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My journey from Brooklyn, New York January 4, 2007 to the World Cup Final match July 11, 2010 in South Africa. How will I get there? I have no idea. Join me as I travel around Africa, write a book, make some friends and watch the beautiful game!
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Final Phase of African World Cup Qualifying Continues
Africa's road to the 2010 World Cup heats up this weekend with a full slate of action as countries compete for the 5 available spots in South Africa.There are already some teams in trouble.Like Cameroon and Morocco, who have collectively qualified fo...
Top 10 African Youngsters at the 2010 World Cup
My friend Tom Legg has a keen eye for talent. He's often telling me about this new prodigy or that new wunderkind that I should be keeping my eye on. He knows more about the Beautiful Game than just about anyone I know!With that in mind, I asked him ...
African Teams Slide Down World Rankings
FIFA released their world rankings last week and African teams feel heavily ... ouch!Cameroon dropped two places to 16th and are now the only African side in the top 20. Nigeria were 17th but have fallen six places to 23rd in February's list. The big...
Arsenal Linked With Steven Appiah
Looks like Arsenal are the latest club to be linked with Ghana skipper Stephen Appiah, who is out of contract and available on a free transfer. Appiah trained with Arsenal’s north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur for almost a month, but coach Harry ...
A Slew of African Friendlies
Tomorrow is World Cup qualifying for some of the world (USA-Mexico and some Asian Cup qualifying).For Africa, it's all about getting ready for March's final Cup qualifiers.With that in mind, the BBC's Durosimi Thomas looks ahead at the African friend...
ESPN's Outside the Lines: Hungry For a Better Life
This article from today's ESPN.com Outside the Lines series really touched me.It's about the Right to Dream football academy, which helps 'talented underprivileged African children play sport, obtain a first class education and develop key lifeskills...
Ghana Denies Match Fixing Allegations
In yesterday's post, we talked about allegations that the 2006 World Cup match between Brazil and Ghana was fixed.Today, a strong statement by the Ghana Football Association (GFA), who say they are going to take legal action against Canadian author D...
Ghana-Brazil 2006 World Cup Match Fixed?
I've been away from the blog for a bit too long. That's life.So today, Day One of a little project I'm going to undertake, where I post on the blog for 31 straight days. So dear reader, stick with me.Today's big news, besides the ongoing transfer tal...
Ghana Coaching Situation
So what's the deal with the coaching situation in Ghana?Claude LeRoy is out, although we're not entirely sure why.Now who takes over? Someone like Marcel Desailly?Let's recap the situation:* Claude LeRoy is out as coach of Ghana at the end of the mon...
