http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog Soccer as a second language Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:25:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Copyright © The Global Game 2011 admin@theglobalgame.com (The Global Game) admin@theglobalgame.com (The Global Game) 1440 http://www.theglobalgame.com/images/dembaksm.jpg http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog 144 144 Soccer as a second language The Global Game The Global Game admin@theglobalgame.com no no http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/09/football-made-in-nigeria-a-short-story-by-uzor-maxim-uzoatu/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/09/football-made-in-nigeria-a-short-story-by-uzor-maxim-uzoatu/#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2010 23:59:19 +0000 Uzor Maxim Uzoatu http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=3507 Coach Clemence, a Nigerian side discovers that it cannot play this imported game. “I can’t afford to spend all my life chasing the wind,” says Brother Okoro.]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/09/football-made-in-nigeria-a-short-story-by-uzor-maxim-uzoatu/feed/ 2 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/06/koman-coulibaly-refereeing-and-the-electronic-scrum-for-truth/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/06/koman-coulibaly-refereeing-and-the-electronic-scrum-for-truth/#comments Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:17:14 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=3371 Koman Coulibaly is scapegoated in the U.S. draw with Slovenia Jun 18, launching a vicious Wikipedia war that sacrifices his humanity and ours.]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/06/koman-coulibaly-refereeing-and-the-electronic-scrum-for-truth/feed/ 3 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/06/from-johannesburg-lesbian-footballers-chosen-to-play-choosing-to-live/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/06/from-johannesburg-lesbian-footballers-chosen-to-play-choosing-to-live/#comments Mon, 14 Jun 2010 05:54:15 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=2640 Life in the FIFA-free zone | Chosen Few Lesbian Soccer Club in its witness to the healing powers of eros and sport outdoes FIFA in promoting football's influence on self and society.]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2010/06/from-johannesburg-lesbian-footballers-chosen-to-play-choosing-to-live/feed/ 0 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/09/south-africa-afrikas-tale%e2%80%94saved-from-the-streets-to-play-on-the-streets/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/09/south-africa-afrikas-tale%e2%80%94saved-from-the-streets-to-play-on-the-streets/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:04:14 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=2644 Martin Afrika. The 32-year-old captain for South Africa at the Homeless World Cup has reconstructed his identity through sport. With podcast »]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/09/south-africa-afrikas-tale%e2%80%94saved-from-the-streets-to-play-on-the-streets/feed/ 1 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/08/south-africa-remembering-eudy-kwathemas-brightest-killed-on-its-darkest-night/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/08/south-africa-remembering-eudy-kwathemas-brightest-killed-on-its-darkest-night/#comments Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:23:17 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=2556 Eudy Simelane, former midfielder for the senior South African women's national team, Banyana Banyana, shaped her world around football before her murder in Apr 08.]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/08/south-africa-remembering-eudy-kwathemas-brightest-killed-on-its-darkest-night/feed/ 11 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/06/south-africa-barack-in-time-to-settle-2010-security-concerns/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/06/south-africa-barack-in-time-to-settle-2010-security-concerns/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:15:12 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=2218 Barack Obama has put executive-branch muscle and street soccer cred behind the United States bid for the 2018 or 2022 World Cup finals. In Jun 2010 he will attend Opening Ceremonies at Soccer City in Soweto.]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/06/south-africa-barack-in-time-to-settle-2010-security-concerns/feed/ 0 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/06/south-africa-at-the-top-of-our-thoughts-near-the-bottom-of-the-world/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/06/south-africa-at-the-top-of-our-thoughts-near-the-bottom-of-the-world/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:40:28 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=2264 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2009/06/south-africa-at-the-top-of-our-thoughts-near-the-bottom-of-the-world/feed/ 1 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/11/cinema-the-zen-of-mathare-brew-liquor-carry-water-play-soccer/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/11/cinema-the-zen-of-mathare-brew-liquor-carry-water-play-soccer/#comments Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:06:22 +0000 Gwendolyn Oxenham http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=988 Gwendolyn Oxenham's diaries supporting The Soccer Project, a documentary about pickup soccer worldwide.]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/11/cinema-the-zen-of-mathare-brew-liquor-carry-water-play-soccer/feed/ 2 http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/04/africa-destroyers-v-rebuilders-a-zimbabwean-allegory/ http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/04/africa-destroyers-v-rebuilders-a-zimbabwean-allegory/#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:36:41 +0000 John Turnbull http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/?p=433 Zimbabwe Standard (“Matchless Match," Apr 12), the Destroyers—meaning the state apparatus of entrenched president Robert Mugabe—hold a 10–2 edge over political opponents, the Rebuilders. (Apr 15)]]> http://www.theglobalgame.com/blog/2008/04/africa-destroyers-v-rebuilders-a-zimbabwean-allegory/feed/ 0