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Brothers in Arms
Akshay Sawai
Akshay Sawai
04 Jun, 2010
This football World Cup will see half-brothers, Jerome and Kevin-Prince Boateng, in action, but for different teams.
This football World Cup will see half-brothers, Jerome and Kevin-Prince Boateng, in action, but for different teams. Jerome, a defender, is a member of the German squad, and Kevin-Prince is a midfielder for Ghana. They have a common father, Prince Boateng, but different mothers. Though both were born in Berlin, Kevin-Prince decided to opt for Ghana. “I’m proud to be an African,” he says, though it is believed he nurses a grudge for being dropped from Germany’s u-21 Euro Championship team. Both teams are in Group D and likely to face each other on 23 June. “I won’t root for either side. The better team should win,” says their father.
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