A delegation from FIFA and the LOC, including FIFA Secretary General Jérôme Valcke and Brazil legends Bebeto and Ronaldo, was left mightily impressed by Salvador and its Fonte Nova stadium on the first Host City Tour of 2013.
Ghanaian midfielder Michael Essien has lashed out at suggestions that he is not patriotic and denied that he took a break from the Black Stars because of injuries.
AFTER last Saturday’s debacle at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium, a colleague, with tongue in cheek, asked if all the players the Sudanese used in holding Zambia to a 1-1 draw were eligible.