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Malawi 3-0 Algeria: World Cup finalists stunned
MALAWI stunned Algeria at a near-deserted November 11 stadium as the unpredictable start to the African Nations Cup continued. Algeria began the match as clear favourites, but were 2-0 down by half-time thanks to goals from Russel Mwafulirwa and Elvis Kafoteka. Dave Banda added a third after 49 minutes to end any thoughts of an […]
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Togo ‘will be disqualified’
TOGO will be disqualified from the African Cup of Nations if they do not show up for today’s Group B match against Ghana in Cabinda, the Confederation of African Football said. Togo’s opponents Ghana have been told to proceed as if the match, scheduled to kick off at 6.30pm UK time, was still going ahead, […]
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Keita amazed by draw
MALI midfielder Seydou Keita believes the physchological boost from their remarkable comeback against Angola will stand them in good stead for the rest of the African Nations Cup. Barcelona midfielder Keita, who surprisingly started on the bench before entering the fray 35 minutes in, told Eurosport: ”There was a lot of pressure on us. I […]
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African Nations Cup ‘will go ahead’ despite Togo shooting
THE African Cup of Nations will go ahead despite an attack by gunmen on the bus carrying the Togo team as the players entered the host country Angola for the tournament, the organisers CAF said. “Our first priority is the safety of the players but the tournament will go ahead,” CAF spokesman Suleimanu Habubu said […]
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EPL bosses call for African Cup cancellation
SEVERAL Premier League bosses have suggested the African Nations Cup should be cancelled after the Togo national football team was attacked by gunfire. The country’s team bus was attacked by rebels armed with machine guns as they crossed the border from the Democratic Republic of Congo into the Angolan enclave of Cabinda for the tournament, […]
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Togo withdraw from African Cup 2010
TOGO have withdrawn from the African Nations Cup in Angola following the machine gun attack on their team bus on Friday, with the death toll now understood to have risen to four. The team bus was attacked by rebels after crossing the border from the Democratic Republic of Congo into the Angolan enclave of Cabinda […]
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Goalkeeper ‘dies in Togo gun attack’
TOGO goalkeeper Kodjovi Obilale has reportedly died from gunshot wounds sustained in an ambush on the team bus in Angola, bringing the death toll from the attack to four. Two members of Togo’s national team delegation and a driver also died following an ambush on the team’s bus as it travelled to the African Cup […]
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African elite set to do battle for Nations Cup
EVERY two years, the CAF African Cup of Nations sheds a vibrant light on the passions roused by the beautiful game in Africa. Tucked in at the start of the calendar year, the upcoming edition in Angola could almost be mistaken for a late Christmas present, with former winners Algeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Ghana, […]
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FIFA consoles Togo after Angola gun attack
FIFA has offered “utmost sympathy” to the Togo team after their bus was attacked by gunmen, leaving the driver dead and nine others wounded as it entered Angola for the African Cup of Nations. “FIFA and its president, Joseph S. Blatter, are deeply moved by today’s incidents which affected Togo’s national team, to whom they […]
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“Players injured, driver dead” after Togo bus attack
THE Togo national team bus has been machine-gunned by Angolan rebels on the Congolese border ahead of the African Nations Cup. Two players are reported to be injured and a Togolese sports ministry spokesman in Lome said that the bus driver had been killed in the attack. The Sparrow Hawks are in the country ahead […]
Togo players injured, driver killed after Angola attack
GUNMEN opened fire on the coach carrying Togo’s national football squad to African Cup of Nations in Angola, killing the driver and wounding nine others, including two players. The bus had just entered the Angolan enclave of Cabinda, where separatists have waged a three-decade long war, when it came under heavy gunfire for several minutes, […]
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