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Vote for the African Premier League player who has been the best ambassador for Africa here.. The winner will be declared on the 30th of November 2009
Drogba for example. He signed a new advertising contract with Pepsi and pledged the entire £3m he earned from the deal to the setting-up of a hospital and orphanage in Ivory Coast. Niall Quinn, the Sunderland chairman who famously donated his testimonial money to charity, described ...
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Not since the famous rumble in jungle between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire has there been so much excitement in Africa over a sporting event.As Sudan gears up to host the second leg of the Algeria - Egypt world cup qualifier security seems to be in place on a war footing.15,000 police will be deployed to prevent a repeat of Saturday's violence in Cairo. There will be strict segregation of fans inside the stadium. The capacity has been cut by 6,000 - to 35,000 - and supporters of e...
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Some uplifting news for the Liverpudlians. Stevie G is ready to rock n' roll against City this weekend. Will Liverpool join the list of clubs that have stuck it to City?
Personally, I think Liverpool played well against Birmingham - they faltered familiarly on set pieces but overall they were a number of positives.
Glen Johnson was unstoppable. Mascherano had a good game. Lucas was solid. Ngog minus the dive showed he could be the real deal. ...
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The Galaxy weathered two power outages, a disallowed goal by Andrew Hainault, and a dominant Dynamo display in the second half to score two extra time goals.
Landon Donovan becomes the MLS all time leader in goals scored as he converted the penalty after Alan Gordon was brought down by Ri...
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New Zealand [1-0] Bahrain
New Zealand [1-0] Bahrain
For the first time since the last time in 1982,New Zealand have qualified for the World Cup Finals.It will the first time that both the Kiwis and the Socceroos will both be going to a World Cup finals.New Zealand beat Bahrain 1 - 0 in the second leg to make history.Rory Fallon and goalkeeper Mark Paston were the heroes of the game.Fallon scored the only goal and Paston saved a penalty...
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From the US Soccer website's game notes:
There are a few instances in sporting history of father's coaching their son's at the highest level. A couple of famous ones include - Cesare and Paolo Maldini in soccer and Cal Ripken Sr. and Jr. in baseball.
"But how about having two teams with this phenomenon playing against each other - anyone heard of that happening? There is a good chance it will occur this Saturday. Squaring off against U.S. head...
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A smart Alex.
Sir Alex Ferguson was given a four match touchline ban and a fine for 20,000 pounds following his attack on Alan Wiley's fitness. But the referees union is still baying for evermore blood. Here is Alan Leighton of Prospect, the referees union.
"From our point of view it is disappointing. The Football Association had a chance to make a point and they flunked it," Leighton said. "We don't think this is sending the right message out...
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Keith Hackett stating the obvious.
"I have said to managers in the past that this is an area of great difficulty for referees and it can come down to the viewing angle of the referee."
I think it is time to give him the goods on the human eye. The game has gotten a lot quicker and the art of deception even more perfect. The eye's memory remains limited and parallax can induce trickery. We can bring more witnesses like Platini's extra two refer...
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All that talk of righting the ship turned out to be bluster as in the Copa Del Rey return leg against Alcorcon at the Bernabeu, Real was able to muster only one goal through Rafel Van Der Vaart. The yellow jerseys of Alcorcon were everywhere as they stifled Raul, Gago, Van Nistelrooy, Kaka, and Lassana Diarra.
Juanma was a colossus in goal for Alcorcon. The third division club moves onto the next round as Real crash out of the Copa Del Rey.
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