Africa Has a Bright Future in International Football

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Kampala — When the World Cup is awarded to the winning football team this coming weekend in South Africa, there will be many who will continue to argue that Africa was cheated out of the chance to advance to the finals when Ghana was denied a goal that was essentially a goal.

There will be many who will agonize about what could have been-perhaps if Ghana's forward Asamoah Gyan had placed the penalty kick a bit lower, and not hit the crossbar, his team could have had a chance to shoot for the finals.

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