It took me a while to understand this advert. Becks strikes a free kick which hits a man on the head. And this is a metaphor for malaria? Then I realised the net had suddenly disappeared. Ah, so if we don’t have goal nets then unsuspecting people will get hit by footballs. Which is, of [...]
Best of African Club Football Let’s start with the African Champions League. Two big shocks in the first leg of the second round. Champions TP Mazembe were beaten 1-0 away to APR of Rwanda while Egyptian side Al Ahly, who have won the competition a record six times, lost by the same scoreline to Zimbabwe’s [...]
Africa’s World Cup teams are in trouble. Nigeria and Ivory Coast both sacked their coaches after disappointing performances in the Africa Cup of Nations. Cameroon didn’t sack Paul Le Guen but the team’s tepid performance in Angola hardly augured well for South Africa. Algeria reached the semi-finals but their complete loss of discipline in their [...]
I really don’t know where to start with this. Bad acting, a terrible song and a generous helping of Africa cliches. Still, kudos to Pepsi for managing to make an advert about the World Cup despite not being able to actually mention the World Cup (their rivals Coca Cola are one of the tournament’s main [...]
A wonderful slideshow portraying villagers in Rwanda watching last weekend’s Stoke v Arsenal match on an inflatable giant screen. The organisers are hoping to do something similar during the World Cup in Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda and Ghana. The slideshow is by Graham Holliday, founder of the Rwandan news website, Kigali Wire.
In the wake of Saturday’s devastating earthquake in Chile the BBC’s Tim Vickery recalls how the country’s plans to host the World Cup in 1962 were threatened by a similar tragedy two years earlier: “The idea that the 1962 World Cup could in some way ‘compensate’ for the earthquake is clearly foolish and lacking in all [...]
I’ve been fortunate enough to see my team, Aston Villa, play at Wembley three times. In 1994 we won the Legaue Cup, beating Manchester United 3-1, and two years later we beat Leeds 3-0 to win the same trophy again. They were great, unforgettable days. (The less said about the third occasion, a 1-0 defeat [...]
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