Fredrick Odhiambo, better known as Abedi, was born in the city of Kisumu in Kenya. He grew up in the slums of Manyatta, and like many people from that area, life was not easy. Football to them was everything, it […]
Obama Cup 2020 – The Fifth Edition
The fifth edition of the Obama Cup took place on Saturday 8th of February after being postponed for a week due to bad weather. The whole country had been experiencing heavy rains the previous week, but it was clear skies […]
The Projectization of Football
The sports industry is one of the most vibrant owing to its cross-cutting nature. Majority of the world’s population has engaged in sport in one form or the other. Football is the world’s most popular game present in almost all […]
The Football Foundation for Africa bags Football Heroes Awards
The Football Foundation for Africa is the Winner in the “For Social Responsibility Activities” category of the Football Heroes Awards on 12th September 2019 in Moscow, Russia. The Special Awards were instituted by the International Football Development Association (IFDA) and […]
FFA Nominated for the Football Heroes Awards
The Football Foundation for Africa (FFA) is among the nominees for this year’s Football Heroes Awards scheduled for Moscow, Russia on 12th September 2019. International Football Development Association (IFDA) instituted the special awards. The initiative aims to bring to light […]
Strathmore University FC win Obama Cup 2019
NAIROBI, KENYA – Strathmore University FC emerged winners of the 4th edition of Obama Cup. The tournament attracted 14 teams one less than the previous edition. Gava FC took second place while West Ham was third after beating Madaraka United […]
Economic Globalisation and African Football
In the preceding article, we started looking at the effect of globalisation on African football and focused mainly on political globalisation. In this article, we look to at the effect of economic globalisation on African football. Wikipedia defines economic globalisation […]
Swallows win Inaugural FFA Cup – Report
MOROKA, BOTSWANA – Moroka Swallows emerged winners of the inaugural FFA Cup. Six teams took part in the tournament held in Moroka Village held the in the North East district of Botswana. The 7-a-aside competition which drew teams from Moroka […]
The Effect of Globalisation on African Football – Politics
Globalisation is a term that evokes controversy even in its definition. It is said that it was the anti-globalisation movement that really defined globalisation by bringing it out of the financial and academic worlds and into everyday current affairs discussions. […]
FIFA World Cup 2018 – The African Story
Africa registered its worst performance in 36 years at this year’s FIFA World Cup in Russia. None of the continent’s 5 representatives managed to get past the preliminary rounds. The teams collected a combined 11 points out of a possible […]