Stories about Sport from January, 2008
Guine: Football, carnival and politics
Jorge Rosmaninho [pt] describes the carnival atmosphere that has invaded the streets in Conakry, Guinea, because of the Cup of African Nations, which started today. Football is the order of the day. “These days, football makes us forget that there is a dispute between the President and the Prime Minister...
Trinidad & Tobago: Lara Hurt
West Indies Cricket Blog reports on Brian Lara's injury in the Carib Beer Series.
Palestine: Dance Prodigy Hopes to Make it Big
Every once in a while, you hear about a story that makes you stop in your tracks. One that is so outside the norm, that is seems as if the central figure has been born in the wrong time or place. Maya Norton writes about Palestinian Ayman Safieh's steps towards making it big in the world of classical ballet.
Barbados: Thompson Sworn In
As Barbados’ new Prime Minister is sworn in, Living in Barbados raises a few issues to consider…
Ghana: Africa Cup of Nation live at African Path
African Path will broadcast Africa Cup of Nations: “The games will be online at http://tv.africanpath.com. The Africa Cup of Nations is the premier sporting event on the African continent that occurs on a biannual basis in January and February.”
China: No Human Dignity, No Olympic
Clairewy reposted in her blog an article by Teng Biao (a Chinese Lawyer) about Hu Jia's arrest, which re-instated that “without human right and dignity, there is no genuine Olympic; for the sake of China, for the sake of Olympic, we have to defend human right.” (zh)
Nigeria: Super Eagles Free Videos
Nigeria Football Fans Blog has free videos of the Nigerian national soccer team: “The super eagles of Nigeria is a team with so many good memories we can not afford to forget. Here I post an array of videos i know every fans of the eagles will love to watch.”
India: Sydney Test
Lightning Strikes Everyday sums up the controversy surrounding a recent cricket test match between Australia and India. “I think Indian media, bloggers and arbitrary people have gone about being stupid in the right order”.
India: Cricket, Aussies and Indians
The game of cricket continues to provide much fodder for controversy in India. More at Jairam's Jives.
Zimbabwe: Questionable decision
Bev Clark discusses the move to ban Zimbabwe cricket national team: “David Miliband, Britain’s Foreign Secretary has joined Flash Gordon in stating that Zimbabwe must not be allowed to tour England in the summer of 2009…Now what if we substituted Zimbabwe for Pakistan in this argument?”
Costa Rica: Injuries at Bullfights
Bullfighting in Costa Rica should be eliminated, or at least regulated, according to Costa Rica en el Presente [es], especially due to the high rates of injury to the matador and spectators.
India: Cricket and Controversy
IndieQuill on the controversy filled start in the world of cricket. Australians, Indians and allegations of racism.
Uruguay: 1930 World Cup Memories
El Blog de May [es] reminisces about the 1930 World Cup held in Uruguay, where the host nation was crowned champions even though only four European countries were able to make the expensive cross-Atlantic trip.
Dominica, Barbados: World Cup Qualifier
Steve's Dominica is looking forward to the island's World Cup qualifying football match against Barbados.
India: Australia, sledging and cricket
The game of cricket has an interesting weekend. Accusations of racism, decidedly bad umpiring and other stories at GreatBong.
Namibia: Namibia cricket online
Namibia Cricket Board is online, via NamForum blog: “Another Namibian sports site found while searching through the web is the website of the Namibia Cricket Board, bringing you news from the cricket fields around the country.”
Gyuana: Bonding at Bourda
After Signifyin’ Guyana blogs about a short story entitled Bourda, which “gives an engaging account of a group of men going to a cricket match at Bourda”, a female cricket fan writes in to share what the experience of attending matches at Guyana's famous cricket ground was like for women.
Americas: A Look Back at Global Voices – Part I
Global Voices - Latin America is covered by an excellent team of volunteer authors, who know the local context and can read the pulse of their respective blogospheres. This is the first in a three-part series of articles looking back at some of the topics that were blogged about in 2007.
Mali: Mali wins the 2007 Africa Nations Cup female basketball title
Sociolingo writes about the Malian female basketball team's victory: “The Malian female basketball team’s win of the 20th basketball championship of the African Nations Cup (CAN), played last September in Dakar, Senegal, is undoubtedly the major event of 2007, according to many people in the Malian capital.”
St. Vincent & the Grenadines: 2007 Events
“Political parties in the Caribbean took camapaigning to new heights with the use of the internet; one November afternoon, the earth shook for what seemed like an eternity”: Abeni welcomes the New Year by listing the events that stood out for her in 2007.
Chile: Predictions for 2008
Notas Al Margen [es] dares to list some predictions for Chile in 2008.
