Even in the world’s largest inland delta — the Okavango delta in Botswana — people play the beautiful game. It was Independence Day (30 September) when I took this photo of the pitch at the relatively inaccessible Khwai village. Wearing their new Drogba and Essien jerseys, my daughters unsuccessfully tried to convince a hippo grazing on the riverbank outside the village to take up position between the goalposts. Maybe he was an Arsenal supporter.