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Top 5 African football cheats

Published on : 21 June 2010 - 4:11pm | By RNW Africa Desk (Photo: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP)
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African football players are generally regarded as having a high level of skill, pace and power. However, the red card incident during the World Cup match between Ivory Coast and Brazil has left many questioning whether theatrics have also become part of the beautiful game in Africa. We've compiled a top 5 of African football players from around the world showing off some of their more dramatic tendencies...
 


 
As this commercial from the British newspaper The Guardian shows, diving has already become part of one football team's regular training.
 

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