Question: What sport do both the 2001 Intercontinental Cup and Samuel Kuffour have in common?

Context articles: Afghanistan cricket team in Ireland in 2012
1984 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
1981 Intercontinental Cup
1984 Intercontinental Cup
2016 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
Samuel Kuffour
1993 Intercontinental Cup
2001 Intercontinental Cup
Afghan cricket team in Canada in 2011
2011–13 ICC World Cricket League Championship

The Afghanistan national cricket team played the Ireland cricket team in Ireland in July 2012.
 The teams will play a four-day first-class match as part of the 2011-13 ICC Intercontinental Cup and two One Day Internationals (ODIs) as part of the 2011–13 ICC World Cricket League Championship.
 The Intercontinental Cup match will be played at Observatory Lane in Rathmines, while the two ODIs will be played at the Clontarf Cricket Club Ground in Dublin.
 Heading into the matches, Ireland led both the Intercontinental Cup and the World Cricket League Championship, while Afghanistan were second in the Intercontinental Cup and fifth in the World Cricket League Championship.
The 1984 FIBA Intercontinental Cup William Jones was the 17th edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup for men's basketball clubs and the 16th edition of the tournament in the form of a true intercontinental cup.
 It took place at Ginásio do Ibirapuera, São Paulo.
 From the FIBA European Champions Cup participated Banco di Roma Virtus and FC Barcelona, from the South American Club Championship participated Sírio and Obras Sanitarias, and from the NABL participated the Lexington Marathon Oil.
The 1981 Intercontinental Cup was an association football match between Liverpool of England and Flamengo of Brazil on 13 December 1981 at the National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, the annual Intercontinental Cup contested between the winners of the European Cup and Copa Libertadores.
 Flamengo went on to play the Intercontinental Cup after having won the first ever Libertadores Cup they played.
 Liverpool were also appearing in their first Intercontinental Cup, having declined to take part in 1977 and 1978 after they won the European Cup.
The 1984 Intercontinental Cup was an association football match between Liverpool F.C. of England and Club Atlético Independiente of Argentina on 9 December 1984 at the National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, the annual Intercontinental Cup contested between the winners of the Copa Libertadores and European Cup.
 Independiente were appearing in their sixth Intercontinental Cup, they had won the competition once in 1973 and lost the other four.
 Liverpool were making their second appearance in the competition, after their loss in 1981.
The 2016 FIBA Intercontinental Cup was the 25th edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup.
 The game was played by the 2016 FIBA Americas League champions (the top-tier level champions of Latin America), Guaros de Lara, and the 2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup winners, Fraport Skyliners, who at the time were the 3rd-tier level champions of Europe (FIBA Europe Cup is currently Europe's 4th-tier level league).
 The champions of the 2015–16 Euroleague, who would normally represent Europe in the FIBA Intercontinental Cup (EuroLeague is the top-tier level European-wide-league), CSKA Moscow, did not participate in the tournament, as a result of the 2015–16 FIBA–Euroleague Basketball controversy.
Samuel Osei Kuffour (born 3 September 1976) is a Ghanaian retired professional footballer who played as a defender.
The 1993 Intercontinental Cup was a football match played on December 12, 1993, between A.C. Milan, runners-up of the 1992-93 UEFA Champions League, and São Paulo, winners of the 1993 Copa Libertadores.
 The match was played at the National Stadium in Tokyo.
 It was Milan's fifth appearance into the competition, after the victories in 1969, 1989, 1990 and the defeat in 1963, it was São Paulo's second appearance, after the victory in 1992.
 Olympique de Marseille, the winner of 1992-93 UEFA Champions League was not allowed to parcipiate, because of match-fixing scandal involving the club, which resulted in relegation to 2nd division of French league and ban from international club competitions including 1993-94 UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and Intercontinental Cup.
 Because of it, AC Milan was allowed to join UEFA Super Cup and Intercontinental Cup.
The 2001 Intercontinental Cup was a football match played on 27 November 2001 between Bayern Munich, winners of the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League, and defending champions Boca Juniors, winners of the 2001 Copa Libertadores.
 The match was played at the neutral venue of the National Stadium in Tokyo in front of 51,360 fans.
 Samuel Kuffour was named as man of the match.
The Afghanistan national cricket team toured Canada from 2 to 9 August 2011.
 The tour consisted of one ICC Intercontinental Cup match against the Canada national cricket team and a pair of One Day Internationals (ODI) for the 2011–13 ICC Intercontinental Cup One-Day.
 Afghanistan won the Intercontinental Cup and both of the following ODIs.
The 2011–13 ICC World Cricket League Championship (originally named the Intercontinental Cup One-Day) was the first edition of a new limited-overs version of the ICC Intercontinental Cup.
 It ran from June 2011 until October 2013, in parallel with the first-class 2011–13 ICC Intercontinental Cup, and was contested by the same eight associate and affiliate member teams.