Luis Suarez remains denigrated for denying the continent her historic moment, but has the decade-long castigation been misdirected?
You’d forgive Luis Suarez for avoiding social media on July 2, owing to the deluge of abuse that may come his way on the anniversary of Ghana’s painful exit at the 2010 World Cup.
It’s exactly 11 years since the Uruguay forward’s deliberate handball at Soccer City prevented Ghana from advancing to the semi-final of the global showpiece. The blatant act, deep into extra time, denied Africa her first representative in the last four of the month-long competition at the 19th time of asking.