Mali Fans Call For Return Of Sevilla’s Frédéric Kanouté

Mali’s supporters club has called for the return of Frédéric Kanouté to the national team…

By Kingsley Kobo

Mar 24, 2011 8:20:00 PM

 

12bet.com Mali’s Association of Independent Supporters (ASIAM) has called for the return of Sevilla striker Frédéric Kanouté, 33, to the national team, after he retired from international football in the wake of the Eagles’ debacle at Angola 2010. 12bet.com

At a press conference against violence in sports held in Mali’s capital Bamako on Thursday,12bet.com  the association made a solemn appeal to Kanoute to put an end to his retreat and make a comeback to the ailing national team. 12bet.com

“The new generation of players needs to be guided and inspired by veteran players in the likes of Frédéric Kanouté, Mahamadou Diarra, Seydou Keïta and Adama Coulibaly, to mention this few,” said Cheickna Demba, president of the ASIAM. 12bet.com

12bet.com Kanoute is expected in Bamako on March 27, not for football however, but to inaugurate a sports centre built by his foundation.

The fans are hoping he announces a comeback to the Eagles outfit. Malian supporters are dying to see the team’s top goal scorer come back home to play.12bet.com
Kanoute played for the Mali national team between 2004 and 2010, appearing 41 times and scoring 29 goals.

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Kobe Bryant's parents unhurt in Japan

Kobe Bryant's parents are safe but dealing with the aftermath after experiencing the devastating earthquake in Japan.  

The Los Angeles Lakers star told 710 ESPN Radio's John Ireland that he had spoken to his parents, Joe and Pam Bryant, Friday morning. Their Tokyo hotel had been evacuated but they were unhurt.

Joe "Jellybean" Bryant, who played in the NBA for eight seasons and then overseas, is the former coach of the Tokyo Apache. He sat courtside next to Apache owner Michael Lerch during Wednesday's game.

Joe Bryant guided the Japanese Basketball League's financially troubled Hokkaido club for the first few months of the season, but he is not currently the coach.

The Bryants recently attended the Sapporo Snow Festival, which is in the northern part of the country, on a separate island.

In a coincidence, Joe Bryant was hired as an assistant coach of the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks, it was announced Friday. He was an assistant and then head coach with the Sparks from 2005 to 2007.

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