South African striker Lebo Mothiba warmed up for the upcoming back-to-back African Nations Cup qualifying fixtures against Islanders Seychelles when he grabbed a brace for his club Strasbourg in the French Ligue 1 on Saturday. Mothiba, who missed the last AFCON qualifier against Libya when his club withdrew him claiming he had strained his thigh, opened...
It all started when a South African national U-15 soccer team won an international tournament contested by 48 countries in France back in 1998. The youngsters somehow wiped away the pain of watching the senior national team losing their opening match 3-0 in their maiden appearance at the greatest global event, as an unfortunate Pierre...
Jamaica, 20 degrees North of the Equator was for more than 250 years a land of slavery as millions of Africans were shipped in galleys to work on sugar plantations. Coromantees, Yorubas and Ibos reached Jamaica in their thousands – the largest forced migration in human history. Those who survived the appalling conditions of the trans-Atlantic...
