SPORT connects people in so many ways, even those a world apart.

So while it sounds fanciful to say a Mildura family is directly connected Ghana's national football team coach, it's 100 per cent true.

Brothers Oppong and Asare Amoafo, who play for Nichols Point Soccer Club locally, are related to former Borussia Dortmund player Otto Addo, who is the cousin of their mother, Eileen.

The brot...