When is sport more than just a game?

Winning or losing is the spirit in sports. Therefore, whoever wins or loses between Ghana and Britain may not be important. However, because of alleged and acclaimed better and longer participation in the soccer game and Britain being the host, it may be a bad show for the team. For Ghana, a win may make them feel elevated to a higher cadre in the soccer. Let us cheer both teams and wish them well in sports spirit.

If Ghana's black stars beat England to me is like son beat his Father,then it will be lot of fan in back home even in England also haaaaaaaaaaa !!!!
G.K.

Whoever takes sport for just fun should think again. No ideology no religion and probably never will be any that unites people of all colours and beliefs of this world like sport does. Its the only thing on the face of the earth that can bring all kinds of enemies under one roof and they share a smile.

"Football is not a matter of life and death... it's more important than that." -- Bill Shankly

Thanks to Ghana taking on England in an international friendly match.It would mean alot to the black star fans, if they win.Black star is known for being the herous in African football history.It is an interseting game of football.But the wins will be in favour of England.With the squads she has, i wonder.

Wow! a victory for Ghana means progress,peace and unity for the whole of Africa.However,this will prove the world wrong that Africa is a land of backwardness,warmongers and incompetence.It's time for Africans to rise up and shine and remember that it is easier to climb down the mountain than to climb up but the view at the top is clearer.So,Ghana will help Africa today to the top of the mountain of England.

Go Ghana,Go Africa the chances are all yours and make the Ghanians and Africans football fans proud.I bet you the result is 1-0 in favor of Ghana.

Any way, football is about big names but skills.You may be surprised to see the Black stars winning today.What i know Capello is confused in team selection.With many stars,things are hard.

The fact to be said is that most football fans in Africa are excited whenever their team is playing but are always frustrated at the end of the game and today's game is no difference.

It becomes more than a game when Ghana play England for the first time! I'm in Singapore and I'll be staying up til 0300am to watch the match, why? because I have immense pride. It's a sign of people being willing to say .. all the other stuff actually doesn't matter as much as politicians want it too. In the end light-hearted interaction is all that we crave. Ironically, that's when most people become sooooo passionate about their country.

I also think for the young people born in England to Ghanaian parents, it's the crossroads of identity. We've been battling with it for a long time but now it's ok to say yes I was born in London or Manchester but my world expands far beyond UK borders.

The recent exchange between the Ghanaian lady in London and the gentleman from Ghana is proof that sport is more than a game. The tension in the conversation was palpable... and they're even both Ghanaians!

Each country has its own reason/s for its excessive passion, but in most cases, the sums of money invested by corporate sponsors invariably raises the stakes dramatically. But this doesn't fully explain it all. For the English, for example, football glory is nothing less than a God-given right: hence, their usual expectation of victory regardless of the quality of their team. This mindset is informed, it seems, by imperial nostalgia. Ghanaians expect victory because of their belief that as the first black African nation, they have something to prove to the rest of the continent. For the Egyptians (or their Arab brethren in Algeria, Tunisia, etc), defeat at the hands of racially "inferior" African teams is simply unthinkable. Nigerians, like the English, believe they're the "lions of Africa" and so don't need to prepare for tournaments: in any event, aren't some of the best players in Europe Nigerians? The Latin Americans often win only because of the psychological inferiority displayed by their opponents. Only the Germans, the French and the Dutch never seem to expect automatic glory.

If it was just a game who should blame who? Politics just a game, fun, Hobie,...?