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LEGENDS - ‪‪TOGO - Julien Kossi Denke - tributes are paid to Togo's first overseas player

Julien Kossi Denke, was Togo's first footballer to play overseas. The defender was more popularly known as Wazo and captained Togo at the Africa Cup of Nations finals in Ivory Coast in 1984. Later that year he signed for French second division club Chateauroux from Togolese side Aiglons de Lome. 

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25 Mar 2014
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NATIONAL TEAM - BENIN - COACH - Didier Olle-Nicolle appointed Benin coach

Frenchman Didier Olle-Nicolle has been appointed coach of Benin, replacing compatriot Manuel Amoros.

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18 Mar 2014
Coaches World Cup 2014
NATIONAL TEAM - BENIN - COACH - Algerian Djamel Belmadi appointed Qatar coach

Algerian Djamel Belmadi has been installed as the new coach of Qatar's national team, the country's football association has revealed.  
 

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17 Mar 2014
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NATIONAL TEAM - Nigeria - Lukman Haruna hopeful over World Cup prospects

Dynamo Kiev midfielder Lukman Haruna hopes he can still make Nigeria's World Cup squad. The 23-year old has not played for the Super Eagles since the last World Cup in South Africa.

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16 Mar 2014
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FIFA rankings - Egypt makes big leap in latest rankings

Egypt have climbed up more places than any other African country in Fifa's latest world rankings for March.

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14 Mar 2014
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2014 World Cup - warm up - Ghana

Ghana Sports Minister Elvis Ankrah is confident the team will prepare in the right way for a successful World Cup.

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12 Mar 2014
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2014 World Cup - warm up - African sides ready

All five of Africa's World Cup finalists are in action this week as they continue their preparations for this summer's tournament in Brazil.
(Algeria; Cameroon; Ghana; Côte d'Ivoire; Nigeria)

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5 Mar 2014
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LEGENDS - CAMEROON - Samuel Eto'o - Africa Cup of Nations all time leading scorer

Eto'o was a part of the squads that won the 2000 and 2002 Africa Cup of Nations, and was a gold medalist at the 2000 Summer Olympics. At the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup, in which Cameroon finished as runners-up, he scored his only goal in a 1:0 group-stage upset of Brazil on 19 June. 

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3 Mar 2014
Featured Legends
Arthur Wharton honoured - Football's first professional black player

Arthur Wharton is to be honoured outside Rotherham United's New York Stadium. Born in 1865 in Jamestown, Gold Coast, in what is now Ghana. His pioneering footballing career started as a goalkeeper at Darlington FC and he played for numerous teams. Wharton played for the original Rotherham Town, a team of the same name was the forerunner of Rotherham United.

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23 Feb 2014
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stars in Europe - Yaya Toure's incredible journey

He won the Champions League and two La Liga titles while with Barca. Toure also won league titles in Greece and England, and domestic cups in each country too. According to the people who know him best, Yaya Toure always had the ability and ambition he needed to make his journey from a barefooted boy footballer to one of the best players in the world. 

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22 Feb 2014
  P W D L GF GA GD Pts
Senegal 6 4 2 0 10 3 7 14
Burkina Faso 6 2 3 1 10 6 4 9
Cape Verde 6 2 0 4 4 12 -8 6
South Africa 6 1 1 4 7 10 -3 4

WORLD CUP 2018 QUALIFIERS
GROUP D

7 8 Oct 2016 - 6 p.m.
Burkina Faso 1 : 1 South Africa
8 8 Oct 2016 - 8 p.m.
Senegal 2 : 0 Cape Verde
17 10 Nov 2017 - 6 p.m.
South Africa 0 : 2 Senegal
18 12 Nov 2016 - 6 p.m.
Cape Verde 0 : 2 Burkina Faso
27 28 Aug 2017 - 5 p.m.
Cape Verde 2 : 1 South Africa
28 28 Aug 2017 - 5 p.m.
Senegal 0 : 0 Burkina Faso
37 2 Sep 2017 - 5 p.m.
South Africa 1 : 2 Cape Verde
38 2 Sep 2017 - 5 p.m.
Burkina Faso 2 : 2 Senegal
47 7 Oct 2017 - 6 p.m.
South Africa 3 : 1 Burkina Faso
48 7 Oct 2017 - 6 p.m.
Cape Verde 0 : 2 Senegal
57 14 Nov 2017 - 6 p.m.
Senegal 2 : 1 South Africa
58 14 Nov 2017 - 6 p.m.
Burkina Faso 4 : 0 Cape Verde