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LEGENDS - ‪‪LIBERIA - George Weah moved from Liberia to Europe in 1988

George Tawlon Manneh Oppong Ousman Weah (born 1 October 1966) is a Liberian humanitarian, politician, and an ex-footballer who played as a striker. 

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22 May 2014
Stars in Europe World Cup 2014
stars in Europe - Kevin Prince Boateng plans to build a school in his father’s hometown

The former AC Milan midfielder also spoke about his plans to build a school in Kumasi - Ghana's second-largest city and his father's home town - in order to strengthen the bond with the local support.

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21 May 2014
Featured Key-Player Legends Transfers World Cup 2014
LEGENDS - IVORY COAST - Drogba will leave Galatasaray

The 36-year-old won the Super Lig with Gala in his first half-season. The Ivory Coast international added: "You can't make happy people all the time but I made them happy for 340 days out of 365 a year."

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21 May 2014
Africa Cup 2015 Qualifiers Coaches National teams
NATIONAL TEAM - LIBERIA - COACH - Roberto Landi is in talks to return to Liberia

Roberto Landi is in talks to return as coach of Liberia

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20 May 2014
Africa Cup 2015 Qualifiers Fixtures+Results
2015 Africa Cup qualifier - Malawi, Benin begin with victories

Malawi, Benin, Namibia and Mauritania begin with victories - Malawi began their campaign to reach the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations finals in Morocco with a 2:0 win over visiting Chad on Saturday.

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19 May 2014
Africa Cup 2015 Qualifiers Fixtures+Results
2015 Africa Cup qualifier - 1st round 1st leg - fixtures & results

Mozambique thrash debutants South Sudan in 2015 qualifying

Sunday's Results: 18.05.2014

•    Liberia vs Lesotho 1:0 
•    Kenya vs Comoros 1:0 
•    Madagascar vs Uganda 2:1 
•    Libya vs Rwanda 0:0 
•    Burundi vs Botswana 0:0 
•    CAR vs Guinea-Bissau 0:0 
•    Swaziland vs Sierra Leone 1:1 
•    Tanzania vs Zimbabwe 1:0 
•    Mozambique vs South Sudan 5:0 

Saturday's Results: 17.05.2014

•    Mauritania vs Eq Guinea 1:0
•    Namibia vs Congo 1:0 
•    Sao Tome vs Benin 0:2
•    Malawi vs Chad 2:0

 

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19 May 2014
African Champions League Fixtures+Results
African Champions League 2014 - group stage - 1st matches - results

AS Vita Club beat Zamalek in the African Champions League first group match.

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19 May 2014
African Confederation Cup Fixtures+Results
African Confederation Cup 2014 - group stage - 1st matches - all results

As from now Al Ahly wants to win the Confed Cup 2014

GROUP A
• 18.05.14: Real Bamako (Mali) vs Asec Mimosas 1:1
• 18.05.14: AC Leopards (Congo) vs  Coton Sport -:-

GROUP B
• 18.05.14: Al Ahly (Egypt) vs Nkana 2:0
• 18.05.14: Sewe Sports (Ivory Coast) vs Etoile du Sahel 1:1

 

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19 May 2014
Coaches Friendly National teams Squad World Cup 2014 World Cup 2014 warm up
2014 World Cup - squad - Finke eager to lift Cameroon morale

Cameroon coach Volker Fink will use pre-World Cup preparations at an Austrian training camp next week to raise his side's spirits.

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18 May 2014
African Confederation Cup Fixtures+Results
African Confederation Cup 2014 - Al Ahly defeat Nkana in Group B match

Egyptian giants Al Ahly beat Zambia's Nkana 2:0 in an African Confederation Cup Group B match at the Petro Sport Stadium in Cairo.

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18 May 2014
FIFA rankings

FIFA RANKING - APRIL 2016 FOR AFRICA

Algeria

 

Algeria are back as Africa's top team in Fifa's ranking for April, while Cape Verde slip from the summit to sixth.

Algeria's victory over Ethiopia puts them on course to qualify for Afcon 2017

Moving up from third to first, Algeria have re-established themselves, helped by a 7:1 thrashing of Ethiopia in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.

Cape Verde were beaten twice by Morocco.

And Nigeria have tumbled to 14th in Africa and 67th in the world after being eliminated from qualifying for the 2017 Nations Cup.

 

Top 10 African sides in Fifa's rankings for April (world ranking in brackets)

1. Algeria (33)
2. Ivory Coast (34)
3. Ghana 38)
4. Senegal (43)
5. Egypt (44)
6. Cape Verde (47)
7. Tunisia (47)
8. DR Congo (51)
9. Guinea (58)
10. Congo (59)

 

 

6 Apr 2016
(BBC Sport UK)

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Algeria Cape Verde Congo Congo DR Côte d'Ivoire Egypt Ghana Guinea Senegal Tunisia

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