The Anonymous Widower

The Sensible Africans

Over the next few weeks, Africa will be staging the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.

Obviously, as it can get very hot in some parts of the continent, they hold it at this time of year, as it will probably be cooler.

Roberto Mancini at Manchester City may moan, but he knew he’d have the problem some months ago and should have planned better.

After all, the Africa Cup of Nations is important to the continent and most clubs will only lose the odd player for a couple of games.

So what does FIFA do?

They award the World Cup to Qatar, where it will either be played in the heat of an Arab summer or moved to the winter, which will inconvenience the whole sporting calendar in countries like the UK, where other sports are played.

January 6, 2012 - Posted by AnonW | Sport | Football