Tag Archives: World Cup 2010
Who’s World Cup is it anyway? Africa goes forth
Watching the confetti drift down on Spain’s jubilant World Cup-winning team, it was hard not to be proud of South Africa’s accomplishment. The country not only pulled off a glittering event, but did so with consummate ease. The naysayers were … Continue reading
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Nigerian football goes forth (in two years time. We hope)
When I first heard the news that Goodluck Jonathan had suspended the Nigerian football team from international football for two years after their abject performance in the World Cup, I thought he’d gone crazy. Nigeria were bad, but they weren’t … Continue reading
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Where’s the worst place to watch the World Cup? Somalia goes 4th
Third worst place to watch the World cup: New Zealand. Despite the heroic performance of the All Whites (no, not a white supremacist group, just the New Zealand football team’s ill-conceived nickname; I imagine it really didn’t go down well … Continue reading
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Fifa to go 4th if it bans vuvuzelas
There are increasingly persistent rumours of Fifa looking at banning vuvuzelas from World Cup matches in South Africa, due to their supposedly annoying and distracting nature. The very idea of this is unacceptable. As the world has bellowed loud and clear … Continue reading
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The World Cup goes forth
The concert last night was electrifying – standout performances from Angelique Kidjo, K’Naan, and even Shakira, but for me the best song was Vusi Mahlasela’s first song (which didn’t make the highlights cut. Watch it here.) But the man who … Continue reading
Puma goes 4th in the African Unity Kit
It’s not hard to see what happened here. A bunch of marketers were sitting around Puma’s headquarters in Germany, worrying: If there are only 5 African countries in the World Cup, then that’s only 5 countries that are going to … Continue reading
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