World Cup Round up: Bafana Bafana no more, Nike buy Umbro, Scotland hold Firm

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 World Cup Round up: Bafana Bafana no more, Nike buy Umbro, Scotland hold Firm
Spanning the list of nicknames of national teams from around the world, one sees that Africa is the home of many cool nicknames including the Bafana Bafana from South Africa. Meaning ‘The Boys, The Bouys,’ the moniker has a nice ring to the ears, except to the ears belonging to the country’s president Thabo Mbeki. “What kind of a name [Bafana Bafana] is it? I ... [link]

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Published 10/23/2007 by Carter Daly at USA World Cup Team Blog
... With site captain Bob breaking the tragic story that the Bafana Bafana nickname for South Africa will be fazed out, it brought to mind our beloved USA National Team and it’s lack of a certain distinguishable moniker. ...

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