All Africa (Free subscription) | 01/31/2010
Nigeria's Super Eagles secured the bronze medal at the African Cup of Nations taking place in Angola at the expense of the Desert Foxes of Algeria courtesy of a Victor Nsofor strike early in the second half of the third place match played yesterday in Benguela, Angola.
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 01/29/2010
BENGUELA, Angola (AP) Two-time defending champion Egypt hammered eight-man Algeria 4-0 in a tense match to advance to the final of the Africa Cup of Nations on Thursday. Hosni Abd Rabou converted a 37th-minute penalty and Mohamed Zidan doubled the lead with a left-footed shot from 13.7 meters. Substitute Mohamed Abdel Shafy made it 3-0 in the 80th from a tight angle. Mohamed Gedo scored the fourth...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 01/29/2010
Benguela, Angola - Egypt striker Mohamed Zidan said Thursday that the team had learnt from the mistake they made against Algeria in November during a World Cup qualifying game in Sudan. Algeria qualified for the World Cup finals in South Africa after...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 01/29/2010
Benguela, Angola - Defending champions Egypt and Ghana advanced Thursday to Sunday's Africa Cup of Nations final in Luanda in very contrasting styles. While the Pharaoh's were outstanding in their 4-0 thrashing of Algeria in Benguela, in a game in wh...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 01/29/2010
Benguela, Angola - Algerian coach Rabah Saadane blamed the referee for his side's 4-0 defeat against Egypt in the Africa Cup of Nations semi-final Thursday in Benguela. The Desert Foxes, who ended the game with eight players after seeing three sent o...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 01/28/2010
Benguela,Angola - Defending champions Egypt are to meet Ghana in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations after beating Algeria 4-0 in an ill-tempered semi-final in Benguela Thursday, which the Algerians ended with eight ...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 01/28/2010
Benguela, Angola - Defending champions Egypt are to meet Ghana in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations after beating Algeria 4-0 in an ill-tempered semi-final in Benguela Thursday, which the Algerians ended with eight players. The goals for the Pha...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 01/27/2010
Benguela, Angola - When Nigerian defender Joseph Yobo was substituted against Benin in a Group C match at the Africa Cup of Nations, many Nigerians feared the worst. After all, the Premier League-based player had already come to Angola carrying a bit...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 01/25/2010
Benguela, Angola - Vincent Enyeama on Monday was the hero as Nigeria completed the semi-final line-up at the Africa Cup of Nations after beating Zambia 5-4 on penalties in Lubango. The Nigerian goal...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 01/25/2010
Benguela, Angola - Egyptian captain Ahmed Hassan said on Monday that he felt proud after making history and setting up a potential explosive semi-final clash in the Africa Cup of Nations for his sid...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 01/25/2010
Benguela, Angola - Egyptian captain Ahmed Hassan on Monday made history - twice - as the defending champions beat a ten-man Cameroon 3-1 in Benguela after extra time at the Africa Cup of Nations to advance to an explosive semi-final against Algeria. ...
France 24 (Free subscription) | 01/25/2010
Algeria and Ghana are one step away from the Africa Cup of Nations final after stunning favourites Ivory Coast and hosts Angola respectively on Sunday. Ivory Coast were sent packing by a 3-2 extra time loss to fellow World Cup qualifiers Algeria in the evening's second quarter-final up in the northern province of Cabinda. Algeria's reward could be a date with bitter rivals Egypt, in what would be...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 01/24/2010
Benguela, Angola - The last two times that Cameroon's Indomitable Lions met the Egyptian Pharaoh's in a decisive football match, the West Africans failed to win. In the qualifiers for the 2006 World Cup finals, Cameroon needed to beat Egypt to move p...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 01/24/2010
Benguela, Angola - When midfielder Ahmed Hassan leads his Egyptian team-mates out onto the field for their Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final against Cameroon he will be making history. The 34-year-old will play his 170th international game for the ...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 01/23/2010
Benguela, Angola - When the quarter-finals at the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola are played on Sunday and Monday, the eight remaining teams in the competition will be the usual suspects plus one. Even though they have st...
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