
The President’s Footballers
Star players in Cameroon's national soccer team have always doubled as PR pawns for the protracted rule of the country's aging and hard-line head of state.

Star players in Cameroon's national soccer team have always doubled as PR pawns for the protracted rule of the country's aging and hard-line head of state.

Cameroon's police apparently interrogated Samuel Eto'o and took away his passport over the team's World Cup display.

Africa's best football players come from West Africa. That's just facts.

What if major sports brands like Nike let local football stars - playing who are not big in Europe, but big in national club leagues on the continent - front a campaign?

If the metric is how many African players are on the pitch, then your team in the 2010 UEFA Champions League final is Inter Milan.

Samuel Eto'o is the official face of the 2010 World Cup. He is also the most impressive African footballer of the last decade.