Could international soccer find a worthier aspiration than the greed that has engulfed its governing body, Fifa? Here a journalist describes how a young team in Liberia shows the potential for football to work for peace and community development
Soccer in Liberia has survived war and ebola. So perhaps it’s no surprise that few in the capital, Monrovia, feel their sport is seriously threatened by the events currently shaking the foundations of the world governing body, Fifa. When ebola was at its height in Liberia last year, it ripped apart the community in a way that war never could. The disease is passed on by touch, so it preys on the human instinct to care. People feared to get into taxis, to go to church, or to watch a football match in a bar. You couldn’t even do the tra
04 June 2015, The Tablet
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