TwentyTen http://twentyten.blogs.africamediaonline.com/wordpress Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:52:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Twenty Ten web site set up http://twentyten.blogs.africamediaonline.com/wordpress/2009/10/22/twenty-ten-web-site-set-up/ http://twentyten.blogs.africamediaonline.com/wordpress/2009/10/22/twenty-ten-web-site-set-up/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:28:59 +0000 Dave Larsen http://twentyten.blogs.africamediaonline.com/wordpress/?p=150 Africa Media Online recently launched a Twenty Ten web site where the content from the Twenty Ten project can be accessed. As a result this blog has become redundant.

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]]> http://twentyten.blogs.africamediaonline.com/wordpress/2009/10/22/twenty-ten-web-site-set-up/feed/ 0 A female football fan and other stories… http://twentyten.blogs.africamediaonline.com/wordpress/2009/09/15/a-female-football-fan-and-other-stories/ http://twentyten.blogs.africamediaonline.com/wordpress/2009/09/15/a-female-football-fan-and-other-stories/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:27:45 +0000 Dave Larsen http://twentyten.blogs.africamediaonline.com/wordpress/?p=105 Photo Features

The love of football
A female football fan
by Amos Gumulira/Twenty Ten




Road to 2010 football world cup
Soccer worlds
by Andrew Esiebo/Twenty Ten




Ghana Vs Sudan world cup qualifier match 2009 on the road to 201
Ghanaian passions
by Adolphus Opara/Twenty Ten




Text Features

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Ramadan and football: The debate rages

by Nanama Keita/Daily Observer/Twenty Ten
PHOTO: Taleb Ahmad baah/Panapress
Another look at Ramadan and football after Sudan complains.

Ghana Qualifies for 2010 Fifa World Cup
What does the World Cup mean to Ghanaians?

by Nanama Keita/Daily Observer/Twenty Ten
PHOTO: Davina Jogi/Twenty Ten
By qualifying for the World Cup Ghana have won themselves a staggering amount of over US10m and more millions await them the further they can advance in the finals.

Ghana qualifies for 2010 World Cup
Did Juju help Ghana qualify for the 2010 World Cup?
by Selay M. Kouassi/AfricaNews.com/Twenty Ten
PHOTO: Michael Tsegaye/Twenty Ten
The influence of traditional magic on football.

Ghanaian Supporters
Ghanaian fans
by Seun Akioye/Twenty Ten
PHOTO: Carlos Litulo/Twenty Ten
Fans of the Ghana Premier League are helping to sustain the league financially and morally.



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Talking drums
by Tadele Assefa/Twenty Ten
PHOTO: Ariadne van Zandbergen/Africa Imagery
Drums have deep roots in the history of Ghana and are believed to bring luck to their national team.




Sudanese Refugee listening to the World Cup Qualifying match on the Radio.
Sudanese football woes
by Kennedy Gondwe/Twenty Ten
PHOTO: Alexia Webster/Twenty Ten
Analysis of the state of Sudanese team in the run up to 2010 World Cup qualification game.


Ghana Vs Sudan Qualifier Match
An interview with the Egyptian referee
by Hossam Alaidy/Algamaheer/Twenty Ten
PHOTO: Adoluphus Opara/Twenty Ten
A referee who never wanted to be a referee.



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Ghanaian Local Football Club Rivalry
by Leocadia Bongben/The Post/Twenty Ten
PHOTO: David Larsen
Local football league rivalry between the two ancient clubs in Ghana, Asante Kotoko and Hearts of Oak has resurfaced as Ghana qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup. If not checked, this may jeopardize the up coming league championship.


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Do African teams eat right?
by Enock Muchinjo/Twenty Ten
PHOTO: Kim Thunder
Ramadan fast launches debate over food nutrition in Africa.


]]> http://twentyten.blogs.africamediaonline.com/wordpress/2009/09/15/a-female-football-fan-and-other-stories/feed/ 0 Ghana’s Future Stars and other stories… http://twentyten.blogs.africamediaonline.com/wordpress/2009/09/13/ghanas-future-stars-and-other-stories/ http://twentyten.blogs.africamediaonline.com/wordpress/2009/09/13/ghanas-future-stars-and-other-stories/#comments Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:30:43 +0000 Dave Larsen http://twentyten.blogs.africamediaonline.com/wordpress/?p=24 The first six features from the “All Stars” are now online and ready for purchase:

Photo Features

Fishing and Football at Jamestown
Fishing and Football
by Akintunde Akinleye/Twenty Ten




Ghana qualifies for 2010 World Cup
Ways and Means
by Michael Tsegaye/Twenty Ten




Football Academy
Ghana’s Future Stars
by Nikki Rixon/Twenty Ten




Daily life of a dreaming footballer
Football Dream
by Carlos Litulo/Twenty Ten





Text Features

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Ghana’s Number One
by Lucky Sindane/M&G/Twenty Ten
PHOTO: Simone Scholtz
Meet Ghana’s strange, self proclaimed number one supporter, Oboa Samuel.



Ghana qualifies for 2010 World CupThe tragedy of Nii Lamptey…and his quest for redemption
by Joseph Opio/Twenty Ten
PHOTO: Samantha Reinders
Lamptey was once Ghana’s most precocious gift. But his star flared all too briefly before being extinguished by a cocktail of dodgy agents, a numbing lack of education and treasonable neglect from the game’s overseers.

]]> http://twentyten.blogs.africamediaonline.com/wordpress/2009/09/13/ghanas-future-stars-and-other-stories/feed/ 0 Ghana vs Sudan http://twentyten.blogs.africamediaonline.com/wordpress/2009/09/11/ghana-vs-sudan/ http://twentyten.blogs.africamediaonline.com/wordpress/2009/09/11/ghana-vs-sudan/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:09:00 +0000 Dave Larsen http://twentyten.blogs.africamediaonline.com/wordpress/?p=9 On 6 September 2009 the Ghana Black Stars became the first African soccer team to qualify for the 2010 World Cup after a 2-0 win over Sudan in Accra.

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Ghana Qualifies for 2010 Fifa World Cup

Above: Ghanaian midfielder Laryea Kingston celebrates after Ghana won their World Cup qualifying match against Sudan, 2-0 at Ohene Djan Stadium in Accra on September 6, 2009. Ghana will play in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. PHOTO: Davina Jogi

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