This documentary film actually turns into a compelling portrait of football on the African continent once you get past the empty platitudes by celebrities at the start, saying little substantive about African football—including former professional footballers (like Anthony Baffoe, Roger Milla and Jay Jay Okocha) and Desmond Tutu, Kofi Annan and FW de Klerk (the last […]
If the choice of which team to root for in May 22nd’s European Champions League final was based on how many African players they fielded, then apparently you should root for Inter Milan. Milan has three players on its roster:Samuel Eto’o, Sulley Muntari and McDonald Mariga. That’s of course if Muntari and Mariga get to […]
Blog post on the magazine’s June cover story (written predictably by a Brit) including the Annie Leibovitz cover photograph for which some of the world’s recognizable players wore nothing else but their underwear. Via Austin Merril
