EVER since George Weah won the Ballon d’Or in 1995, no other African player has been able to win the prestigious award.
Below are African Footballers who I believe deserved to have won the Ballon d’Or
Kanu Nwankwo (Nigeria/Ajax 1996)
Kanu led the U-23 national team to...
By Anesu Chakanetsa
SOMETIMES when football teams go out for away matches they always face the 12th-man (home supporters) challenge, especially with the easing of COVID-19 gathering regulations.
According to statistics, from time immemorial, it is always difficult for teams to win away matches, but recent...
ALGERIA thought it had booked its place at the 2022 World Cup, and so, in the 118th minute of a do-or-die playoff, after Ahmed Touba scored the goal that seemed to clinch qualification, players streamed across the field in ecstasy.
Fans exploded.
Even journalists jumped for...
IF you ask even the most casual sports fan where the best soccer in the world is played, he/she would probably say Europe.
If you ask him/her about international soccer, he/she’d tell you Brazil and Argentina are always good, but he/she would probably say that the...
By Anesu Chakanetsa
FOOTBALL is a beautiful game that has brought smiles to many over the years and fostered concrete ties among races but, like the Bible and Jesus Christ, its virility has been hijacked by the so called ‘world police’.
Luckily enough, the banning of...
SOMETHING is not right here.
In fact, it is quite disturbing.
We celebrated International Women’s Day on March 8.
Proponents have even dedicated the whole month of March to celebrate women – celebrating their triumphs in every sphere of influence.
And the media is awash with our ‘high...
THE World Cup qualifying playoff draw for African nations has been conducted, with the 10 teams still standing.
We know that either Mohamed Salah or Sadio Mane will not be present in Qatar after Egypt and Senegal were pitted against one another in the Douala...
THE furore that has surrounded the Barclays English Premier League club West Ham’s defender Kurt Zouma over an incident where he was filmed kicking a cat once again highlights the deep rooted extent of racism not only in football but across the board.
Despite denials...
ALIOU CISSÉ pointedly looked around Bamako’s Stade du 26 Mars, then began a long run-up and blasted his penalty kick on to the shins of Boukar Alioum to hand Cameroon the 2002 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
The final of the tournament in Mali was...
By Anesu Chakanetsa
ZIMBABWE, like Ghana, Algeria and Nigeria, had the most disappointing AFCON tourney ever.
The match against the Flames of Malawi was a deep thorn in Warriors’ flesh.
While this was happening, somewhere in West Africa another Zimbabwean team was having a tournament, to some...
By Anesu Chakanetsa
AFRICA’s biggest soccer tournament, AFCON, continues, minus the Zimbabwean ship which is sailing back home after a lukewarm performance.
Mistakes, mistakes, mistakes!
Exactly in January 2017, this writer, in this publication, wrote about the mistakes the Warriors made in the Gabon 2017 AFCON.
And it...
By Anesu Chakanetsa
THE Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) is a great tournament.
Those who were advocating its postponement were left with egg on their face not only because it is currently underway, but also due to the events unfolding in the beautiful cities of Cameroon....
