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Editor, 09 July 2006
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May deserving Players win
The globe’s most important and probably world wide celebrated sporting event that seems to unite people across the racial and ethic divide the FIFA World Cup winds up in Germany tonight.
Possibly equally important for those who love and cherish what might be termed minority sports, in this case lawn tennis, is the British tennis championship tournament popularly known as Wimbledon, which also ends today.
In both tournaments, it was fascinating to watch how closely fans followed events that took place thousands of kilometres away – mainly through the small screen. It was interesting to observe how in certain cases it was not the better team or player, in the case of tennis, that always emerged winner.
There were sad, regretful occasions when mediocre players came out victors merely by capitalising on the mistakes or faults of their opponents. Since in these games it is goals or scores that matter, lustre performance was in certain cases rewarded and it carried the day. Such are the intricacies of games.
Today it is obvious that millions of viewers will be tuned to television sets to capture the final glimpse of these tourneys and admire the masterly of some of the geniuses of the sports involved. For Malawi fans, it is good that the last game of soccer will be played after 20 hours, which gives genuine football supporters no excuse for missing the action at Kamuzu Stadium.
If, and only if, soccer lovers in the country rallied behind local teams with as much passion and zeal as they displayed during the run of the World Cup and Wimbledon – shouting at and cheering players on the screen that could not even hear their voices – our local game could improve through increased patronage that results in good gate takings. People who are concerned about seeing improving standards in football cannot afford to be mere arm chair critics. They need to take positive action I support of the sport and others by frequently patronising local games and cheering the players.
Let the spirit of the World Cup and Wimbledon keep on burning by trekking to venues where games take place in Malawi. If the team you support is facing problems, do some soul searching and ask yourself: what can I do to help it get out of the mess?
May the best teams and players in the Malawi/Botswana match, the final World Cup tussle between France and Italy and at Wimbledon win and carry the day. |
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