AFCON2017 Day 7 Observations
Dussuyer’s team selections are a concern Ivory Coast coach Michel Dussuyer made key changes after a drab draw in the first match with Togo. Jonathan Kodjia made way [...]
Kossi Agassa
Togo AFCON 2017 team guide: tactics, key players and predictions
By Salim Masoud Said They are your dad’s “African football? HA!” dream. The perpetually dysfunctional team of Africa, mired in a miasma of maladministration, but here [...]
SMS’s European-based African Team of the 2012-2013 Season
Salim Masoud Said cherry-picks some of the outstanding African players in Europe this season. To the business at hand: Goalkeeper: Kossi Agassa (Stade Reims/Togo) The [...]
Togo – No respite for the wicked
Fail to prepare, prepare to fail. Togo’s arrangements for the Cup of Nations couldn’t have been more inauspicious; preparations almost ran counter-intuitive to the name [...]
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 [...]
Sandals For Goalposts 