Satish Sekar

May 29, 2021

African Football – A Changing World. Preamble (Part Two) The Allocation Scandal

By Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (April 30th 2021) Storm Clouds Gather The Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) organised its first official FIFA World Cup […]
May 29, 2021

African Football – A Changing World. Preamble (Part One) Colonialism and Underdevelopment

By Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (April 30th 2021) Failure? African football never ceases to amaze. It delivers the good, the bad and the extremely ugly […]
May 26, 2021

FAZ Announce Foundation to Help Footballers in Need

Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) President, Andrew Kamanga, has announced a major development in the treatment Zambia’s footballers can expect. FAZ will establish a Foundation which assist Zambian footballers in need. This will include those in poverty, the elderly, the disabled and those needing medical assistance.
May 19, 2021

Cracks and Chasms

Spain’s coach Luis Aragonés has just announced his squad for the European Championship in Austria and Switzerland. Fifteen months ago Spain’s progress was anything but assured. Aragonés arrived at Old Trafford - a man under great pressure. It is to his credit that his team still came to play football. The then England manager Steve McClaren gave a début to Manchester United’s on-loan goalkeeper Ben Foster. He impressed, but injury and lack of opportunity blighted his progress. In the absence of Wayne Rooney England’s line was led by Peter Crouch. England started well, almost getting a dream start but Michael Carrick's early effort failed to beat Spain's captain Iker Casillas. Shaun Wright-Phillips - one of the main victims of the racist abuse in the Santiago Bernabéu when the two sides last met - was ineffective, especially in terms of the delivery of his crosses. No England player excelled on that February night in Manchester.