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Nairobi City took yet another face after the long awaited Manchester United coaching caravan arrived in Nairobi on its way to Dar es salaam Tanzania for a poaching clinic. The football academy of English Premier League (EPL) champions Manchester United will conduct a coaching clinic for football coaches of secondary schools. The clinic which is being sponsored by Aon Insurance
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Zambia coach Herve Renard is heaping praise, platitudes and the mantle of match favorites onto his opponents for Wednesday's Nations Cup semi-final, taking all the pressure off the southern African side and trying instead to impose it on Ghana's Black Stars. Zambia certainly will be the underdogs but by talking up their team, the young French-born coach is trying to
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Ghana captain John Mensah is revelling in his scoring form at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. The central defender has scored twice at the tournament in the opener and the quarter final against Tunisia which the Black Stars 2-1 after extra time. “I have to give thanks to God for the two goals scored so far in this competition.
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The hosts of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea have seen their dreams dimed as they were defeated in their quarter final matches that took place within the week end. On Saturday in Malabo, Ivory Coast proved their supremacy over the “Nzalang Nacional” of Equatorial Guinea 3-0. Didier Drogba warned his counterparts in the 36th with
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Ghana defeated a 10-man Tunisian side 2-1 after extra time in their 2012 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final in Franceville on Sunday night. The Black Stars just about deserved their victory in an ill-tempered affair and now look forward to a semi-final clash with Zambia on Wednesday. Their goals came via captain John Mensah and Andre Ayew, while Saber Khelifa
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Libreville — The dream ended for co-hosts Gabon who were tumbled out in the lottery of penalties at the African Nations Cup after losing 4-5 on post-match kicks to Mali in their quarter-final tie in Libreville on Sunday. Mali had been lucky to force the game into extra time but made good use of their fortune to turn around the
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Ghana's quest to end a 30-year wait for an Africa Cup of Nations title will face its biggest challenge yet on Sunday when they battle Tunisia for a place in the semi-finals of the 2012 tournament. The winners will tackle the victors of the other quarter-final between Zambia and Sudan in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, next Wednesday. Quarter-finalists at the 2010
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Didier Drogba had a penalty saved before scoring in each half as Ivory Coast triumphed 3-0 against Equatorial Guinea Saturday in a 2012 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final. The 33-year-old Chelsea striker struck with his right foot on 36 minutes and his head on 69 as the Elephants made it four wins in four matches and set up a semi-final
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Bata — Zambia strode into the African Nations Cup semi-finals with a one-sided 3-0 win over Sudan to book a last four place for the first time in 16 years. They now await either Ghana or Tunisia as they stay in Bata for Wednesday's semi-final. Goals from Stopilla, Chris Katongo and James Chamaga ensured a comfortable win. The game started
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Tunisia's players want to pay respect to more than 70 people who died at a league game in Egypt this week by wearing black armbands. Tunisian Football Federation president Anouar Haddad said on Friday his body had asked for permission from tournament organisers the Confederation of African Football to wear the armbands against Ghana at Stade de Franceville on Sunday.
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Tunisia’s 21-year-old star Youssef Msakni, has acknowledged the hurdles they will face against the Black Stars, which he described as the most formidable team in the tournament. “Don’t joke with Ghana. They are the team with the best compact play in the tournament. They are very focused and precise in front of goal. That is what makes Ghana very dangerous,”
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Zambia, Ivory Coast, Gabon and Ghana appear the likely winners of the 2012 Cup of Nations quarter-finals across central Africa this weekend. The football feast begins Saturday with two fixtures in Equatorial Guinea -- Zambia and Sudan in mainland port city Bata followed by the co-hosts and Ivory Coast in island capital Malabo. Gabon stages both Sunday showdowns with the
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Zambia and Sudan will clash this weekend for a place in the semi-finals of the 2012 Nations Cup, which has proved to be as open as experts predicted. Sudan will be the underdogs, but Renard also said they could also bite especially if they are taken for granted. "If we want to go through the semi-finals, we have to be
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Africa has a new shining star in Gabon’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, while Senegal's Newcastle United striker Demba Ba would rank as one of the biggest flops at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. After the conclusion of the first round, one of the most open Nations Cups in history has thrown up a lot of disappointments -- none bigger than the
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FIFA President Sepp Blatter has asked the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) for details on the causes of the stadium riot that killed at least 74 fans. The tragedy on Wednesday followed Al-Masry's league match against Al-Ahly in the Mediterranean city of Port Said. After speaking on Thursday morning to EFA President Samir Zaher, Blatter wrote to him asking for "further
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Terrified football fans fled carrying dead bodies into teams’ dressing room after an explosion of soccer violence that left 74 people dead and 1 000 injured in Egypt, the Daily Mail reported on Thursday. The report quoted Al-Ahly goalkeeper Sharif Ikrami, who was injured in the clashes as saying that he saw dead bodies being carried past him in the
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Ghana drew 1-1 with Guinea here Wednesday to finish top of Group D and qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinals. The Black Stars garnered seven points from three matches, while Mali also joined them in the last eight after they beat Botswana 2-1 in the other Group D match in Libreville. Mali have six points, while Guinea crashed
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Mali secured their first Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final spot in eight years after a 2-1 win over Botswana here on Wednesday. Goals from Garra Dembele and Barcelona star Seydou Keita put Mali into the all important Group D runners-up spot after the 1-1 draw between Ghana and Guinea in the other game being played simultaneously at Franceville. The Eagles,
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Cairo - Egyptian state TV has raised the death toll to 73 after fans of rival soccer teams rushed the field, hurling stones and sticks at each other and sparking a stampede. State TV cited the health ministry and says 1 000 other people were injured in Wednesday's melee. A medical official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he wasn't
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Morocco denied Niger their first ever Africa Cup of Nations point with a 1-0 win in this meaningless closing Group C tie here on Tuesday. With both teams already knocked out pride was the only prize on the table as qualified Gabon and Tunisia faced off in Franceville at the same time. After Younes Belhanda had earned Morocco a belated
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Sudan consigned Burkina Faso to a 2-1 defeat here Monday to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals at the expense of Angola. Mudather Eltaib Ibrahim scored either side of half time to bag the precious points which lifted the Sudanese level with Angola, their rivals for the runner-up spot in Group B, and crucially with a better goal
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Equatorial Guinea are one point away from winning Group A at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations just eight days after being 125/1 no-hopers. A draw for the co-hosts and shock pool pacesetters against second-place Zambia at the 15,000-seat Nuevo Estadio de Malabo Sunday will complete one of the most amazing first-round achievements in the 55 years of the competition.
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Ghana secured a place in the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals with a 2-0 win over Mali in Franceville. Asamoah Gyan opened the scoring for the Black Stars with a beautifully-struck free-kick from just outside the area. Andre 'Dede' Ayew then wrong-footed the Mali defence before slotting home at the near post, after a clever back-flick from Gyan. Mali were
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The Africa Cup of Nations Group D will serve up a second west African derby when Ghana face Mali on Saturday. Mali edged past Guinea 1-0 in the first west African derby of the group on Tuesday, while the third such clash will be next week when Ghana battle another sub-regional rival Guinea. Pre-tournament favourites Black Stars of Ghana will
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Tunisia all but sealed a place in the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals with a last gasp 2-1 win over debutants Niger here on Thursday. An entertaining encounter was heading for a 1-1 draw until substitute Issam Jemaa bagged the 2004 titleholders the points in the final minute. For Niger it meant heartache as they had come so close to
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