TP Mazembe End 40 Years of Hurt
By: Jan |
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Imitation is the highest form of flattery and UEFA will know they’ve done something truly remarkable, when football federations around the globe start naming competitions Europa League. For the time being though, the Champions League remains the blue print for glamorous international club competitions. On Saturday the African Champions League final second leg was contested [...]
Category: AfricaDaily Dose: May 29th, 2009.
By: chris | 5 Comments
Stuff to read while you enjoy that tackling clinic from Paul Scholes in Rome…..
Trying to explain Messi’s header. (Studs Up)
African ManU fan goes well overboard, kills four Barca fans. (ManU Offside)
A brief explanation of the Confederations Cup glorified friendlies. (Unprofessional Foul)
There’s a new phenomenon in Argentina – Javier Pastore. (guardian)
Hamburg Offside hands out awards – [...]
Category: Daily DoseWeekend Quiz: Out of Africa
By: Laurie | 23 Comments
This week’s quiz is all about players who were born in Africa, but who moved elsewhere to ply their trade.
As always, leave your guesses in the comments. Answers tomorrow.
Player 1
Category: World FootballRefs Get Some Egyptian Brotherly Love
By: chris | No Comments
You’re got twin brothers. One’s the coach for Egyptian club El-Masry, the other is the assistant. First brother is Hossam Hassan, Egyptian national team legend. He’s sent off for disputing the referee’s calls, thus enters his brother Ibrahim. Ibrahim, as any brother of the world’s most capped player ever would, tries to carve his own [...]
King of Morocco > FC Barcelona
By: chris | 5 Comments
An 18 year old Moroccan schoolboy is in seriously hot water after paying allegiances to his favorite football team, FC Barcelona, over the king of Morocco, Mohamed VI. And really, who can blame him? Barca’s hot shit right now. I’d like to see King Mohamad VI do the kingly equivalent of score 17 in 4 [...]
Tags: Africa, Barcelona, court, King Mohamed VI, La Liga, Morocco, Real Madrid, Spain La Liga, World FootballDaily Dose: October 21st, 2008.
By: chris | 1 Comment
Stuff to read while you evade a police chase in a golf cart…..
Back to normal in the Bundesliga. (Guardian Unlimited)
Draw for the next round of African WC Qualifying tomorrow. (Togo WCB)
Dimitar Berbatov’s future career. (The Spoiler)
Probing a bit further into the corruptions of Sepp. (Soccerlens)
Giving Xavi his due credit. (Reuters Soccer Blog)
Bringing guns to youth [...]
Category: Daily DoseDidier Drogba Doesn’t Want to Be 2008 African Footballer of the Year
By: Daryl | 6 Comments
The Confederation of African Football named its shortlist of five for 2008 African Footballer of the Year yesterday, and Didier Drogba’s name was on there. Problem is: Didier Drogba wants nothing to do with the award.
Seems odd to not want to be named the best player in your confederation, but Drogba has his reasons: After [...]
Category: AfricaName to Remember: Tresor Mputu
By: chris | 3 Comments
His name has been floating about for some time as the latest unpolished diamond the emerge from the heart of Africa, but without a concrete deal on the continent, he’s been biding his time back in the DR Congo, his homeland. Now, one year after a trial with Arsenal, interest is finally heating up across [...]
Daily Dose 10.10.08
By: Laurie | No Comments
Some news to read as you get shot by your stove:
I know we covered the Spanish beer thing yesterday, but these guys’ photo is better. Or…worse. Yes! Worse! Much, much worse! That’s what I meant! (With Leather)
Best possible reason to run a futbol club? To launder drug [...]
Category: World FootballDynamos in CAF Champions League Semis
By: Daryl | 1 Comment
Unfancied CFR Cluj and FC BATE Borisov have made good starts to their UEFA Champions League campaigns (Cluj are still unbeaten after playing Roma away and Chelsea at home). But they have a long long way to go to match Dynamos FC of Harare, Zimbabwe.
Despite facing multiple political and economic problems (eg Robert Mugabe and [...]
Category: AfricaNew African Soccer Magazine is Now Free
By: Daryl | 2 Comments
Back in January we spent a month covering the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations on WCB. The three things I took away from this were:
1) African football is on the rise, 2) Manucho is a damn fine footballer, and 3) There’s not nearly enough written about African football.
What I mean by 3) is that [...]
Al-Ahly Dominating the Cairo Derby
By: Daryl | No Comments
If you’re wondering why Zamalek keeper Mohamed Abdel Monsef looks so distraught in the above video, it’s because he knows Zamalek have just lost to Al-Ahly. Again.
Moetaz Eno’s cracking goal one minute from time made it 2-0 to Al-Ahly in the Egyptian Super Cup, which means Zamalek have beaten Al-Ahly just once in the [...]
Category: AfricaAhmed Hassan Makes Dream Al-Ahly Debut
By: Daryl | 3 Comments
This is the goal that won the massive Cairo derby yesterday. Al-Ahly vs Zamalek is always always massive in Egypt, but yesterday the old foes faced off in the first game of the CAF Champions League group stages.
The Offside Euro 2008 Champion: Charles Snyder
By: Dave Martinez | 5 Comments
Over three weeks of tournament action and only one country stood tall: Sweden. Ibrahimovich proved to be unstoppable in the virtual world, earning glory for his country where the real world left a bit to be desired. Standing in the finals against a tough Croatian squad, they dispatched their opponents 2-1 for [...]
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By: Ian Rose | 8 Comments
We’ve had a few comments here on the site suggesting that the 2010 World Cup in South Africa should be boycotted, partially in response to the government’s inaction against Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe. But that seems, to me, like skipping an important step. How can football, as a sport and an institution, complain [...]
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