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Africa
on January 29, 2010
Yesterday in the African Cup of Nations saw Ghana defeat Nigeria 1-0 in a tightly contested game of football and Egypt defeat Algeria in one that was rather less so. The bitter rivals battled it out o...
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on March 13, 2009
Soccernews.com reports that the head of South African 2010 World Cup, Danny Jordaan, said he wants to "transform people's world view of Africa through the staging of a successful tournament....
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on February 9, 2006
source: itv-football.co.uk
Egypt striker Mido (left) threw a tantrum after manager Hassan Shehata (right) dared to (place hand over mouth) substitute him during their African Nations Cup semifinal w...
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on February 6, 2006
source: eurosport.com
World Cup bound Ivory Coast beat a jealous non-World Cup bound Cameroon on penalties to reach the African Nations Cup semi-final. A place in the last four was important enough b...
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on January 28, 2006
source: 123football.com
Apparently tired of making enemies in North-West England, El-Hadji Diouf has decided to insult entire African nations. The Senegalese forward said"I think the wrong team...
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on January 26, 2006
source: bbc.co.uk
Is it just me, or do African teams have the best nicknames?
Cameroon are "The Indominatable Lions", Ghana are "The Black Stars" while South Africa (pictured) ha...
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on January 25, 2006
source: bbc.co.uk
The African Nations Cup hasn't always gotten the respect it deserves. I remember tuning in to the 1994 tournament purely to enjoy the comical goalkeeping. Since then, both mysel...
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on December 18, 2005
Source: Socceragent.netThe Champions league, the UEFA Cup, Copa Libertadores, World Cup, European Championships. All of these major tournaments get copious international attention; even in the footie-...
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