Comments on: 22 Killed In Ivory Coast Soccer Stadium Tragedy

By: Tizz

Tizz — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:06:46 +0000

Linking the tragic event in Ivory Coast to the world cup in South Africa is foolish and ignorant. Africa is not a country, it is a continent. and please "Miami High" it is not Africa's time to shine but South Africa's time to shine. Your ignorance irritates me. Perhaps you should pick of a geography book and you might realize that South Africa and Ivory Coast are not the same country. it like likening mexico's current drug cartel problems to Costa Rica

By: Dee

Dee — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:38:21 +0000

They never wanted us to make it, everything we possess we had to fight to take it…you get the drift, don't hate, congratulate, the world cup is coming to Africa, you can jump in the river Thames.

By: Heinz

Heinz — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:57:28 +0000

What on earth does a match disaster in the Ivory Coast have to do with the World Cup in South Africa? It wouldn't make sense to link a train crash in China to the state of the rail industry in Russia now, would it? Sick of ignorant people who think Africa is one, big, homogenous place. The continent has 53 countries, and the likelyhood of a country hosting a future World Cup would depend on conditions in that specific country. Why would events in one country have a bearing on the future capacity of other African countries to host certain sporting events? As for stadiums in South Africa not being near completion, please refer to the comprehensive planning committee update presented to UEFA on March 26, 2009, showing that construction on all stadiums is running to schedule, and will be completed in October, the date specified by FIFA. Once you've done that, go buy yourself a map of the world.

By: Heinz

Heinz — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:56:54 +0000

What on earth does a match disaster in the Ivory Coast have to do with the World Cup in South Africa? It wouldn't make sense to link a train crash in China to the state of the rail industry in Russia now, would it? Sick of ignorant people who think Africa is one, big, homogenous place. The continent has 53 countries, and the likelyhood of a country hosting a future World Cup would depend on conditions in that specific country. Why would events in one country have a bearing on the future capacity of other African countries to host certain sporting events? As for stadiums in South Africa not being near completion, please refer to the comprehensive planning committee update presented to UEFA on March 26, 2009, showing that construction on all stadiums is running to schedule, and will be completed in October, the date specified by FIFA.
Once you've done that, go buy yourself a map of the world.

By: MiamiHigh

MiamiHigh — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:59:31 +0000

this is soccer we are talking about right…?

By: Richard Manfredi

Richard Manfredi — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:24:10 +0000

Because this Africa's "moment to shine" on the world soccer stage, and this is just one of a series of issues that are damaging the game in the continent. At this rate, it seems like Africa can forget about getting a World Cup anytime in the future.

By: slim6789

slim6789 — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:09:58 +0000

What the hell does the Ivory Coast have to do with South Africa. Those two countries are more than 4,000 miles apart over land. Why don't people understand that Africa is a continent and not a country. The world cup is in SOUTH AFRICA, not the Ivory Coast, or Benin, or Zimbabwe or any other African Country.