Hooliganism

By Michael D. Abayateye The 19th edition of the May 9 Accra Stadium Disaster commemorative ceremony came off at the forecourt of the Accra Sports Stadium on Saturday. The solemn event was attended by dignitaries and invited patrons (about 20 people) and followed strict social distancing protocols necessitated by the…

Over the years, I have never belonged to any of the Gor Mahia's branches. But I have, by association, played a role in most of the club's branches. I do remember joining the Facebook branch at the Nyayo National Stadium for a fundraiser to purchase a bus for the club.…

Dramatisation of the events surrounding the life of Cass Pennant; one of the best-known figures of the infamous West Ham hooligan outfit, the I.C.F. (Inter City Firm). Cass Pennant (Nonson Anozie, Atonement) was placed in a Dr. Barnados orphange as a baby in 1950s London. A black child adopted by…

Olga Ushakova, whose driver suffered serious injuries in a vicious late-night fight in 2018, could take Pavel Mamaev and Alexsandr Kokorin back to court as part of a new lawsuit over damages to her car during a horrific assault. Former Russia internationals Kokorin and Mamaev are due to appeal against charges…

A golden opportunity to reclaim top level football from the corporate “thieves” and the part we all can play. Plus some nostalgia! by Jon FoxLet me ask you good people some personal questions, if I may. Do you consider yourself, at core level, a moral and decent human? On what…

As recently as January 2020, the tiny, land-locked nation of Tajikistan was known less for its global soccer following, and more for its tyrannical President Emomali Rahmon. The same was true for Belarus (led by U.S sanctioned homophobe Aleksander G. Lukashenko) and Nicaragua (whose president, Daniel Ortega, usually made news for defending Muammar…

Alan Smith Football Expert "It's easy to forget how it used to be. Yet the connection, I think, between player and supporter was a lot stronger." Last Updated: 30/04/20 7:31am Alan Smith with Leicester team-mates, including Gary Lineker, in the 1980s Former Arsenal and Leicester striker Alan Smith reminisces about…

If anyone had predicted even two months ago that nearly all major sports events from football, basketball, cricket and rugby to boxing, golf, cycling and athletics would either be cancelled or indefinitely postponed, we'd have thought they were out of their minds. Yet, here we are with barely any live…

Despite being lesser-known by the American scene, Luka Pinto has been quietly making a name for himself across the pond for the past decade as both a skateboarder and filmmaker. He hails from the small island of Jersey, located off the coast of a larger island, the United Kingdom. I…

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