Shame on the DRC soccer federation!

My condolences to Portsmouth and DR Congo striker Lomano LuaLua, whose 18 month old son died a few weeks ago of a mystery illness.

The DRC's soccer federation withheld the tragic news from LuaLua for over two weeks. The striker was facing with life and death matters like the African Nations Cup and the federation surely didn't want him to deal with trivialities like his infant son's death.

To refuse to tell someone their son died for two weeks simply so he can play in a soccer tournament is nothing short of sickening. If I were LuaLua, I would refuse to play for the national team again. At the very least until they apologized and groveled for forgiveness for this shameless behavior.