
Attila, the mascot eagle of German first division soccer club Eintracht Frankfurt, pictured at Frankfurt’s stadium prior to a match, May 3. (Frankfurt lost 0-2, in case anyone cares)

Attila, the mascot eagle of German first division soccer club Eintracht Frankfurt, pictured at Frankfurt’s stadium prior to a match, May 3. (Frankfurt lost 0-2, in case anyone cares)

Hanover’s soccer player Didier Ya Konan, right, tests the tear strength of modern fabric while jubilating with teammate Lars Stindl, who scored the second goal of the match. Hanover eventually won 3-2 against Frankfurt in a German first division match, April 17.

Supporters of Eintracht Frankfurt, the city’s first division soccer club, hold up their scarves while chanting their club’s anthem prior to a match aganist Hanover, April 17. Frankfurt lost 2-3, by the way.

Last week, I had to take pictures of a man found guilty of organizing one of the massacres in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
I was reminded of a journey that took me to the country a couple of years ago, leaving also a lot of positive memories. This shot that I found in my archives shows a boy playing soccer on the outskirts of Rwanda’s capital Kigali with a self-fabricated ball, wearing an old Colorado Buffaloes sweatshirt.