One month ago the Cameroon Football Association confirmed that the 2021 African Cup of Nations will be held in January instead of July because the rainy weather conditions during the summer months are not conducive for playing.[i]The announcement produced severe backlash from media outlets globally who argued that this rescheduling would be disruptive to the… Read More »
Hace poco leí un artículo que abordó un tema muy debatido e interesante en el mundo del fútbol: ¿Por qué la Premier League es tan exitosa a nivel internacional? Los partidarios de la liga mencionarán la competencia y la historia de la liga como algunos de las razones principales que contribuyen a su éxito mundial.… Read More »
Here are some statistics from the African Nations Cup 2015 that was held between January 17 2015 and February 8 2015. The Ivory Coast national team took home the goal and table one shows just how the tournament played out. Table 1 Table 2 shows some stats from the tournament.
Peter Alegi’s book African Soccerscapes offers a careful account of the place of football in colonial Africa and the important role in played in the process of decolonization. Alegi, a Professor at Michigan State University, also maintains a blog called Football is Coming Home, and recently wrote about the first African Nations Cup. This post… Read More »
Watching last weekend’s African Cup of Nations Final reminded fans everywhere of soccer’s elephant in the room, penalties. The penalty shootout is the one glaring error in a beautiful, near-perfect game. After 120 minutes of battling for each yard and each shot, the game is finally decided by a combination of luck and some level of… Read More »
The just concluded African Cup of Nations Championship game was decided on penalties after the game ended in a barren draw through the regular time and two 15-minutes overtimes. In this game, 17 goals were scored, all of them from the penalty spot, 12 yards from the goalkeeper. Each of the 22 players on the… Read More »
La violencia que viene con partidos de fútbol no es un fenómeno nuevo dentro y fuera de la cancha. Sin embargo, la magnitud de violencia en la semifinal de la Copa de África entre Ghana y Guinea Ecuatorial era estremecedor y en mi opinión, inaceptable. La semifinal tuvo lugar el 5 de febrero en el… Read More »
(El defensa Koko Touré cargando la Copa Africana de Naciones. Foto: AFP) – Costa de Marfil consiguió el título de la Copa Africana de Naciones celebrada en Guinea Ecuatorial este año al vencer en la tanda de penales a Ghana por 9-8. – Un estudio ha revelado que las tandas de penales no son, como… Read More »
The Western-most tip of Africa seemed like as good a place as any to watch the Mali vs. South Africa quarter-final in the African Cup of Nations. On Saturday, I was at the Pointe des Almadies in Dakar, a tourist stop and hang-out with a beach carpeted with black stones and hand-holding couples. On offer… Read More »
“It is unacceptable that children are killed while they play football.” So declares a statement by 62 professional footballers protesting the recent Israeli actions in Gaza. Posted on the website of Frédéric Kanouté, it includes some of the best known names in global football, notably Didier Drogba and Eden Hazard. It is a striking gesture,… Read More »
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