| | Africa and the World Cup |
| | Four matches, four defeats. Two goals for and six a gainst. The African teams had a hard time of it in their warm-up matches on 1 March and per- rhaps the only con- solation is that Togo managed to avoid defeat - by not playing. Read more |
| Eto'o threatened to leave |
| | The recent abuse of Cameroon and Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o by fans of Real Zaragoza served to highlight the seriousness of the problem. Continue article |
| FIFA cracks down on racism |
| | Football's governing body Fifa has announced its new anti-racism measures will come into immediate effect. FIFA racism rule applies to all matches at all levels of all types throughout the world, according to FIFA Spokesman Andreas Herren. Read More |