Across the world, there is sadness: Pele is gone. A football original, Pele was revered, loved and copied, the focal point of a Brazil team arriving on stage just as coverage of football moved from ...

The Ghanaian was a global phenomenon in the early 1990s but tragically failed to fulfil his potential. So what became of the man tipped for greatness? ‘The new Pele’. It is a tag that should inspire ...

For me and for a lot of Dutch and Belgian football fans, the name Nii Lamptey has become synonymous with young super-talents that succumb to the pressure and are unable to live up the high ...

In the first episode of The Black Stars podcast, Nii Lamptey and Samuel Kuffour detail the very different journeys they embarked on when they moved to Europe as young, teenage players. For Lamptey, ...

Success at the Fifa U-17 World Cup can lead to many different things, good and bad. Here’s a pick of some of the greatest past performers ...

The role of a sports minister is so broad that the one in charge should not get much time to gossip or talk around.Ever since Nii Lamptey Vanderpuyer, assumed the office of a sports minister,he has ...

Unconfirmed sources indicate Nii Odartey Lamptey is plying his trade with Al Nasr in Dubai. The midfielder played for Shandong in China in the 2002 season, and was held up in Ghana due to the ...

Head coach Nii Odartey Lamptey has stepped down from his role at Eleven Wonders after a winless run in the Ghana Premier League. The former Ghana international took charge of the team at the start of ...

The news about Freddy Adu was as sad as it was inevitable. Adu, the youngster who became an instant millionaire when he turned pro with D.C. United of Major League Soccer at age 14, is struggling to ...