Andre Ayew palm-slapped his own chest in an uninhibited exhibition of euphoria. He had just cancelled out Clint Dempsey's first-minute opener for USA. Only eight minutes remained. He had seemingly snatched Ghana a valuable point in Natal.

Conceding a goal after 30 seconds undoes the best-laid of plans and conceding another after 86 minutes leaves you with little time to react, as Ghana found to their cost on their Group G debut against USA on Monday.

Jurgen Klinsmann, USA coach

A first-minute goal by Clint Dempsey and a late winner from substitute John Brooks helped USA avenge their 2010 exit to Ghana with a 2-1 victory over the Black Stars in Natal.

Asamoah Gyan believes Ghana's youngsters will prove too strong for the United States when the sides meet in their FIFA World Cupâ„¢ opener on Monday. The Black Stars have beaten the United States at the past two World Cups and face the reigning CONCACAF champions in Group G.

Jonathan Mensah was, in March 2010, looking forward to a barbecue in Accra to watch his compatriots at the 19th FIFA World Cupâ„¢.

Abedi Ayew, known popularly as Abedi Pele, was undoubtedly one of the finest footballers ever to come out of Africa. During a career spanning some 20 years, the attacking midfielder won the UEFA Champions League with Marseille, the CAF Africa Cup of Nations with Ghana and was named African Player of the Year on three occasions. The one thing that was denied him was a spot at the FIFA World Cupâ„¢ as the Black Stars did not qualify until 2006 - eight years after his international retirement.

Jordan Ayew scored three goals and Asamoah Gyan netted another on Monday in his return to the starting line-up as Ghana blanked South Korea 4-0 in a FIFA World Cupâ„¢ warm-up match.

It is often said that sport in general and football in particular can be used as an agent for social change, and for an unlikely figure set to figure at the 2014 FIFA World Cupâ„¢, that is very true. Not too long ago, Afriyie Acquah was living on the streets of Sunyani, a town north-west of Kumasi in Ghana. The youngster was facing a difficult future, when a fateful meeting took place: he was spotted playing football.

Jerry Akaminko, Jeffrey Schlupp and David Accam failed to make the final cut as Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah named his 23-man squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazilâ„¢.

Shocking results headlined the weekend's second leg matches of the second round of the Orange CAF U-20 Senegal 2015 qualifiers.

Asante Kotoko has wrapped up the 2013/2014 Ghana Premier League title with two games remaining.

Indomitable Lions striker Samuel Eto'o was in the Ivory Coast from 14th through 18th May at the invitation of the Ivorian Board for Sports to grace the Copa Cola-Cola youth tournament. In between his busy schedule shuttling between the capital Abidjan and Bouaké, Eto'o took time to share his thoughts about the FIFA World Cup Brazil2014, predicting that Africa teams will do well and have a big say as to which way the trophy goes. The Lions go to Brazil together with four other Af

Goalkeeper Stephen Adams was the only local-based player named in Ghana's provisional 26-man squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

Ghana, Mali and Zambia put their noses in front with victories away from home during the second round first leg matches of the Orange CAN U-20 Championship Senegal 2015 on Saturday.

Medeama SC's impressive run at the on-going Orange CAF Confederation Cup is made possible by a team of dedicated players. Michael Helegbe, is one such player and is a key member of the squad trying to bring success to the club in their first outing in continental competition.

Ghana momentarily kept their FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup dreams alive when Ernestina Abambila scored in the 90th minute to level the score at 2-2 and force Italy into penalties to decide their quarter-final match-up. The Europeans came out top from the spot 4-3 to set up a date with Spain in the semi-final.

Ghanaians Medeama stayed on course for a play-offs place in the Orange CAF Confederation Cup with a 2-0 home win over Zambians Zesco United at the weekend. The African debutants took an early lead in the last-16 first leg through Nathaniel Asamoah and Michael Helegbe converted a penalty 12 minutes from time. Asamoah scored with a lob over the onrushing Zambian goalkeeper and Helegbe doubled the lead after Theophilus Anaabah had been felled in the box. It was the fourth success in five outings for

Canada secured an impressive 2-1 win over group winners Ghana to win through to the last-eight despite being down to ten players for nearly half the match. Canada needed a win to guarantee holding off Korea DPR and Germany who were playing concurrently in Alajuela.

It's almost 3 months since Ghanaian club, Medeama SC, appointed Carlos Roberto Paulette as coach. The union so far has been everything but unsuccessful. Given his not-so-pleasant stints at two other local clubs - King Faisal and Real Tamale United - the current chain of successes should offer some respite.