50 of the Best African Players of 2012: 50-41
Welcome to the inaugural 50 of the best African players of 2012, sponsored by Africa On The Ball. Note the ‘of the best’ and you’ll instantly recognise that we don’t [...]
Hossam Ghaly
CAF Champions League 2012 Final Review: Al Ahly dethrone Esperance
Al Ahly gave an excellent performance to overpower Esperance, and inflict their first home defeat in the Champions League since losing to Zamalek in August 2005. Al Ahly [...]
CAF Champions League 2012: Best XI
The excellent performers from this year’s competition: Abdelwahed El-Sayed (Zamalek) Affectionately known as the ‘Lion of Africa’ by the Zamalek faithful, El Sayed was [...]
CAF Champions League semi-finalist profile: Al Ahly
With the first legs of the CAF Champions League semi-finals less than a week away, Sandals For Goalposts profiles the four clubs in with a chance of claiming Africa’s most [...]
CAF Champions League Preview: TP Mazembe v Al Ahly
“When Europeans began to imagine Africa beyond the Sahara, the continent they pictured was a dreamscape, a site for fantasies of the fearsome and supernatural.” Thus [...]
Sandals For Goalposts 