How can the Black Star’s performance at the World cup benefit Ghana. Christian Purefoy (CNN) reports… GHANA, GOING BEYOND FOOTBALL The “Black Stars,” Ghana’s national football team, outlasted all other African countries at the World Cup. CNN’s Christian Purefoy is in Accra to investigate how the team’s performance could benefit the whole country.

Before I get into the nitty-gritty of this piece, I pray God will forgive me if I step on his toes in any way. I am trying to hammer some points home and he knows my heart. A good number of times last month, I heard people say God is a Ghanaian. Obviously, they said [...]

The World football family watched as Andres Iniesta scored the first and last goal for the 2010 World Cup, with four minutes left in extra time to give Spain their first World Cup with a 1-0 victory over the Netherlands. “I am crying, I am crying, I have no voice, I have no words to [...]

SOUTH AFRICA will wave goodbye to a global football family, which it has hosted for the past month, as the curtain comes down on the World Cup tomorrow and Africa basks in the glow that was lit by the successful hosting of the tournament that silenced doubting voices around the planet. Initial concerns that the [...]

Former United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan recently wrote a letter to the Black Stars of Ghana congratulating them for making it to the quarter finals of the World Cup and commending them for their performance. See excerpts of the letter below. The letter was reprinted in the Johannesburg Times.  It reads: Dear Black Stars, [...]

Like Trojans they fought like wounded Lions, battling Uruguay, two times world champions, to a penalty shoot-out. There were many what-ifs but we can’t but remember this team as Africa’s best team of what has since been termed Africa’s World Cup, South Africa 2010. Many will see the Black Stars’ exit as an end and you would not blame [...]

The Black stars are really doing the continent proud. You should have heard me yelling Goallllllllll! Anyhow win or lose, here is the official world cup flag for the African continent. You can like to put this up as your Facebook, Twitter and in fact, everything profile picture online. Right click and save away. Designed [...]

Cameroun came and left without winning a single point but they can take solace in the knowledge that theirs is a team in transition. They had no business losing to Japan, they had their chances against Denmark and many of their fans felt undone by the referee but then they had to score more than [...]

In a world cup match soaked with adrenaline pumping tension, the Super Eagles of Nigeria couldn’t turn an adversity (10-man against opponents) into an adventurous victory over the Greeks. But one man, Vincent Enyeama made a difference. His goal-keeping prowess and fantastic saves easily earned him the ‘Man of the Match’ and could make him the “Most [...]

Adore this song. Self made video by Nneka. As usual, as real as ever. Je t’aime Nneka!