Libya: Chess "tsar" unrepentant over game with Gaddafi
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, the president of the World Chess Federation (FIDE) and former head of the vast Russian desert region of Kalmykia, met with Gaddafi on Sunday and boasted he easily got the better of the Libyan leader on the board. "I would happily meet with anyone," Ilyumzhinov told ...
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Egypt: Bongani Khumalo will cry in his room: Pitso
Beating Egypt 1-0 at home. Because that match gives you so much responsibility. Playing at home, you must attack to win and if you don"t defend well you lose. Playing Egypt was mentally exhausting. It was tormenting in the first five minutes to pass instructions to the guys. It was ...
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Tunisia: US warns its allies in war on Gaddafi as fighting intensifies
Gaddafi forces also shelled for the first time the world heritage-listed city of Gadamis, 600km southwest of the capital on the Tunisian and Algerian border, opening a new front in the five-month-long civil war. World powers gave mixed signals on how the deadlocked civil war might play out, ...
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Morocco: Lady Gaga sings "Born this way" at Rome gay rally
The star, whose "Born This Way" album recently topped one million sales in a week, delighted tens of thousands of people at a brief concert in the vast field where the ancient Roman masses would gather for spectacles. Wearing a green wig, she played the piano and sang ...
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Egypt: Pressure is early for Amakhosi
Letsholonyane said Orlando Pirates" historic season was what made finishing third unbearable. They won the league, the top eight and the Nedbank Cup. Chiefs held on to their record of winning at least one trophy every season by clinching the Telkom Knockout in December, beating Pirates in the ...
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Egypt: Teamwork key for Bafana
According to coach Pitso Mosimane and two of his key players, having no high-profile international names has been a driving force behind their impressive run in the Nations Cup qualifiers. Yesterday, Itumeleng Khune and Siphiwe Tshabalala backed their coach"s confident statement that Bafana had no "star players" in ...
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Egypt: "Bafana must become road warriors"
Following a strong performance against Egypt on Sunday in Cairo, where the team came away from a hostile venue with a valuable point from the goalless draw, coach Pitso Mosimane urged his players to be fearless against the big guns on foreign fields. The draw in Cairo was ...
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Egypt: Brave Bafana hold the Pharaohs
The Pharaohs" disastrous campaign continues and the crowd was left mummified as Egypt survived by the skin of their teeth. Egypt"s hopes of defending their Africa Cup of Nations title lies in tatters and they are still rooted at foot of the group with two points after four ...
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Egypt: Bafana arrive to sound of vuvuzelas
The team arrived early in the morning to the sounds of vuvuzelas at the airport from some of the South African supporters based in Egypt. Bafana Bafana held their first training session at a field near the Cairo International Stadium. All the players took part in the drill ...
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Egypt: Pienaar injury blow
Pienaar limped off the Rand stadium pitch during Bafana"s last training session yesterday with his right knee heavily strapped, causing panic among the technical team ahead of the Nations Cup qualifier against the Pharaohs. The team left for Cairo last night. A challenge during training from teammate Happy ...
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Egypt: Shabba shelves glory for national duty
Tshabalala is still contracted to Kaizer Chiefs, with reports of a move to England"s Nottingham Forest fading fast. But the player"s sole focus now is to help Bafana eliminate Egypt on Sunday from qualifying for next year"s African Nations Cup. "I am still hopeful that a ...
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Egypt: Pienaar in injury scare
Head Coach Pitso Mosimane said he would wait on the assessment of the injury before making a decision about whether the Tottenham Hotspur midfielder will play but that he will travel with the team to Cairo regardless. "Steven went into a 50/50 challenge while trying to shoot and ...
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Egypt: Bafana need teamwork and calm heads
Kick off is at 8.30pm at the Cairo Military Academy Stadium. The Israel-based defender returned to the team for the first time since March last year when he played against Namibia in an international friendly match. "It"s been quite a while since I have been here ...
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Egypt: Pressure on Pharaohs
Pienaar, who is apparently on holiday in Morocco, tweeted about his injury and how badly he wants to play against Egypt in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on Sunday. "He was assessed by his club doctors yesterday and will arrive in camp tonight. Our team doctor will ...
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Egypt: Egypt change venue for Bafana game
Security concerns could be a reason why the Egyptian Football Association has changed the venue after the match was originally scheduled to be played at the Cairo International Stadium. The match is of vital importance to the Egyptian national team, who must beat South Africa to remain on ...
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Egypt: Bafana expect to face tougher Egypt
The two nations meet in a 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on Sunday June 5 at the Cairo International Stadium. Egypt and South Africa meet for the second time in three months, with Bafana Bafana winning the last tie 1-0 in Johannesburg in April. Supersport ...
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Egypt: Bafana have what it takes to beat Egypt
But as Bafana prepare for their big assignment against Egypt in Cairo in a fortnight, Khumalo is recuperating after a metatarsal injury. He spoke to the Sunday Times about the coming two weeks for Bafana and his race to get fit for Spurs" Vodacom Challenge pre-season tour. ...
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Egypt: Now Mosimane"s spoilt for choice
The coach will begin early preparation for the national side"s Nations Cup match against Egypt on June 5, and is expected to assemble the strongest possible squad to travel to Cairo. Mosimane is excited to be able to call up his overseas-based stars after they were missed in ...
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Egypt: SA seeks advice on Egypt security
The South African Football Association had also written to the Confederation of African Football to seek assurances over the safety of its team ahead of the June 5 game, a spokesman said on Thursday. The South Africans are likely to face a hostile atmosphere at the Cairo International ...
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Morocco: Review: The Way Back
Director: Peter Weir Cast: Jim Sturgess, Ed Harris, Colin Farrell, Saoirse Ronan A bestseller in the 1940s, The Long Walk by Slawomir Rawicz told the epic and grueling story of the author and his group"s 1942 escape from a Siberian gulag and their 6600km walk to ...
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Egypt: Now Chiefs snub Bafana
The Amakhosi yesterday disrupted Bafana Bafana"s all-important preparations for their Nations Cup qualifier against Egypt in Cairo next month by withdrawing three key players from coach Pitso Mosimane"s squad - including skipper Siphiwe Tshabalala. Chiefs sent a letter to Safa yesterday requesting that goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune and midfielders ...
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Tunisia: CAF act after referee attacked
Tunisian television showed a Club Africain player pushing Malian referee Komlan Coulibaly after a penalty appeal was rejected seven minutes from full-time in a third round game against Al-Hilal of Sudan. Several hundred spectators then ran on to the pitch at the national stadium on the outskirts of ...
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Morocco: Mariah Carey names her twins
In a statement, the music star said that she and husband Nick Cannon named their newborn son after the Moroccan Room - the top floor of the New York apartment where he proposed to her, and which has Moroccan-inspired decor. Daughter Monroe "was named after Marilyn Monroe, who ...
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Egypt: Angry birds, Bieber big Webby winners
The Funny or Die website co-founded by comedians Will Ferrell and Adam McKay win eight Webbys, while Bieber won a people"s choice award for best video, and Angry Birds was named best game. Now in their 15th year, the Webbys are widely regarded as the Oscars of the ...
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Morocco: Peter"s Post: You can"t beat La Mamounia
For my wife"s 40th birthday I want to fulfil our dream of visiting Marrakech in Morocco. I have sorted out flights, but need to know the very best place to stay. Is La Mamounia still the city"s finest hotel or is there another place I should consider? I am looking ...
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