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Having witnessed the USA’s last victory in November against South Africa in Cape Town, our 9-year-old daughters proved themselves lucky talismans for the Americans again on Tuesday (a school night!) against Canada in a Gold Cup match at Ford Field in Detroit. It was my first football match indoors. Ford Field’s warehouse ambience infused the […]
By Mohlomi Maubane in Soweto, South Africa A few days before the 2010 World Cup kicked off in South Africa, the New York Times Magazine published an insightful piece on football development focused on Ajax Amsterdam’s famous youth academy. “How a Soccer Star is Made” by Michael Sokolove is a must read for the myopic […]
Unbelievable finish! Ajax CT needed to win at Cape Town Stadium against lowly Maritzburg United, but only managed a 2-2 draw. Meanwhile Orlando Pirates took care of business at Orlando Stadium, beating Golden Arrows 2-1 thanks to an 84th-minute goal by substitute Isaac Chansa. The video captures the excitement in Soweto. We can only imagine […]
By Hikabwa Decius Chipande in Gaborone, Botswana Saturday, March 26, 2011, was a day of jubilation in Gaborone, the capital city of Botswana. The Zebras — Botswana’s national football team –- made history by qualifying for next year’s African Nations Cup in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. The Zebras boasted an unbeaten record after defeating Tunisia […]
Saud Abdul Ghani, head of the Mechanical Engineering department at the University of Qatar, recently unveiled a special plan for the 2022 World Cup: remote-controlled artificial clouds over the stadiums! Powered by four solar engines, the man-made clouds would be made of ultra light carbon fiber in an attempt to bring some relief to fans […]
By Mohlomi Maubane The 2010 World Cup was heralded as the dawn of a new era in South African football. This new epoch was to be devoid of the old amateurish ways in the local game where officials “forget” to perform rudimentary tasks like erecting corner kick flags for an international match. But alas, as […]
2010 was the year of Africa’s first World Cup, a historic year for South Africa and for the continent. An hour west of Durban’s huge Moses Mabhida Stadium, in the KwaZulu-Natal hills, every weekday afternoon 46 boys train on a modest football ground at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Pietermaritzburg. These 13-year olds symbolize the […]