Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
NEW YORK — He tried out for BYU’s basketball team — twice — with designs on being the next LeBron James. Both times, Ziggy Ansah made it through the first round of cuts to the final 10, only to get politely sent home with an invitation to come back again next year. In the spring […]
Enterprising Impilo Ghana FC lost 0 – 1 to a team representing the Bob and Rita Marley Foundation in a specially arranged football encounter played in memory of the late reggae musician last Sunday. The game which was played at Konkonuru (home of the Bob and Rita Marley Foundations), was put together by the management […]
‘There is no vaccine to fight this, and no antibiotics to take. It’s a dangerous and infectious virus, strengthened by indifference and inaction…’ Ex-Ghana International and AC Milan midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng yesterday delivered an impassioned speech at the United Nations as part of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Boateng stood up […]
Ghana has moved up places on the February edition of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking released Thursday. The Black Stars who finished fourth at the Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa climbed up 7 places to the 19th position in the world rankings behind former number one, Brazil. Ghana, who were pushing for their fifth […]
Ghana’s national soccer team, the Black Stars went into the 2013 African Cup of Nations (Afcon) games in South Africa as the hot favorites. The basis for the pundits’ choice of the Ghanaians is murky and spurious further to the performances of the Black Stars in earlier meets. The kind of performance the Stars put […]
By Nicholas Ibekwe The unexpected resignation of Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi, was a deliberate plot to draw the attention of the presidency to the shoddy manner the Nigerian Football Federation is managing the affairs of the team and the lack of faith in Mr. Keshi’s ability, Premium Times can report today. A source close […]
By José-Amed Kouyaté After three weeks of competition (January 19 to February 10) the curtain fell on the 29th African Cup of Nations football tournament, held in South Africa. The Super Eagles won the final against amazing Stallions of Burkina Faso, led by the tournament’s best player, Jonathan Pitroipa, 1-0. In the dream team of […]
By José-Amed Kouyaté The top 10 players from the Africa Cup of Nations is never an easy task and this edition has proved no different. Among the recognized class acts in an elite list are a few surprises that took the tournament by storm and played crucial roles for their country. With notable mentions to […]
By George A.m. Shackleford When one takes a critical look at the finals in the Africa Cup of Nations, it’s easy to identify that its only 5 goals that we’ve seen out of six finals. Three of the five goals came up in the 2004 finals when Tunisia won Morocco 2 – 1, the only […]
The 19-year wait is over. On Sunday night, the Super Eagles of Nigeria were crowned as the champions of Africa in front of a capacity crowd at the National Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa. Nigeria beat Burkina Faso 1-0. This moment has taken a while to arrive for Nigeria. On Sunday night, as the Super […]