- Global Voices - https://globalvoices.org -

Malawi: Racism in football

Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Ethnicity & Race, Sport

Malawi-based Afrika-Aphukira posts a long commentary on the debate now raging over the sending off of French soccer captain Zinedine Zidane after he headbutted Marco Matarazzi in the France-Italy World Cup final. Emerging reports of racist insults from Matarazzi have divided the world into two camps [1]: those who think ‘sportmanship’ is more important, and those who think racism in football should be addressed, he writes.