Benin: Mashaba goes for big guns
Mashaba will be hoping that the inclusion of PSL star players will help the under-23 national side move into the last phase of next year"s London Olympic qualifiers. Mashaba"s team were beaten 3-1 by Benin in the first leg away two weeks ago. South Africa now need to ...
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Ivory Coast: Banned Toure obsessed with weight
The 16-page report says the Manchester City centre back, who cannot play again until Sept. 2, "has had a problem controlling his weight" for some years. It reads "he has become obsessed with his weight and more particularly the appearance of his belly." The Ivory Coast ...
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Nigeria: Man arrested for matc
Police said the 41-year-old man was arrested in Cape Town on Wednesday in an operation by the country"s organised crime unit. He had offered to bribe the officials at a hotel the day before and was arrested in the sting as he tried to pay the money, Western ...
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Nigeria: Blue Bulls murder plot case postponed
Amanda Reyneke, 47, will return to court on August 16. Reyneke, a bookkeeper from Silver Lakes, was granted R5000 bail in November and volunteered to check herself into a mental institution. She allegedly hired two men to kill Helberg after he broke off their relationship. He ...
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Senegal: Semenya on track to cast off gender controversy
The 20-year-old stormed to victory in the 2009 World Athletics Championships but was cast into limbo soon after because of allegations over her true gender. The South African was revealed to be a hermaphrodite after the leaking of test results following her 800m win in Berlin. ...
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Cameroon: 4 die in clashes after Eto"o miss
A coastguard official told The Associated Press on Monday that the clashes on Saturday between angry fans and government troops also wounded several people in the West African nation. He did not say how many people were wounded or whether those killed were civilians or soldiers. The official ...
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Ivory Coast: FIFA reject whistleblower"s demands
The former bid employee"s promised interview at FIFA headquarters had raised the prospect of an official investigation into how Qatar won the five-nation contest to host the 2022 tournament, beating the United States in a final round of voting last December. "The whistleblower asked for conditions that could ...
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Ivory Coast: Catherine"s wedding dress on display from July
The dress, designed by Alexander McQueen creative director Sarah Burton, is made from ivory and white satin-gazar -- stiffened organza -- with a hand-made lace applique bodice and a 2.7-metre (8.8-foot) train. The gown was considered one of the highlights of the wedding on April 29, when the ...
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Nigeria: Juve reunion as Italy face Ireland
During the early 1980s when Giovanni Trapattoni managed Juventus, two of his players were Marco Tardelli and Cesare Prandelli. Trapattoni is now the Ireland coach, Tardelli is his assistant and Prandelli coaches Italy. The trio spent a total of six seasons together in Turin, from 1979 ...
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Nigeria: Late Yobo header salvages point for Nigeria
The "Super Eagles" flew to the eastern city in high spirits after a 4-1 friendly triumph over a second-string Argentina team four days ago in Abuja, where they also scored four goals last March against the Ethiopians. Ikechukwu Uche put the visitors ahead midway through the first half ...
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Benin: Benin blow to SA"s 2012 Olympic hopes
The return leg of the second-round tie will be played in Daveyton in two weeks, and the South Africans need a 2-0 win to go through on goal difference, or a victory by three clear goals should they concede themselves. Shakes Mashaba"s side had the early lead thanks ...
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Cameroon: Angry Cameroon fans riot after Eto"o miss
Cameroon captain Samuel Eto"o missed an 87th-minute penalty that would have closed the gap on group leaders Senegal, sparking off violence around the Ahmadou Ahidjo stadium and leading Eto"o to apologise publicly. Witnesses said several people were injured in the fracas, and that angry football fans smashed car ...
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Cameroon: Cameroon plunge to new low as star Eto"o misses spo
The Cameroon captain"s injury-time spot-kick hit the crossbar, denying the four-times African champions a precious victory in their fading campaign. Elsewhere, Uganda and Burkina Faso closed in on next year"s African championship after both teams secured solid victories. Uganda beat Guinea-Bissau 2-0 to edge closer to ...
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Nigeria: FIFA probes Argentina"s thrashing in Nigeria
It"s the highest profile match yet in a wave of suspicious recent international friendlies, often with goals scored from penalty kicks. The match "was one that we had an active interest in, and forms part of a wider ongoing FIFA investigation," football"s world governing body said on Saturday. ...
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Liberia: Maradona attacks FIFA "dinosaurs"
The Argentine great, appearing at his first news conference as coach of United Arab Emirates" side Al Wasl, was dismissive of this week"s unopposed re-election of 75-year-old Sepp Blatter as FIFA president for another four years. "Everything will be the same... FIFA is a big museum and they ...
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Sierra Leone: Bafana blackout on the cards?
The French sports agency, which acquired the rights from CAF, is reported to have asked for R5-million for rights to broadcast the game. The public broadcaster"s spokesman, Kaizer Kganyago, was not available for comment yesterday, but it is believed the SABC is still negotiating with Sport Five. ...
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Nigeria: Nigeria crush depleted Argentina in friendly
Ike Uche scored twice but the handsome victory margin was tempered by the fact Argentina played with just two players who are in their provisional squad for the upcoming Copa America. A 10th-minute goal from Uche began the rout as Nigeria rolled over listless opponents who seemed to ...
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Cameroon: Normal service resumed as Blatter confounds critics
Instead of fending off questions about cash-for-votes, a relaxed Blatter was contemplating the possibility that Henry Kissinger and Johan Cruyff might join his fight against corruption and that, for the first time, a woman could sit on the FIFA executive committee. Positive and assured while switching between four ...
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Senegal: Africans call on talent but forget paperwork
Several young players turned to African countries following the row that broke out in April when French website Mediapart, citing sources within the French Football Federation (FFF), said FFF officials were in favour of ethnic quotas. The FFF denied they had discussed the idea of enforcing limits on ...
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Guinea: Budding stars take soccer to new heights
The season that ended on Saturday with a cup final victory for Orlando Pirates introduced a group of players who will take the Premier Soccer League by storm when the new season starts in August. PSL chairman Irvin Khoza and football pundits agree that this season was the ...
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Ivory Coast: Sepp: Crisis, what crisis?
Blatter began a week in which he should be re-elected as president for a fourth term in combative mood, berating media for their lack of manners and giving Qatar his public backing. FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke earlier issued a statement denying he meant to suggest anything corrupt ...
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Ivory Coast: Chanel to launch a new line of handbags
Just announced by the house"s creative director Karl Lagerfeld, the new collection will draw inspiration from an androgynous style based on a hunter"s cartridge that founder Coco Chanel used to wear herself. "Chanel used men"s underwear to make dresses," Lagerfeld explained. "She had this boyish attitude, in fact ...
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Cameroon: Blatter woos voters in SA
The 75-year-old Blatter is slugging it out with Qatari billionaire Mohamed bin Hammam, 13 years his junior, for the right to rule the international football kingdom over the coming four years. A secret June 1 ballot at FIFA headquarters in Zurich in which each of 208 member states ...
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Sierra Leone: Fransman, Masilela get Bafana nod
Coach Pitso Mosimane, in what will be his toughest test yet since taking over the side, recalled Fransman in place of injured England-based Bongani Khumalo, who is out with a broken metatarsal. The 27-year-old Fransman, who can play in defence and midfield, has made 14 appearances at senior ...
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Cameroon: FIFA to interview 2022 whistleblower
The FIFA president, bidding to be re-elected for a fourth term on June 1, also refused to rule out the possibility of re-staging the vote, won by Qatar, should the allegations turn out to be true. "We have organised and the newspaper have agreed (that) we will bring ...
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