Africa
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: AfricaRefs 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 [...]
Didier 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: AfricaDynamos 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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Tags: Africa, African Cup of Nations, Asia, Australia, Bundesliga, BWIN Liga, Champions League, Club World Cup, CONCACAF, Daily Dose, Dutch Eredivisie, England, English Premier League, Europe, French Ligue 1, Leagues, Mexico, MLS, Name to Remember, North America, Oceania, Photo of the Day, Podcasts, Polls, Romania, Scottish Premier League, Serie A, South America, Spain La Liga, Tournaments, UEFA Cup, United States, Weekend Watch, World FootballDaily Dose 4.24.08
By: Laurie | 5 Comments
Some news to read as you beat somebody up in the Mad Tea Party line at Disney World:
Best football commercial ever made? I don’t know about that, but it is cute. (Fighting Talker)
Playoffs in the Premier League? (Pitch Invasion)
Cristiano Ronaldo enjoys a Kaka moment (Who Ate All the Pies)
The average age of [...]
Weekend Recap: Heartbreak and/or Male-Bonding Hugs
By: Laurie | 5 Comments
It’s that nailbiting time of the season in most leagues, especially for those teams that are close to the top and in the title race, or close to the bottom and facing relegation. So how did some of the games from the weekend turn out?
Saturday’s games:
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By: Ian Rose | 1 Comment
As UEFA prepares for its first big week of semifinals (both in the Champions League and UEFA Cup), and the Copa Libertadores moves on to the knockouts, here’s a reminder that there is, in fact, continental football going on right now elsewhere in the world. Specifically, in Africa, where the CAF Champions League is [...]
Essam El-Hadary Leaves Al Ahly…Again
By: Inara | 4 Comments
Al Ahly goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary has been in the news quite frequently in recent weeks. We at the Offside and World Cup Blog seem to be writing about him every week.
For those of you needing a recap, El-Hadary has been trying to use the Webster Ruling to force his current club, Al Ahly, to [...]
Category: AfricaAl-Ahly Win Cairo Derby, Continue to Dominate Egyptian League
By: Daryl | 1 Comment
It was the Cairo derby last night, easily the biggest and best game in Egyptian football. Africa Cup of Nations heroes Mohamamed Aboutreika and Essam Al-Hadary were both missing for Al-Ahly, the former through injury, the latter suspended following his attempted defection to FC Sion.
But Al-Ahly continued to dominate their rivals Zamalek, claiming a 2-0 [...]
Category: AfricaIs Essam El-Hadary Testing Webster Ruling? Maybe, maybe not
By: Laurie | 5 Comments
Is Essam El-Hadary going to be our test case for the Webster ruling, or isn’t he? The battle is on.
Just last week Daryl was saying that Essam El-Hadary, the African Cup of Nations-winning goalkeeper from Egypt, was going to be testing the limits of Webster. Webster, if you remember, is the extremely controversial [...]
Google Wants Everyone to Know…
By: Laurie | 4 Comments
Google would like you to know that, contrary to rumor, they do not censor images for political content. Even explosive little hot potatoes like this one of Egyptian player Mohamed Aboutreika at the African Cup of Nations.
From the blog from a Google software engineer.
Every now and then a story surfaces that Google [...]
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