Satish Sekar

January 21, 2021

Cameroon’s Congo Derbies

Libya and Niger drew 0-0 in the opening match of Group B in Cameroon’s CHAN (African Nations Championship) but it was the second match that mattered. Almost five decades after Cameroon hosted the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) the Congos met again in Cameroon.
January 21, 2021

Nothing to Celebrate

St Louis was not the original host for the 1904 Olympic Games – Chicago was – but St Louis’ ‘great and good’ were not prepared to allow such an inconvenience thwart their plans. They bullied the International Olympic Committee (IOC) into giving them the right to host the third Olympiad of the Modern era.
January 21, 2021

The Final Rehearsal (Part Six) The Foundations of An Abnormal Society

By Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (August 18th 2020) Strange Fruit South Africa was a very strange member of FIFA – they toured South America and […]
January 21, 2021

The Final Rehearsal (Part Five) Establishing the Pecking Order

By Satish Sekar © Satish Sekar (August 18th 2020) The Growth of FIFA The first modern Olympiads to feature football had no claim to be a […]