The Spirit Of Entitlement - Getting Money For Doing Nothing

I am sure that you must be confused by the following headline and you would probably be even more confused after I put down this quote; ‘Give the Devil an inch and He would grab a mile.’ Perhaps the remix of this particular quote (apologies to all the top DJs in Ghana and beyond) would be ‘Give a Ghanaian some money and he will not only ask for more, but do everything to get more than his compatriot.’

Before I get into the thrust of this article, you would have realized that 95% of the time, when you frequent a particular place, after a while, the security officer in charge of the place will summon

Ghana Duo Kevin-Prince Boateng, Sulley Muntari Named Among WC Worst XI @KPBofficial @MuntariOfficial

Ghana midfield duo of Kevin-Prince Boateng and Sulley Muntari have been named among the worst players of the 2014 World Cup by ESPN.

The American sports broadcaster published a list of players it thinks underperformed by the end of the tournament in Brazil on Sunday.

Boateng was not impressive throughout the competition. Perhaps the decision by the Ghana FA to send Boateng and Muntari home for indiscipline might have contributed to their low ranking.

#FIFA Boss Sepp Blatter Questions Lionel Messi’s Golden Ball Award

Just like many, Fifa president Sepp Blatter has said he was surprised that Lionel Messi won the World Cup Golden Ball award.

Messi, 27, was named the tournament’s best player despite a 1-0 defeat to Germany in the final on Sunday in Rio de Janeiro.

“I was a little bit surprised when I saw Messi coming up to collect the best player of the competition,” said Blatter, who presented the award.

Argentine legend Diego Maradona has also called the award “unfair”.

#FIFAWorldCup: Holland Crush Brazil To Clinch Third Place @Brazil2014

Robin van Persie and Daley Blind scored two first-half goals in quick succession, as Holland defeated Brazil 3-0, too clinch bronze at this year’s World Cup.

The hosts fielded a much changed starting 11 in the third-place match, but were able to call on Thiago Silva, who missed the 7-1 thrashing in the hands of Germany through suspension.

His first meaningful contribution, was to pull down Arjen Robben who was in full flight and the referee pointed to the spot. Van Persie stepped up and smashed the ball high into the roof of the net.

Brazil ‘Asylum Seekers’ Face Deportation #FifaWorldCup

Ghana has asked the Brazilian government to deport the 193 Ghanaian football fans seeking asylum in that country as soon as their Visas expire.

Government has begun working the diplomatic channels to get the football fans who have embarrassed the nation by seeking asylum in Brazil, sent home, according to the Foreign Affairs Ministry.

The fans who were flown by government to Brazil to support the Black Stars in the 2014 World Cup tournament there, have argued that they are Muslims fleeing inter-religious conflicts in Ghana.

The Brazilian government is reported to be considering their asylum application. But the Foreign

Man Wins £2,500 After Betting On Germany To Beat Brazil 7-1 In World Cup

One lucky punter was celebrating yesterday after winning £2,500 by predicting Germany would thrash Brazil 7-1. John Moore, 28, an unemployed chef from Woodford, east London, won the bet after placing a fiver on the incredible game.

Mr Moore said last night: "I was shocked that I actually put a fiver on it to be fair.
"It was a bit of a mad one. You could call it a premonition or a sign. I was just seeing 17 everywhere. I looked at the clock and it was 17:17."I had a package come and they left it at the gatehouse and a letter came through the door and it had number 17 on it. It was one of them days.

"We live in a block of flats and someone had put a note through the door saying we had a package to collect from the front desk - but they had put number 71 on the slip, not our flat number.

Michael Essien Calls For Peace @MichaelEssien @bison5 @GhanaFAOfficial #gameofhope

I have monitored with great concern, the raging public and media debate about the reasons for the Ghana Black Stars’ early exit from the ongoing tournament in Brazil.
Like any other patriotic Ghanaian, and as an avid supporter and member of the Ghana Black Stars, I am deeply embarrassed and devastated by the team’s failure to make, at least, Semi Final berth we had publicly promised the good people of Ghana ahead of our departure from Accra.

While I will be the first to concede that not everything went according to plan before and during our participation in the tournament, I believe that destructive and vicious attacks and counter attacks on individual members of the team as well as the technical and management team are not the solution to the Ghana Black Stars’ problems. Instead, we must all embrace peace and seek a lasting solution for the team’s problems through decent dialogue.

The GFA Is Not For My Family - Nyantakyi #GhanaFAOfficial

The President of the Ghana football Association, Mr Kwesi Nyantakyi, has said that the GFA position he is currently occupying does not belong to his family.

He has therefore asked all those who want to occupy that position to wait for their turn.
He said this in a GFA post-world cup press conference held in Accra Wednesday.

Mr Nyantakyi, who was reacting to a statement by a journalist that “some people want to see the FA president out”, said even though some Ghanaians want him out; there are many more Ghanaians who want him to stay.

"Blame Afriyie Ankrah For Brazil Fiasco", Kenpong

Chairman of the Kenpong Group of Companies, Mr Kennedy Agyapong

The Chairman of the Kenpong Group of Companies, Mr Kennedy Agyapong, has accused the former Youth and Sports Minister, Mr Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, of personally arrogating to himself some of the organisational activities relating to the sponsorship of supporters to the Brazil World Cup.

This, he said, were the reasons for the poor organisation for the supporters in Brazil.

He said even though government had asked Kenpong Travel and Tours, for instance, to transport 270 passengers to Brazil and arrange their accommodation and internal travel in Brazil, that was taken away from  the company at the eleventh hour.

Contributing to discussions on the fall out of Ghana’s participation at the World Cup on Peace FM Monday morning, Mr Agyapong said Kenpong was told at the last minute to only concentrate on just transporting the 270 passengers to Brazil.

From The Bottom Of My Heart I Don't Give F**K - Sulley Muntari @MuntariOfficial

Ghanaian midfielder Sulley Muntari has officially maintained that he has no regret for his action which led to his indefinite suspension from camp last Wednesday.

According to the AC Milan player, he is not worried over his cantankerous attitude which triggered an alleged slapping of Moses Parker, a team official in the face – and threatening other members of the coaching staff with a broken bottle.

The player made these bizarre remarks when he wrote on his Instagram wall saying "From the bottom of my heart I don't give a f@#k".

Ghana’s WC Preparation Was Shambolic – K.P Boateng @KPBofficial @ghanafaofficial

Kevin Prince Boateng has ripped into the entire Black Stars World Cup campaign in Brazil.

The Schalke man minces no words as he speaks to the big German media house, Bild.

Of interest is his flat denial of insulting Kwesi Appiah, the coach.

“I am very, very disappointed. It just wasn’t a good time. The nightmare lasted from the first day of the preparations until the very end,” he begins.

“I would never have thought that the preparations and the World Cup itself could be so badly organized. The hotels, the flights – everything was amateurish.”

Greece Players Turn Down World Cup Bonus

You might not like their style of play, but this would appear to be another reason to like Greece ahead of their World Cup last 16 clash against Costa Rica.

This World Cup has been dogged with bonus rows. First with Cameroon, even before they set off to Brazil.

And, most famously last week with Ghana where 3 million dollars had to be shipped out to Brazil ahead of their final game against Portugal.

Now, the Greece team have written to their prime minister Antonis Samaras and told him they are not interested in their World Cup bonus but simply want the money to be put towards a sports centre for the national team.

Kwasi Appiah Fails, As Ghana Kicked Out Of World Cup

The Black Stars of Ghana are out of Brazil 2014 following a 1-2 defeat to Portugal in final Group G game in Brasilia.

A Christiano Ronaldo late goal ended any hopes of a third straight knockout round qualification for the Black Stars.

Gyan equalised with a header late on in the second half after John Boye's bad clearance ended up in his own net in the first.

Even though USA were piped by group winners Germany in the group's other game, the two still qualify into the knockout stage of the competition.

#WorldCup: Luis Suarez @luis16suarez Handed 9-Game Int. Ban And 4 Months Suspension From "Any Football-Related Activity"

Luis Suarez

The Uruguay striker was handed a nine-game international ban and a four-month suspension from "any football-related activity" by Fifa following his bite on Giorgio Chiellini
Liverpool striker Luis Suarez will miss the first half of his side's Champions League group-stage campaign as well as key domestic fixtures against Manchester City and Everton after FIFA handed him a four-month suspension from "any football related activity" for biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini.

Suarez will miss the rest of the Uruguay's World Cup campaign - England's conquerors are due to face fellow South Americans Colombia in the last 16 - as well as next summer's Copa America and a significant portion of the upcoming Premier League season.

I Did Not Insult The Coach – Kevin Prince Boateng #KPBoatengOfficial

Kelvin Prince Boateng

Ghana player Kevin Prince Boateng has insisted that he did not, as is being reported, insult coach Kwesi Appiah.

The player who has been suspended indefinitely by the GFA following his “vulgar verbal insults targeted at coach Kwesi Appiah during the team’s training session in Maceio this week.”, was reported to have exchanged angry words with coach Kwesi Appiah.

The player has, however, refuted the claims and stated that he had not verbally abused the coach in any way.

In an interview with German newspaper Sport Bild, Boateng gave his version of events.

#WorldCup: Why Boateng And Muntari Were Sacked From Black Stars Camp @KPBofficial and @MuntariOfficial @ghanafaofficial

Black Stars midfielders, Kevin-Prince Boateng and Sulley Muntari have been sacked from the team camp in Brazil.
Citi Sports editor Gary Al-Smith who is in Brazil reports the two have been thrown out for various acts of insubordination in the last few days.
It is unclear how the sacking of the two will impact on the rest of the team who will be playing a major game on Thursday. The team had earlier threatened to boycott the Ghana-Portugal match if their appearance fees were not paid on time.

After Threatening To Strike, Ghana Black Stars Team Receives $3M Bonus In Brazil

Apparently, the promise of the Ghana Football Association to pay the players, even on Wednesday, the award for qualifying for the World Cup was fulfilled. Around 20h, a delegation Ghana with the late money landed in Brazil, where the team faces Portugal on Thursday. With police escort, responsible for the transport of values ​​went straight to the hotel where the team is staying pathway was shown during the National Journal, TV Globo (see the video). According to Agence France Press, the award is around $ 3 million (approximately U.S. $ 6.7 million).

#Suarez Faces Two-Year Ban Over #Chiellini Biting Incident #luis16suarez

FIFA has confirmed it will investigate the clash between the Liverpool striker and Italy's Giorgio Chiellini
Luis Suarez faces a worldwide ban of up to TWO YEARS for his latest biting incident at the World Cup.

The Uruguay striker clashed with Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini during their crucial group match in Brazil.
Footage appears to show the Liverpool player sinking his teeth into his opponent as they tussled in the box.
FIFA has announced it will investigate the incident with the Liverpool striker likely to face a lengthy ban if found guilty.
A FIFA spokesperson told Press Association Sport: "We are awaiting the official match reports and will gather all the necessary elements in order to evaluate the matter."