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Booth a white knight for the black masses

The white South Africa defender is a poster-boy of the game in the nation as well as one its most exotic exports

Ugly kits and an ugly performance from Italy

Gabriele Marcotti says the Azzurri should play in the traditional blue and wonders whether that was the reason behind a defeat to Egpyt

Blatter's blackout measures miss the target

Banning of TV monitors fails to dampen down controversy over Howard Webb's decision to award a late penalty against Egypt

Easy group fails to lift South Africa hopes

Hosts not sure of progress in Confederations Cup even after finding themselves in same group as Iraq and New Zealand

Aboutrika shows he belongs in highest company

Talented Egyptian has never played in a league outside his home country but he showed his undoubted class against Brazil

Real Madrid find new galaxy of superstars

Florentino Perez is determined to learn from what went wrong before

Maradona struggling to repeat legend as coach

The Argentina coach has yet to convince many in his home country that he can master his trade as he did as a player

Bordeaux shows Lyons that coaches matter

Laurent Blanc proved Lyons do need more than 'a door-knob' in charge after dashing their hopes for an eighth consecutive title

Maldini farewell not so fond from Milan hard core

The 40-year-old's last match at the San Siro was marred by a portion of Ultras who accused him of a 'lack of respect'

Bundesliga shows English how to do business

Premier League could learn from Germany where twice in three years it has been a three-way race going into the final game

Price of Van Gaal’s genius worth paying

The Dutch manager may have a "difficult" personality, but his brilliance at understanding the game is unrivalled in Europe

Big clubs pursue young guns to Chile

Conmebol Under-17 tournament is arguably the game's biggest meat market as wealthy suitors search for the next Robinho

Showpiece final that the world wanted to see

Twenty days until the biggest club football extravaganza and this time you get the feeling it will live up to the hype

Barcelona just too good for Real

Nothing Juande Ramos could do to prevent his side's humiliation at the hands of a team who are simply more talented

Black marks for Seedorf and Mourinho

Serie A’s high-profile black footballer and Inter's coach were wrong to deny that the abuse of Mario Balotelli was racist

Case of malfunctioning goalkeepers

Champions Legaue knockout phase is making the established truism that excellent goalkeeping is essential seem like a myth

Credit due to Barcelona’s terrific trio

The Messi-Henry-Eto'o triumvirate has scored a combined 85 goals in all competitions, the rest of Europe is way behind

Bundesliga is the home of excitement

Lowly Wolfsburg's 5-1 thrashing of giants Bayern Munich shows Germany's top league may be the most thrilling in Europe