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Pele never stopped the Civil War – Real impact of late Brazil legend on Nigerian football
Even as the global community was immersed in the World Cup in Qatar, the world was expecting Pele’s death. He…
Pelé: a global superstar and cultural icon who put passion at the heart of soccer
Held aloft as the embodiment of the beautiful game. Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images Simon Chadwick, SKEMA Business School Pelé, soccer’s first…
Football Legend Pele Is Dead
Pele had been treated for colon cancer, following surgery to remove a tumour in September 2021, and had…
The ICC upholds 25-year jail term for Ongwen - why it matters for Africa
Dominic Ongwen is the first LRA commander to be found guilty of war crimes committed in Northern Uganda. Isaac Kasamani/AFP…
Nigeria failed to qualify for the World Cup 2022 – blame their disdain for football school structures and development
Getty Images Isiaka Oladele Oladipo, University of Ibadan Nigeria’s national men’s football team is absent from this year’s World Cup…
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Hosting the World Cup: what Qatar can learn from South Africa about nation branding
South African supporters at the 2010 men’s football World Cup. Phil Cole/Getty Images Brendon Knott, Cape Peninsula University of Technology…
World Cup 2022: Qatar is accused of ‘sportswashing’ but do the fans really care?
Doha. All clean? Shutterstock/HasanZaidi Argyro Elisavet Manoli, Loughborough University Fifa’s choice of Qatar as host of the 2022 men’s football…
World Cup final 16: African performances mark a definitive moment in football
Senegal fans at the World Cup in Qatar. Sebastian Frej/MB Media/Getty Images Chuka Onwumechili, Howard University For Africa to have…
Hosting the World Cup: what Qatar can learn from South Africa about nation branding
South African supporters at the 2010 men’s football World Cup. Phil Cole/Getty Images Brendon Knott, Cape Peninsula University of Technology…
World Cup 2022: Men’s soccer must stop silencing activism and allyship
Men’s soccer has had a problem with allyship long before Qatar was awarded the hosting rights for this year’s World…
