The Beautiful Game
Correction: You don’t have to be a football fanatic, be a supporter of the English Premier
SPORTS
'Africa's First World Cup' Revisited
We’re allowed to talk about the 2010 World Cup until 2014. Later today our man, historian
Photography: Yamandú Roos
Security Guard, World Cup, 2010, Soweto, South Africa.
Black Diamond(s)
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A Lion in Winter
Isaiah Stein was a sports activist and father of footballers, Edwin (Luton Town), Brian (Luton Town and England) and Mark (Chelsea).
South Africa’s Glorious Moment
it is a testament to the hosts that my young daughter insists South Africa won the 2010 World Cup.
T.I.A.* (BMX Edition)
This is Africa
Shameless Self Promotion: World Cup edition
Look out for a a special issue of African Journalism Studies on “The Fifa World Cup 2010
Giant Killers
[The wealthy Congolese club and current African Champions League cup holders] TP Mazembe Englebert have produced
Moçambique Popular
Long before football blogging became commonplace and banal, Davy Lane wrote about football politics as a fan. Brilliantly.
Own Goal
By Peter Alegi In a few hours WikiLeaks will release thousands of secret FIFA documents detailing
“Afropolis”
This photograph of Soccer City, the venue for the opening and closing games of the
In My Country
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKLxfP3xju0&w=500&h=307&rel=0] Since we’re on the topic of Cote d’Ivoire, here’s Ivoirian veteran underground rapper Manusa’s “Dans
Cricket is big in Nigeria
Cricket is gloriously multilayered, with strategy and tactics available in abundance.
Traffic Report
Ahead of every World Cup or Olympics, sensational media reports of sex trafficking and prostitution are never borne out by facts.
G'day Mate
“The thing that overwhelms most is the level of professionalism of native Africans in knowing how
Streets is Watching
Shakira should acknowledge "Waka Waka" is a rip off of a Cameroonian song. Everyone knows that. Also pay the original composers.
Simple Football
Belgian photographer captures grassroots football in 30 villages across 10 countries in west and southern Africa.
The Day After
Locals after South Africa successfully hosted a global, mega-event: why can't it tackle its inequalities with the same energy and efficiency?
Everyone Gets a Vuvuzela
This plastic instrument will generate controversy where it will sound, carrying along to the new continents the singular experience that was the World Cup in South Africa.