the three points to maintain their stay at the top of the table started the game on...read more
Africa’s Biggest Struggle
Saturday June 13, 2009
After two rounds of Africa’s World Cup quali- fying matches, not many experts would have guessed that the continent’s two most successful sides would be propping up their groups. Egypt have won a record six African Nations Cups, while Cameroon have been the continent’s top side four times and are chasing a sixth World Cup...read more
