Ever since Rupert Murdoch invented football in 1992 (see Fivers passim), African players from all over the continent hav…
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Africa's best soccer football players are West African
On January 10 next year FIFA will announce its World XI 2011. The result, they remind us, will be based on voting by ove…
Lagos bleeds Chelsea Blue
The BBC debuts a new TV series this month, “Welcome to Lagos,” on the “ingenuity” of poor peopl…
FILM / "FOOTBALL FABLES"
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AFRICA'S WORLD CUP?
Tomorrow is the draw for the 2010 World Cup in Cape Town. Apparently Charlize Theron, the South African actress with the…