Tag: footballer
Benni McCarthy hangs up his boots
Footballer Benni McCarthy, South Africa's all-time leading international goal-scorer, announced his retirement on Thursday after a career that included two World Cups, a Uefa Champions League winner's medal and, in 2011/12, a domestic treble with Orlando Pirates.
Tiling a piece of World Cup history
By his own admission, 67-year-old Claude Powell was a pretty average footballer. But as a tiler working on the magnificent stadium that will host one of the semi-finals of the 2010 Fifa World Cup, he is putting his signature on World Cup history.
