Tag Archives: footballers

Asamoah Gyan, a former captain of the national senior soccer team, Black Stars, has described as hypocritical the decision by workers to embark on industrial action over unpaid salaries and conditions of service but criticise footballers for demanding what is due them when they represent the country in tournaments. Making an …

Death, they say, is inevitable, but in the African tradition, how you make the transition from this life to the afterlife is critical to considering it a mysterious death or not. Though every death is painful no matter the age of the person, we, as lovers of football, will never …

Two Ghanaian footballers were arrested by Meghalaya Police in the northeastern part of India for not possessing valid travel documents on Saturday. A police team intercepted a tourist vehicle bearing registration number ML 05 T 3049 in NH 6 along Ummulong and detected six African nationals. Out of the six …

By virtue of their job, footballers are naturally loved and adored due to the excitement and joy they bring to their fans and followers. They handling or management of this feeling of adornment has historically been an intricate and ravelled one, as not all footballers are able to manage the …

Stories of religious conversions are not new in the sporting world. Throughout history, sports personalities have crossed carpets from Christianity to Islam and vice versa. The most popular of them all perhaps is the conversion of boxing icon Cassius Marcellus Clay to Muhammed Ali. In Ghana, there have been some …

  Politics and football are like siblings because they both need each other to survive, especially in our part of the world where politicians use the success of national football teams to score political power. Ghanaians like any other Africans are well aware of how politicians use football, particularly the Black …

Jeremie Frimpong and Alphonso Davies have made their way in the top ten fastest players in the German Bundesliga following the end of the 2021/22 season. Davies, who was born in Ghana before his family moved to Canada placed third with a speed of 36.37 km/h while Dutch-born Jeremie Frimpong …

Achieving success right after football is an onerous challenge for many footballers as they either opt for the wrong investment or fumble their cash by failing to plan their lives after football. However, there are some who are able to identify the right investment and plan life after retirement well …

Five African countries have booked their ticket to the Qatar 2022 World Cup slated for later this year. The sub-Saharan Africa set include: Ghana, Cameroon and Senegal, with the North African duo of Morocco and Tunisia, completing the list. Whiles the respective teams begin preparations towards the Mondial, all things …

For most footballers, their trade precedes them. They are easily known and recognized by their actions on the field. However, some are known more for their off-field actions than what they exhibit on the field. Whereas they may have incredible footballing careers, they may conduct themselves in certain ways which …