If we were to review the state of the world on the basis of entertainment news headlines, 2015 was the year of Kardeshian/Jenner family saga, unfortunately. We do not need to be reminded of how so. And then from a football perspective, we would start off with questioning…
Considering that most of you are aware of the topic, thousands of people from less developed countries of Africa, Middle East and Asia, hand in their hard earned savings to traffickers and leave their families behind in an attempt to make it to the greener pastures of Europe.…
The final 15 footballers were finally selected for the Qatar Airways & Aspire Academy – Football Dreams Africa project. The project which was announced earlier in the year, was to bring together the continent’s best talents for an opportunity to prove their potential in front of bunch of…
Qatar has come under a lot of criticism in Western media for it’s ‘poaching’ attitude towards young Africans aspiring to be professional footballers. But if you ask 20-year-old Diawandou Diagne Niang if Qatar’s initiative via the recognised Aspire Academy involves deceit, he would advocate otherwise. In 2008, aged…
2014 Champions – Libya. The African Championship of Nations (CHAN) is one of the youngest and lesser known continental competitions in the world. Started in 2009, the competition brings together national teams from across Africa featuring players from local league competitions only. The inaugural competition took place in…
The act of charity is not one of that derives itself from an exhaustive process of rational thinking. It is visionary, sort of a sensation, that intrinsic feeling of doing good, really. Yet simple thoughts can change the way we think or open us up to the act…
In the most exciting and heartwarming victory, the war torn country of Mali has beaten Afcon hosts South Africa to advance to semi-finals. They tied the match 1-1, went scoreless in extra time. They won 3-1 in penalty shootouts, effectively ousting Bafana from the tournament. Tokelo Rantie scored first for…
Just so that everyone is clear, this piece should be considered as a follow-up to one that was written a year ago debating on the importance of the Africa Cup of Nations in 2012. Listen!!! the tournament where top 16 countries of Africa compete against each other is critical…