Getting ready for World Cup’s next preliminaries
St Vincent and the Grenadines has made it through to the next round of the FIFA World Cup Preliminaries. It is therefore important to get sufficiently serious to ensure that our preparations are well organised enough for us to feel that we are in with a chance of success. The question really is what are […]
Football literally heats up
St Vincent and the Grenadines has earned the right to play in the second round of the preliminaries for the FIFA World Cup of 2018. We are due to start off with playing the USA, a formidable but not insurmountable challenge. In the previous edition of this Column we addressed some of the necessary actions […]
FIFA’s Ominously Lengthening Shadows
It’s finally over. The month long FIFA World Cup is finally over. Germany has returned home as World Champions for a fourth time, having its first victory in 24 years, to celebrations all over the country bordering on mayhem.
FIFA’s major contradictions impact global football
The first round of the FIFA World Football Cup 2014 is now completed and already some of the usually respected major teams have gone home and justly so.
Brazil’s message to international mega sport cuts deep
It is 2014 and the Football World Cup is set in Brazil, known to the global sports community as the place where the sport of football is akin to a religion.
Horrible World Cup in South Africa
The latest edition of the FIFA World Cup ended last Sunday just as it started, with a very tame and highly controversial game that did little for the FIFA and host organisers. Perhaps this year’s edition of the World Cup would go down in history among the dullest of all time, with no real reason […]