How Spain replayed its 2010 World Cup feat that left Argentina’s Lionel Messi&Co furious
Argentina were already second-best in the game when, as proceedings were heading for extra-time, they had Enzo Fernandez sent off for a second yellow card after he sent the young Spain defender Pau Cubarsi catapulting into the sky at MetLife Stadium in New York, New Jersey.
Papa stop the war: How African sports icon Didier Drogba scored more goals against conflict than in football to end Ivory Coast civil war
The origins of the first Ivorian civil war can be traced back to the death of Felix Houphouet-Boigny in 1993. Houphoeut-Boigny was the country’s first president after gaining independence from France in 1960 and he remained in power until his death. Houphouet-Boigny helped Ivory Coast’s economy grow significantly.
‘God with us’: Was 800m athletics king Wanyonyi predestined to rise from herds-boy owing $3.86 to dominate the world?
By 2016, in Bungoma, a thought struck him like thunder: How long can I keep herding cattle? He decided it would be his last year. At Ksh2000 ($15.46) a month, he saved carefully and built a small flat-roofed house back home.
