A bit of perspective on the England debacle in Cape Town last night. Algeria may have been useless against Slovenia in their opening match but, as I pointed out on Twitter yesterday, the Desert Foxes blow hot and cold. At the African Nations they lost 3-0 to Malawi in the opening game but then recovered [...]
Is the vuvuzela about to be banned? One can only hope so. The ubiquitous plastic horns have been the soundtrack to this World Cup, drowning out every other attempt at singing, chanting and music. Nigeria has a fantastic brass band. The only reason I know they were at Ellis Park on Saturday was because I [...]
Well, here for a start. I’ll be updating Africa United daily (that’s the hope, anyway) but I will also be blogging for a range of publications, including… The Telegraph New York Times Channel 4 News and ONE, the campaigning and advocacy organisation If all goes to plan I’ll also be appearing on the occasional radio [...]
One Shame that McDonald Mariga didn’t get on. Hopefully next year he can force his way into the Inter first team. Two Is Cameroon’s Samuel Eto’o the first African to win the Champions League with two different clubs? Barca’s decision to swap him for Zlatan Ibrahimovic (plus €46m) has to be one of the worst [...]
Sven Goran Eriksson’s reign as coach of Ivory Coast has not got off to a good start. The BBC’s John James found little enthusiasm for Sven in Abidjan, with many supporters unsure who he is. “I can’t say I know too much about him”, said one fan Jean-Paul, while another, Guy Borgon could only say [...]
I rather like these South African adverts for BP, inspired by the best football comedy sketch ever (not that the list is that long): Monty Python’s version of Greece versus Germany “There’s the Ubuntu strategy” “Some direction there from the car guards” “Stopping in the middle of nowhere again. That’s got to be a penalty” [...]
Africa’s World Cup hopefuls The Ivory Coast coaching circus is over. The last man standing is Sven Goran Eriksson, whose appointment was announced on Ivorian state television last night. Sven won’t find it easy. For a start, he doesn’t speak French. But at least he knows his opponents well. Portugal, who Ivory Coast play on 15th [...]
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