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national league - coaches - South Africa - 'It's not about colour... it's about hard work'

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- Pitso Mosimane / Mamelodi Sundowns Coach 

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2014 World Cup - squad - Nosa Igiebor cut from Nigeria squad

Nosa Igiebor is one of the seven players to be dropped from Nigeria's final 23-man squad for the World Cup. The Real Betis midfielder and Parma's Joel Obi, who both faced Scotland in last week's 2:2 draw, have been plagued by injury this season. The other players to miss out are goalkeeper Daniel Akpeyi, midfielders Ejike Uzoenyi and Nnamdi Oduamadi.

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4 Jun 2014
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Qualifying - second round- fixtures

• 18.-20.07.14: Congo vs Rwanda -:-
• 01.-03.08.14: Rwanda vs Congo -:-

• 18.-20.07.14: Benin vs Malawi -:-
• 01.-03.08.14: Malawi vs Benin -:-

• 18.-20.07.14: Lesotho vs Kenya -:-
• 01.-03.08.14: Kenya vs Lesotho -:-

• 18.-20.07.14: Sierra Leone vs Seychelles -:-
• 01.-03.08.14: Seychelles vs Sierra Leone -:-

• 18.-20.07.14: Uganda vs Equatorial Guinea -:-
• 01.-13.08.14: Equatorial Guinea vs Uganda -:-

• 18.-20.07.14: Tanzania vs Mozambique -:-
• 01.-03.08.14: Mozambique vs Tanzania -:-

• 18.-20.07.14: Botswana vs Guinea Bissau -:-
• 01.-03.08.14: Guinea Bissau vs Botswana -:-

 

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2014 World Cup - squad - Idrissou dropped from Cameroon squad

Mohamadou Idrissou is one of the five players to be dropped from Cameroon's final squad for the World Cup. The 34-year-old Kaiserslautern striker has struggled in recent times and missed a penalty in a 2:1 friendly loss to Paraguay last week. Otherwise coach Volker Finke has opted for a tried and trusted line-up for his World Cup squad. 

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3 Jun 2014
Africa Cup 2015 Qualifiers Fixtures+Results
2015 Africa Cup qualifier - 1st round- 2nd leg - all results

Lesotho an Rwanda advance in AFCON qualifying

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2 Jun 2014
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2014 World Cup - warm up - Eto'o helps Cameroon to draw with Germany

Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting's late equaliser earned Cameroon a 2:2 draw in a friendly in Germany. Samuel Eto'o opened the scoring just after the hour when he turned in from Choupo-Moting's pass.

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2 Jun 2014
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2015 Africa Cup qualifier - 1st round- 2nd leg - results so far

Rwanda pull off surprise win over Libya - Rwanda shocked Libya in the second leg of their 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier, winning 3:0 at home to progress to the next round.

• Rwanda vs Libya 3:0
• Uganda vs Madagascar 1:0
• Sierra Leone vs Swaziland 1:0
• South Sudan vs Mozambique 0:0
• Comoros Islands vs Kenya 1:1
• Lesotho vs Liberia 2:0

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1 Jun 2014
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2014 World Cup - Ghana - squad - Jeffery Schlupp dropped from 23-man squad

Leicester City's Jeffery Schlupp has been axed from Ghana's 2014 World Cup squad. The defender is one of three players dropped from the preliminary 26-man World Cup squad announced on 12 May.

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1 Jun 2014
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African Champions League 2014 - TP Mazembe sign Zimbabwe midfielder Ali Sadiki

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31 May 2014
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AFRICA CUP 2023 - FIFA - postponement agreed

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A Fifa taskforce has recommended the World Cup is played in November and December to avoid Qatar's hot summer.

"The African confederation has automatically and nicely agreed it will not organise the Nations Cup in January 2023," Valcke said.

"It will have to postpone the Africa Cup of Nations to June."

The 2022 World Cup is set to finish in late December and the African Cup had been scheduled to start in mid-January 2023.

Valcke said the aim of postponing the continental event was "to avoid there being a release (from their clubs) of African players for the World Cup and again two weeks after for the Africa Cup of Nations.''

While Confederation of African Football spokesman Junior Binyam said the governing body is "100% behind the the proposals of the task force and will adjust its calendar accordingly", he added he was not yet aware of Fifa's decision to move the Nations Cup.

Protecting the World Cup from severe weather in Qatar may hamper the 2023 African Cup, however. 

The monsoonal rainy season in the West African nation of tournament hosts Guinea normally starts in June.

"We are all making a number of concessions to make sure that this World Cup can be played, for the players, for the fans, for the media, for whoever is attending the World Cup in the best conditions,'' Valcke added. 

"`It is not perfect, we know that."

 

26 Feb 2015
(BBC Sport UK)

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