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Hogsback Lion Cubs

From the misty forests of the Eastern Cape in South Africa comes an inspirational football team whose under-16 side has remained virtually unbeaten for three years. Founded seven years ago by local coach Don Green, the Hogsback Lion Cubs is a force to reckon with in the picturesque area.

By Alexia Webster - 18 October 2010 - Photo

Football for Social Change

Crime, ethnic differences and poverty are some social ills rampant in Nigerian communities. But a local group is aiming to change that through the street soccer.

By Davison Mudzingwa - 8 September 2010 - Audio

Victims of the Game

Local feeling about the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit, South Africa.

By Nikki Rixon - 8 September 2010 - Photo, Rich dreams, poor realities

Vuvuzela orchestra

A South African soccer game would be incomplete without the vuvuzela, a brightly coloured plastic trumpet which sounds like an elephant’s call. Many fans hate the instrument’s noise, but the vuvuzela orchestra proves that the instrument can also make great music.

By Anna-Marie Jansen van Vuuren - 30 June 2010 - Audio, Fans, fun and football

Kids News Network: Soccer School Day

Over the last three months, the students at Laerskool Anton van Wouw School in Pretoria, South Africa had many lessons about the World Cup. They changed the whole school into yellow and green colors of the Bafana Bafana.

By Kids News Network - 17 June 2010 - Video

Handmade Soccer

Children from the pastoral tribes of Southern Ethiopia and Northern Kenya are often responsible for household and community chores. These children take advantage of what little free time they have. By wrapping plastic bags in twine they are able to play soccer on the dusty fields outside their schools.

By Leonie Marinovich - 17 June 2010 - Photo, Rich dreams, poor realities

Vuvuzelas

The vuvuzela is an air horn that is the instrument of choice at South African football matches and considered an essential part of the South African soccer experience.

By Samantha Reinders - 4 June 2010 - Fans, fun and football, Photo

Footballs made to last

Alive and Kicking Zambia aims to educate locals on the issues surrounding diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS while providing African children with footballs.

By Richard Mulonga - 2 June 2010 - Business and life, Photo