Bleacher ReportThe battle for African soccer supremacyBoston.com (blog)By Adam Burrows, Boston.com Correspondent LIBREVILLE, Gabon -- Eighteen months ago, the eyes of the soccer world were glued to South Africa, where, for the first time, the FIFA World Cup arrived in the second-most populous...
Greetings. I had planned to continue the 2012 Outlook series this week, with a look at the candidates for the right-back position, but I’ll hold off on that for a week. I wanted to write a few thoughts about the big matchup over the weekend, Brazil versus Brazil…I mean, Milan versus...
Yahoo! Eurosport UKIvory Coast, Ghana sense best ACN chanceFOXSports.comThe trailing pack of underdogs, however, want their day at the continental championship. Top-ranked African team Ivory Coast and World Cup quarterfinalist Ghana were already strong contenders for the African Cup, which kicks...
Ghana, 1-0. Argentina, 2-0 (aggregate) Costa Rica, 1-0 Mexico, 2-1 Gabon, 2-0 Egypt, 2-0 Thus ends the most successful run of games Brazil has enjoyed during the Mano Menezes era. The largest streak of wins previous to this was back in the early days, when the Selecão ran off three consecutive...
This is going to be the first of two or three “mini-articles” I will try to get up this week. I will be on vacation next week so don’t expect anything from me; in the meantime, life’s been insane of late so I apologize for not providing something a bit more substantial. 19 goals in 14...
