Articles tagged with "Africa"
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Posted on: Champions League | 2008-07-22 08:27:37
As part of our occasional series on divisive footballers (See previous entries Here and Here) we turn to Barcelona (for the time being) striker Samuel ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-07-21 10:30:16
This is the goal that won the massive Cairo derby yesterday. Al-Ahly vs Zamalek is always always massive in Egypt, but yesterday the old foes ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-07-11 09:00:54
Over three weeks of tournament action and only one country stood tall: Sweden. Ibrahimovich proved to be unstoppable in the virtual world, earning ...
Posted on: ANDY'S TRAVELS & RANTS | 2008-06-28 22:56:03
reat!! --- you got the good flight down. There will be someone to meet you after you clear custom/immig. and take you to a hotel on airport property, nice shower, and a free lunch buffet. Its a very nice hotel, and getting a shower and a meal was a dr
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-06-27 23:00:55
We've had a few comments here on the site suggesting that the 2010 World Cup in South Africa should be boycotted, partially in response to ...
Posted on: Video Games | 2008-06-24 09:01:16
Hey all,
Here are the brackets for the tournament so far.
I need participants who havent played their games (I think only one remains) to get moving! ...
Posted on: STRANDED! An ADVENTURE ACROSS THE BUSH IN MOZAMBIQE | 2008-06-23 23:57:40
PART I of 3
The following is my account of my last days in Africa in late May to early June 2008:
“Say goodbye to tar, guys. This is the last pavement we’re going to see for at least a week.” said Juri as we turned off the main road comin
Posted on: Egypt World Cup Team Blog | 2008-06-21 03:17:18
Lesson learned, egypt will enter this match to put things back in their right track -not take revenge-. now the players, coach and fans feel ...
Posted on: Egypt World Cup Team Blog | 2008-06-17 15:06:49
Egyptian world cup 2009 dream team won this Sunday the north African tournament after they equalized with Tunisia 0-0 to finish at the top of ...
Posted on: Czech Republic Euro 2008 Blog | 2008-06-16 00:13:56
Summer's over and so is EURO 2008 for the Czech Republic national team. It was too short to fully enjoy blogging because this blog has ...
Posted on: Egypt World Cup Team Blog | 2008-06-13 16:55:32
"my players will burn the Egyptian team" this is what Malawi's coach (i don't know his name and who does!!) said about the match. am ...
Posted on: Egypt World Cup Team Blog | 2008-06-07 02:15:15
another 3 points added to us, 4 goals from amr zaki, ahmed hassan, hosni abd raboh, and ahmed eid abd el malek (again) were more ...
Posted on: mikeytravels | 2008-04-11 07:13:02
"Hey Mazungu!" a voice calls, "I am Gift, and this is my brother, Advice." The younger boy smiles shyly. Mazungu is a generic Swahili word meaning white man, although its curious literal translation is man without smell. Gift offers himself as a guide. I
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-02-12 16:00:25
I think this is rather self-explanatory.
Hot.:.
Carlo Ancelotti.:
I'll be frank regarding Carletto: his substitutions often suck ass. At least whenever I've watched, especially this season. And boy does he love to use 'em early. He ushered i ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-02-11 13:00:11
This photo was taken the day before Cameroon faced Egypt in the ACN final. The dark clouds in the background didn't just forecast the weather, but also the game ahead. Cameroon lost 1-0. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-02-11 10:00:14
A few results from the weekend:
Saturday
Ghana vs. Cote d’Ivoire. African Cup of Nations 3rd place playoff. I really expected Didier Drogba's Cote d'Ivoire team to come back after their 4-1 thrashing by Egypt in the semis. They didn't. The ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-02-08 16:00:25
Just a few of this weekend's interesting matches:
Saturday
Ghana vs. Cote d'Ivoire. African Cup of Nations 3rd place playoff. A lot of people thought these two strong, star-heavy teams would meet in the final. Instead they were both knocke ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-02-05 12:17:34
Not so long ago, Didier Drogba was all set to ditch Chelsea. "Something is broken at Chelsea," remember? Well after a few months under Avram Grant, and after enjoying his new gaffer's support with the whole knee surgery and Africa Cup of Nations busi ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-02-04 17:00:44
Some news to contemplate as you're getting arrested for hitting a police officer with a snowball:
And the African Player of the Year is... (World Cup Blog)
Who are the Premier League's twenty most valuable players? (Who Ate all the Pies? ) ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-02-01 11:00:34
French teams had 58 players in the African Cup of Nations. The English leagues had 42. (Although from their whining, you would have thought it was 4200.)
MLS, though? One player. Bouna Coundoul of the Colorado Rapids and Senegal.
Senegal ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-01-30 11:00:03
Monday afternoon, during what was one of about a billion -- give or take -- World Cup-related events in South Africa to come over the next two-and-a-half years, South African Football Association vice president Chief Mwelo Nonkonyana dropped a (verba ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-01-29 16:00:20
Things to read after the Blue Man Group shove a camera down your throat (allegedly):
Mourinho to Valencia? (The Sun)
Free Taylor Twellman! (Who Ate All the Cupcakes)
Analyzing the CONCACAF Champions League reactions. (Pitch Invasion)
Tom Hank ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-01-26 15:00:43
Do the words "FIFA Corruption Investigation" make anybody else snicker? In a kind of cynical and jaded way?
They shouldn't. I know this. The money to be had in the sport is huge, and where there's huge money, there's always somebody attemptin ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-01-24 13:00:07
After seeing yesterday's PotD featuring a Nigeria supporter clad in body paint and briefs to support his team, this Ghana fan decided to do him one better: He's got matching briefs and shoes, as well as a box on his head, and is standing in the mid ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-01-21 11:00:18
Saturday's Games
US 2 - 0 Sweden. US Soccer is still trying to convince FIFA that this is, in fact, the USMNT's 500th international game. We're operating on the assumption that they'll be vindicated here, so we're officially saying Woohoo!! W ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-01-21 06:00:14
Ghana came very close to disappointing the 40,000 home crowd at Accra yesterday in their opening 2008 Africa Cup of Nations opening game against Guinea. But with score at 1-1 in the last minute, Sulley Muntari did this and sent the crowd wild. Sw ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-01-19 17:03:36
The Africa Cup of Nations kicks off tomorrow, and there'll be updates here on The Offside from now until the last ball is kicked. But if you want to follow along closely then visit our sister site World Cup Blog where we'll be following the tournamen ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-01-18 16:01:40
Some games you may want to consider for this weekend:
Saturday
US vs. Sweden. It's the US Men's National Team's 500th game. And they have a chance to go .500. Eerie, huh? And Landon Donovan has a chance to overtake Eric Wynalda as the Unite ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-01-18 14:16:27
The African Cup of Nations (or Africa Cup of Nations, if you want to go with the rebranded moniker) kicks off this weekend, with hosts Ghana taking on Guinea in the opening game. Premier League managers may not agree, but it's arguably the most antic ...
Posted on: The Offside | 2008-01-18 10:00:58
The MLS SuperDraft is today at 11:00 Pacific. It's going to be shown live on ESPN2, and also at MLSnet.com. As far as draft order, as with most drafts it pays to have sucked last year. The worse your finish, the earlier your pick.
The origina ...
