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Name: Joseph Kabuleta

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Racist Guardiola stung by one of his own

This story had such a predictable ending it made the average Nigerian movie look like a nail-biting suspense thriller. A few more humdrum endings and football’s reputation as the most capricious reality show will be spoiled beyond repair
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City are the envy of all

Manchester City’s swift transformation from an object of derision to a figure of admiration has been swift. But then, it was bound to be because anyone who holds his nose from the stench of money has earned his place in the Hades of hypocrites.
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If only Bakka had kept quiet

Anybody who has been through High School or University will have read these words hanging on the wall of a room they visited, or theirs. They were quite simply the most displayed set of words all those years back when we still hopped from one campus room to another. “All visitors bring happiness; some by coming, others by going.”
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I still feel the agony

It was a very quiet journey back to our hotel in Roseburg, a northern suburb of Johannesburg.
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Kabuleta's World Cup blog: Pride comes before...

In times past the World Cup was the place where reputations were made.The 2010 version has been one in which reputations are despoiled.
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Kabuleta's World Cup blog: Excuses expose Capello

“In any case coaches are like fish, after a while they all stink.”Defining words from Giovanni Trapattoni
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Kabuleta's World Cup blog: Let the party begin for erring African stars

It can’t be easy for footballers to stay holed in their hotels in South Africa quietly chasing a dream.
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Kabuleta's World Cup blog: England brings down another reputation

There are three coaching jobs that are designed to desecrate the reputations of their occupants
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Kabuleta’s World Cup blog: Africa lost the weapon of ambush

Africa’s previous World Cup successes ---- or relative successes -----all bore an element of surprise.Cameroon (1990), Nigeria (94) and Senegal (2002) were all categorized as also-runs in the tournaments in which they excelled. They weren’t expected to harbor any serious ambitions beyond simply being part of the party.
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Kabuleta’s World Cup blog: Brazil are the spoilt brats of world football

The only team guaranteed to get favours every World Cup is Brazil. And they know it; and expect it.
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