• Jonathan Faull

The news that J.M. Coetzee had contributed to a book entitled "Australia: Story of a Cricket Country" rankled the author, a committed Coetzeephile, slightly.

• Elliot Ross

The only way to sustain interest in the lives of African and African American NFL players is to either talk about their personal tragedy or show how moved they are by the plight of other black people.

• Elliot Ross

The fortunes of Sudan and Equatorial Guinea at AFCON 2012. The latter especially, a squad cobbled together by naturalizing players from Brazil and Spain.

• Elliot Ross

What countries do footballers playing in Europe's top five leagues come from? That's not such a straightforward question and answer.

• Sean Henry Jacobs

• Sean Henry Jacobs

The largest delegation of foreign coaches at Afcon is French and 8 squads draw more players from the French leagues, than elsewhere.

• Dan Moshenberg

The story of Caster Semenya was always a story of a Black African woman, and was equally always the story of a Black woman.

• Sean Henry Jacobs

Africa's best football players come from West Africa. That's just facts.

• Sean Henry Jacobs

• Sean Henry Jacobs

• Basia Cummings

Puma created new kits for African teams ahead of the 2012 African Cup of Nations. At first sight, it looks exciting. Up close, the designers stuck to conservative.

• Sean Henry Jacobs

• Elliot Ross

• Sean Henry Jacobs

• Sean Henry Jacobs

• Sean Henry Jacobs

South Africa prematurely celebrating qualification to the 2012 African Cup of Nations championship is another case of history repeating itself when it comes to the administration of football in the country.

• Sean Henry Jacobs

What if major sports brands like Nike let local football stars - playing who are not big in Europe, but big in national club leagues on the continent - front a campaign?

• Sean Henry Jacobs

The Ivorian international and CSKA Moscow footballer, Seydou Doumbia about the hardest thing to secure in the Russian capital: It's hard to get a fade.

• Tom Devriendt

Cote d'Ivoire's newly-appointed commission counts 11 members, with footballer Didier Drogba one of them, representing the country's diaspora.

• Sean Henry Jacobs

Cote d'Ivoire is Africa's best team at the moment. FIFA says so. Egypt, the current African champions, are second.