Stories about Sport from February, 2006
Africa: football
Black Star Journal commenting on the state of African soccer writes that it is not the quality of players that is preventing success at World Cup level but the poor quality of organisation...”From governments meddling in the affairs of soccer federations, to federations meddling in team selection, to often lamentable...
African Music Roundup #3
It's been a fun few weeks with the festival of football that was the African Cup of Nations (congratulations to Egypt the host). Watching all the footballing talent on display made me proud to be an African. So we look forward to Ghana '08 and all the beautiful things the...
South Korea Embraces Super-Bowl MVP
The Lost Nomad highlights a Los Angeles Times article on Hines Ward becoming an instant national hero in South Korea. Hines, born to a Korean mother and an African American GI father, grew up in the US and suffered discrimination from the Korean community. He was recently elected the most...
Brazil: The New Look for Brazil's Football Team
Made in Brazil has a photo of the Brazilian football team's new uniform for this year's World Cup and weighs in: “The only question now is: when is mesh going to make a comeback?”
India: Lone at Winter Olympics
India: Lone at Winter Olympics
Caribbean: Cricket notes
The West Indies Cricket Blog links to an article which looks back at the history of West Indies tours to New Zealand, “including the infamous 1980 series when the umpires made more news than the players”; and to another reporting that cricket great Desmond Haynes is calling for a Caribbean...
African women's voices this week
Diary of a Mad Kenyan Woman comments on the predominance of old men in Kenyan politics and government. She questions how old fashioned men acting out old fashioned politics chose John Githongo to head the anti-corruption drive. Possibly it was because they thought he was so young he would not...
