Gyan Wins most popular entertainer in Ghana

Asamoah Gyan

Ghanaian football star international Asamoah Gyan has been crowned the most popular entertainer in Ghana at the Most Popular Entertainer of Ghana (MPEG) Awards ceremony, held at the National Theatre.

The college, composed of professionals and observers of different disciplines in Ghana, has selected 10 winners for the first edition include:

The most entertaining personality footballer of the year: Asamoah Gyan

Personality boxing's most entertaining of the year: Joseph Agbeko

The most entertaining film acting personality of the year: Adu Kofi (Agya Koo)

Most of the personality of the stage acting of the Year: Andrew Adotey

The most exciting comedy personality of the year: Benson Funny Face

The most exciting musical personality of the year: Dede Amakye

Most Receive Broadcast Radio Personality of the Year: Banson Fife (Accra), Kwame Adinkra (Kumasi), Nana Otu Gyandoh (Takoradi)

Most receive television broadcast personality of the year: Nana Aba Anamoah

The ceremony honored accomplished individuals and institutions for their contribution to the entertainment of Ghana in the last year and over the years has been a night of honors, laughter and music industry legends came out to award prices to the stars of this! MPEG honored individuals who have excelled in their respective fields, and considered by the College individuals who distinguish themselves among their peers based on monitoring of entertainment in 2010.

The ceremony was hosted by singer / rapper / actor A-Plus got the crowd cracking their ribs in a certain mood. There were also performances by women Dela Hayes stripe, Kofi B, Okyeame Kwame, Bertha, and Dada Halfco.

Asamoah Gyan has emerged the most popular artist after the public vote among the 10 winners. There were also awards for the National Theatre of Ghana, for his contribution to arts and entertainment in Ghana, as well as the Lifetime Achievement Award for veteran actress, Dzifa Glikpo.

Now the season ends for Arsenal's defender Johan Djourou.

ARSENAL’S defender Johan Djourou will miss the rest of the season after suffering a dislocated shoulder in his side’s FA Cup quarter-final defeat to Manchester United.

Johan Djourou in action

Djourou was injured in the second half at Old Trafford as he almost turned Wayne Rooney’s cross into his own net. The 24-year old took a nasty blow in reaching for the ball when team-mate Bacary Sagna crashed into him and he eventually left the field on a stretcher after extensive treatment.

“Unfortunately, we have lost Djourou now for the rest of the season,” manager Arsene Wenger confirmed after the 0-2 loss that leaves the Gunners with just the Premier League to play for this season.

With Thomas Vermaelen still injured, Djourou’s absence again leaves Arsenal light at the back as it heads into the title run-in. Djourou’s injury was a gloomy postscript to a shattering fortnight for Arsenal. Two weeks ago, Gunners’ supporters were talking optimistically of an unprecedented quadruple.

Losses to Birmingham and Barcelona in the Carling Cup final and Champions League respectively wrecked that dream, and goals from Fabio and Wayne Rooney on either side of the break at Old Trafford now leave Arsenal with only the league title to chase.

“I cannot fault our effort but things do not go our way at present,” Wenger said. “We have lost three big challenges in a strange way.

“One in the last minute with a goal from nowhere, one under very strange circumstances in Barcelona and today in a match where we were not outplayed but were punished by a team that was more clinical than us.”

Wenger is trying to maintain a positive air but felt the hangover from the disappointment of Tuesday’s defeat at the Nou Camp was still present in too many of his players’ performances. He noted: “Subconsciously, I feel the disappointment of Tuesday played a part in the game.

Johan Djourou

“You could see something has gone, not in our effort or attitude, but confidence-wise. But I don’t feel like the season is slipping away. I believe we can do it (win the title). It is a good test for us now to show we can regroup and show the mental strength and togetherness quickly.“We will have to answer this kind of question in the next two or three weeks, we have to show we have an answer. We are used to being questioned. We have to show we are strong enough to deal with it.”

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ICC: Collingwood focused on helping England in quarters.

PAUL Collingwood

PAUL Collingwood has too much on his mind trying to help England through to the quarter-finals of the World Cup to worry about how long his own international career may continue.

England has never won this competition in nine previous attempts, stretching back to 36 years, and is in danger of leaving before the knockout stages for the fourth successive time. A surprise victory for Holland against Bangladesh in Chittagong could yet change that uncomfortable equation.

On a day it was suggested that captain Andrew Strauss might be about to quit ODIs after this sub-continental campaign - a move understood to be highly unlikely - Collingwood insisted that he was looking no more than four days into the future. He said: “You put the whole thing together, and we’re a formidable team. We want to do that against the West Indies.”

Paul Collingwood acknowledging sheers from fans

England’s problem has been marrying the skills of each of the three disciplines of batting, bowling and fielding. More often than not, one of the above has been off colour and has let the side down.
Collingwood, who is no longer sure of his place as a regular after a worrying lack of batting form for much of this winter, added: “We really need to focus on getting this complete game.
“If we do, we will be very hard to beat for any team. We really have to look at the positives and focus on our strengths.”
As for his own future, Collingwood admits that it will be regrets if he cannot look back one day and say he was involved in a successful World Cup campaign.