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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
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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
2027 Africa Cup Qualifiers

2027 Africa Cup Qualifiers - Group Stage - 2nd Matches

2027 Africa Cup Qualifiers | Group Stage 2nd matches

Qualifiers Kick Off As Giants Make Their Move

The race for the 24 spots at the Africa Cup of Nations 2027 is underway. 48 nations are battling across 12 groups for a place at next summer's tournament in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

THE OPENING STATEMENTS
Morocco, Côte d'Ivoire, Algeria, Cameroon and Nigeria all made winning starts as the continent's heavyweights served early notice. Hervé Renard's Côte d'Ivoire were the headline act, cruising to a composed 2:0 derby win over Ghana, while Cameroon put on a show in Garoua with a 3:1 victory over Comoros. In Group D, South Africa made the perfect start, topping the table with three points ahead.

NOT EVERYONE HAD IT EASY
Egypt were held to a 0:0 draw at home by Angola in Cairo, and Patrick Vieira's first game in charge of Senegal also ended in disappointment with a 1:1 draw against Mozambique. Guinea-Bissau produced the round's biggest shock, stunning tournament co-hosts Tanzania with a 2:0 away win. 

WHAT'S NEXT
Matchdays 1 and 2 wrap up by October 6, with the campaign resuming in a November window before concluding in March 2027. In groups without a host nation, only the top two finishers punch their ticket. With the finals marking East Africa's first AFCON (Africa Cup of Nations) in over 50 years, every group between now and March is shaping up to be box-office.
 

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