SA's Nations Cup crowd concerns

At the end of Wednesday night’s Maple Leafs game, the general manager of the Air Canada Centre was chasing a Boston Bruins fan. Thousands of supporters converged on Maple Leaf Square on Wednesday to watch Toronto lose 4-1 to the Bruins on a 30- by 50-ft. screen projected onto the facade of the ACC.

Senegal's Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Ivory Coast in Dakar had to be abandoned after crowd trouble at the Stade Leopold Senghor Stadium in Dakar.

French fans fear that last year's World Cup nightmare for the country's footballers will be repeated by the rugby team at this year's World Cup after the shattering 22-21 defeat by Italy on Saturday.Coach Marc Lievremont's blunt remarks about his players following the historic defeat in Rome have brought back uncomfortable memories of former football coach Raymond Domenech's struggles in South Africa.With the start of the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand just six months away, there are serious doubts over France's chances of winning the title for the first time.

African soccer is plagued of corruption and violence.  But every two years, the continent comes together to throw a massive international tournament called the Africa Cup of Nations that features some of the best players in the world.

Morocco won the right to host the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations here on Saturday after a meeting of the African Football Confederation (CAF) executive committee.It will be the second time that Morocco host the contintental football showpiece, having staged it in 1988.They beat South Africa to the right to host the 2015 tournament, though, the 2010 World Cup hosts had the consolation of being awarded the 2017 edition.

COMMENT Maple Leaf Square is not a square. It’s a street corner where Bremner Boulevard bumps into the fat west wall of the Air Canada Centre. This is an unlovely, windy spot, freezing cold on Monday night with the evening sun’s rays blocked by the 55-storey glass hotel, condo and office tower that actually owns the name Maple Leaf Square.

The US tied Mexico 0-0 at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City last night. It was only the second time the US team won a point in the notoriously hostile Azteca, and Mexico was rightfully upset about it. Some brave (crazy?) American fans trekked to Mexico City to watch the game. They sat in a section guarded by riot police, but that didn't stop Mexican fans from lobbing beer bottles, coins, and other debris into the section.