By Ian Dickinson
A hollow thud resonated as the ball thumped against the crossbar -- a thud that all but silenced the African continent. Asamoah Gyan looked bewildered as did the many that had put their faith in Ghana's Black Stars. The penalty ha...
Views: 444 | 2 Comments » | posted on Friday, July 9th, 2010 | Tags: none
By Sphiwe Hlongane
Vincente del Bosque's men stayed true to themselves and the beautiful game, I still don't know why Germany decided to employ defensive tactics in that game instead of playing the free flowing attacking game that they have been d...
Views: 257 | 5 Comments » | posted on Thursday, July 8th, 2010 | Tags: Soccer World Cup, spain
By Siphiwe Hlongwane
There seems to be a big problem brewing between technical directors and head coaches in South African football. With the new PSL season looming on the horizon, a number of coaces have lost their jobs and are seemingly being re...
Views: 198 | No Comments » | posted on Friday, July 2nd, 2010 | Tags: Bafana Bafana, coach, PSL, soccer
By Dave Harris
Fifa's ambivalent stance on adopting technology is understandable, since the increasing reliance on technology has several ramifications, much of which is not easily discernible especially when we frantically seek quick fixes to th...
Views: 344 | 8 Comments » | posted on Thursday, July 1st, 2010 | Tags: none
By Lenox Mhlanga
Feel it ... it is here! The Soccer World Cup is finally underway in South Africa. It was surely a long wait but it was worth it. If you have not caught the football bug then you must be dead, or worse. Alain de Botton, a newspaper...
Views: 212 | 11 Comments » | posted on Friday, June 18th, 2010 | Tags: none
By Odirile Mekwa
I sat on the psychologist's soft leather couch and he asked us to play a game called "association". I take it most people have seen this game in movies. The "shrink" pulls out a picture and the patient says the first thing that sp...
Views: 332 | 4 Comments » | posted on Wednesday, May 19th, 2010 | Tags: Dennis Bergkamp, Diego Maradonna, Jay Jay Okocha, Roberto Baggio, Soccer World Cup, USA 94
By Millington Gumbo
A couple of things intrigue me in life. Politics is one, history is another, but it is football which trumps them all.
Football is the ultimate meritocracy wherein skills and teamwork and not money or privilege determine th...
Views: 287 | 2 Comments » | posted on Monday, May 17th, 2010 | Tags: Arsenal, Chelsea, Fifa, Soccer World Cup
By Odiriel Mekwa
When I was eight my late father took myself and a cousin of mine out for our first live professional soccer match. I got to see the legendary Ernest 'Wire' Chirwali (later Mtawali) in action against my then hero Doctor Khumalo. Th...
Views: 186 | 1 Comment » | posted on Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 | Tags: none
By Duncan Keal
The news that Mathew Hayden will be wielding a new weapon in this year's Indian Premier League (IPL) came as little surprise. While the shape of cricket bats has remained constant over hundreds of years, technology has seen the mode...
Views: 299 | 1 Comment » | posted on Monday, March 29th, 2010 | Tags: cricket, IPL, technology
By Sphiwe Hlongwane
It has already been dubbed as the final before the final, so we can expect fireworks when Mamelodi Sundowns host Kaizer chiefs in the Telkom Knockout challenge quarterfinal at the Super Stadium on Sunday.
Both teams were dis...
Views: 152 | 1 Comment » | posted on Thursday, March 25th, 2010 | Tags: Kaizer Chiefs, Mamelodi Sundowns, telkom knockout cup
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