AFRICAN GLOBAL EVENTS SOME ICONIC MOMENTS IN FIFA WORLD CUP HISTORY!!

QATAR 2022:

Every four years the world is wrapped up in a football (soccer) frenzy that rocks its very foundations. That event is called the FIFA WORLD CUP, and it commenced in 1930.

This year it will be held in Qatar for a month, from November 20, 2022 to December 18, 2022, as 32 countries fight to conquer the footballing world in five centers across eight venues.

Article by Manjadda Imah

Africa has five slots this year, with Cameroon, Morocco, Ghana, Tunisia and Senegal as representatives. The furthest an African team had progressed in the tournament was the quarter finals stage - Cameroon (Italy, 1990), Senegal (South Korea/Japan, 2002), and Ghana (South Africa, 2010). Will the tide change this year for Africa? Not too long to wait. As we await this breathtaking event, perhaps we should look back at some of the iconic moments, some would say infamous or villainous, or even call it moments of madness, in football world cup recent history.