"She is now one of the faces of the national women's soccer league," says women's athletic expert Demeka Fields.
The authorities arrested Diallo, 26, and one other person on Wednesday morning.
It goes down on the soccer field.
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(The Week) — World Cup fans inject $5 billion into South Africa’s economy and were sending 4,000 Tweets per second at the height of the action. That’s just the beginning…The World Cup is over: Spain are champions, South Africa won the respect of nearly everyone with its hosting prowess, and Paul the “psychic” octopus became […]
From one hip to another, this should be good!
(AP) — Nearly 15 million Americans tuned in to ABC for the team’s 2-1 loss to Ghana, with 4.5 million more watching on the Spanish-language Univision — making it the most-watched men’s World Cup game ever in the country. The World Cup is the fourth-biggest “top productivity sapper” in the U.S., based on a nonscientific […]
He missed the Erin Andrews memo: DON'T mess with female reporters!
I recognize that the World Cup is very significant to many of my brothers and sisters throughout the African diaspora, but I wonder if it will ever hold deep meaning for most of us.
(Newsweek) — No one knows just how much this kind of football obsession will cost the Brazilians, or any other nation for that matter. But lately the pundits have made a sport of guessing. Most recently, Willem Smit, a researcher at the prestigious Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne, Switzerland, flashed a red card […]
Though it faces little competition for the distinction, today’s meeting between the U.S. and England at the World Cup in South Africa is the most anticipated soccer match in American history. Millions are expected to tune in, and more than a few know the star players for Team USA—Landon Donovan and Clint Dempsey in midfield […]
by Brian Dalek (NYU Livewire) For the nearly 50 million people of South Africa, the 2010 World Cup represents an opportunity to show the world its progress through sports. But for a new nonprofit organization, soccer’s biggest stage also offers an opportunity to publicize young women who tend to go unheard. Global Girl Media, an […]