England is counting on the exemplary qualities of Ghana’s Michael Essien as they push for their 2018 World Cup bid.With Ghana not in the frame of bidding for the biggest football competition, the Black Stars and Chelsea midfielder is been rolled in as England taps into his appeal.
Essien is part of an impressive squad of [...]

Ghana has displayed an imperious away form in the 2010 joint Nations Cup and World Cup qualifying, with two of her three wins coming from outside the shores of the country.
The Black Stars after opening their campaign at home with a 1-0 victory against Benin went on to beat Mali 2-0 in Bamako and recorded [...]

Michael Essien says the squad will be fired up for their first group game when the joint 2010 African Nations Cup and World Cup qualifiers begin this weekend.
The midfielder who makes a return to the national team since his last appearance in September 2008 ended up with an injury has told kickoffghana.com that he will [...]

Michael Essien’s return from injury has given Chelsea more options to choose from as the Blues prepare for their UEFA Champions League tie at Juventus but Guus Hiddink is still mulling about selecting the Ghanaian for the Turin clash.
Essien, back after a six month layoff with a knee injury improved his chances of playing a [...]

Milovan Rajevac gets a major boost for Ghana’s upcoming 2010 World Cup qualifiers as midfielder Michael Essien returned to match action from a 6-month injury lay-off.Essien playing for Chelsea’s reserves in their Monday evening defeat against Aston Villa scored on his return as he lasted 90 minutes in what was his first game since rupturing [...]

Ghana midfielder Michael Essien has returned to training with Chelsea, taking part in first group session since injury.
Essien returned to training on Wednesday at the club’s Cobham ground for the first time since rupturing an anterior cruciate ligament in September.
The Chelsea midfielder had been training alone during his recovery period but rejoining his team-mates in [...]

Ghana’s Michael Essien faces competition from two other players in the race to be named African Player of 2008, after Caf narrowed than the five-man list to three today.
From a list of five comprising Ghana’s Essien, the Egyptian duo of Mohamed Aboutrika and Amr Zaki, Togo’s Adebayor, and Ivorian Drogba, the list has been narrowed [...]

Highly prized Chelsea duo, Michael Essien and Didier Drogba, will go at each other in today’s clash for bronze between the Black Stars and the Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi.
And it will be a thriller fit for the final as Drogba and Essien represent sides that had been touted [...]