1.0Mathematical 7https://mathematical7.com/m7rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="6UlsFuu2CQ"><a href="https://mathematical7.com/m7/the-tantrums-of-yaya-toure/">The tantrums of Yaya Toure!</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://mathematical7.com/m7/the-tantrums-of-yaya-toure/embed/#?secret=6UlsFuu2CQ" width="600" height="338" title="“The tantrums of Yaya Toure!” — Mathematical 7" data-secret="6UlsFuu2CQ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://mathematical7.com/m7/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://mathematical7.com/m7/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Yaya_Toure.jpg200252The 2015 Glo/CAF awards have come and gone but the memory that lingers most is that of Cote D’Ivoire’s Yaya Toure, Africa’s most successful and probably most decorated football player, whining and weeping over not been awarded Africa’s best player for an unprecedented fifth time in a row. After the event in Abuja, Nigeria, last week he had very harsh words to say to the press about CAF, Africans and the awards. To start with I wondered what he was thinking by coming at all to the event. Was it a case of having won it four previous times and had become so used to winning it that he forgot someone else could win it too? Or did CAF and the sponsors assure him that he would win before he agreed to attend? In the very early days of the award that was the suspicion that raised some doubts about its integrity – that the winners were hinted who would win ahead of the ceremony. That’s why a few times in the early days of the event only the eventual winners always showed up. To change all of that and bring drama and authenticity to the event took massive financial and political muscling by Globacom. Slowly and steadily the event grew and has now finally attained the anticipated international stature, credibility, transparency and respectability. Suddenly, Yaya is threatening to derail all of that with his angry public outburst.