They did not opt for the favourite. They were not brave enough to try someone new. Instead, the South African Football Association (SAFA) went for the safest and cheapest option when they unveiled their new coach for the national team.
Ephraim "Shakes" Mashaba was given a four-year deal with the ...
The African coaching circuit can sometimes seem like little more than a game of musical chairs. Recent vacancies, shortlists and appointments have been glossed over rather than analysed because it's inevitable the same faces will crop up again.
Algeria bucked the trend by handing Christian Gourcu...
Think about not seeing eagles again. Think of the falcons and the little falconets. Think of how the wasps could be the biggest beneficiaries.
Yes, this is still a football story.
FIFA's suspension of Nigeria from all international football last week because of alleged government interference c...
Posted by Firdose Moonda
Africa's World Cup is over. It did not end as the continent would have liked, without the results it had hoped for and with no new ground broken. In fact, old ground wasn't even covered as none of the five African teams that entered the tournament will feature in the quarterfinals.
Given the huge im...
If Gervinho's boots could talk they would have had something interesting to say last Thursday, when their owner danced his way through the Colombia defence and scored Ivory Coast's only goal. But then ever since a young Gervais Yao Kouassi joined the ASEC Mimosa youth academy -- the nurturing ground...
Andre Ayew sat through the prematch news conference ahead of Ghana's clash with Germany and exuded a lot of confidence. The son of legendary Abedi Pele, always fired up and incredibly passionate, was the sort of player Ghanaians needed to hear from before such a critical encounter.
"What I can tell ...
