Micheal Essien, right, shields the ball from South Africa's Benni McCarthy | |
Adbul Ibrahim, left, dribbles past South Africa's Siyabonga Nomvete and Benni McCarthy | |
Amponsah in Action | |
South African Mbulelo Olg John (L) fights for the ball with Baffour Gyan 24 January 2002, during their Group B first round second match of the African Nations Cup in Segou. | |
South African defender Pierre Issa (R) fights for the ball with John Mensah | |
South African supporter cheers his team | |
Seeking Divine Intervention | |
The 32 referees of the 2002 African Nations Cup soccer tournament wave "Red Cards against Child Labour" 23 January 2002 in Bamako. The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the African Soccer Confederation (CAF) launched an operation for the abolition of child labour at the beginning of the 2002 African Nations Cup soccer tournament in Mali. |