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...negro de mierda" epithet to Arsenal striker Thierry Henry and Spanish fans bellowed monkey chants at black players in a "friendly" match between Spain and England later that year. FIFA fined the Spanish Football Federation $77,000 on that occasion. In 2006, FC Barcelona's Cameroon-born striker Samuel Eto'o walked off the field in protest after Zaragoza fans repeated the noises whenever he took to the pitch...
...Still, as much as they complain about CAN, Europe's top clubs have sent dozens of scouts to sit in the bleachers in Ghana, in search of the the next Eto'o or Drogba...
...days when the African Cup boasted a couple of giants such as George Weah or Roger Milla, surrounded by a gaggle of talented but raw prospects. This year, 143 of the 368 players at CAN are drawn from elite European clubs, including such contemporary legends as Barcelona's Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon) and Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast); Chelsea's Didier Drogba, Solomon Kalou (both Ivory Coast) and Michael Essien (Ghana), and Real Madrid's Mamadou Diarra (Mali...
...minutes before the end of a soccer match last month between Spanish Primera Liga leaders Barcelona and rivals Real Zaragoza when Samuel Eto'o decided he'd had enough. Shouting "No mas!" the Barcelona striker turned abruptly and began to walk off the pitch. The chorus of ape noises from the stands at Zaragoza's Romareda stadium, which had sounded each time the Cameroon-born striker touched the ball, erupted louder than ever. Although the referee, other players and his coach eventually persuaded him to stay, Eto'o knew what he was doing. "This is a struggle beyond the football...
Techno playthings are stealing the show at this year's Toy Fair in New York City. Eto ($35, available this spring), from the Ohio Art Co., is an electronic Etch A Sketch that connects to your TV and lets you create drawings, animated cartoons and mazes onscreen. The I Message Girls Barbie ($25, available in May) from Mattel comes with a toy cell phone that can send instant messages to the doll and receive replies. Of course, no toy show would be complete without a gaggle of robots. One of the coolest is the remote-controlled Robosapien ($100, available this...