| | 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 |
| Inter fined for Ivorian abuse |
| |  Inter Milan have been hit with a US$30,500 fine by the Italian league after the club's fans racially taunted the Ivory Coast and Messina defender Marc Zoro. Read more. |
| Two African refs for World Cup |
| | Only two African referees have been selected amongst the 23 expected to officiate at the World Cup finals. Read more |
