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It's a been an extremely difficult year that has seen a long term injury lay off, club tug of war and an unknown future for Ghana midfielder and Captain Stephen Appiah. (more...)

Declan Hill is an investigative journalist who has worked for the CBC, BBC, and on several "PBS Frontline" documentaries. He has just written a book called "The Fix: Soccer and Organized Crime" which tells the story of an investigative journalist who sets out to examine the world of match fixing in professional soccer. Several news outlets have ...

image via Wikipedia The latest Fifa rankings have confirmed what we thought all along, donkeys run the show.  After winning the African Nations Cup for the second time (back to back), Egypt is ranked 4th coming out of Africa while Ghana takes the top spot with Cameroon and the Ivory Coast following.  The exact quote from a Fifa rep is "rankings ...

image via PhotoBucket Ten man Ghana is going to the Semi's with a 2-1 win over rival Nigeria in the African Nations Cup.  Led by Michael Essien and former MLS'er Junior Agogo, who scored the winner with 8 minutes left, Ghana's comeback win in Accra was a tense one after Everton's Yakubu put the Nigerians up 1-0 at the 34 minute mark.

image via Z About Two Premiership players guided Ghana to a 2-0 result over Morocco in todays African Nations Cup match in Accra, Ghana.  With Sulley Muntari (Portsmouth) lining up 25 yards out from Morocco's goal, Essien (Chelsea) made his move far post where his was rewarded, poking the ball past Lamyaghri for a 1-0 lead in the 26th minute.  ...

Wonder if Yallop still has his rights?

image via Nottingham Forest While all the talk about MLS players in the African Cup of Nations has revolved around Bouna Time, a former Fire/Rapid/Earthquake player by the name of Junior Agogo has quietly flown under the radar.  The Notts Forest striker has been at the top of the scoring charts for the last two years and has earned himself a trip ...