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| Last Updated 08/02/2010 19:02:00
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 | Hiddink 'top favourite' for Nigeria coaching job | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - With Nigeria's coach Shaibu Amodu fired over the weekend
for the country's poor showing at the just-concluded Africa Cup of Nations in A
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gola, pundits are fingering former Russian coach Guus Hiddink as the top favouri
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e out of the six coaches shortlisted for the job.
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| Minister believes Angola can win African female handball title in Egypt | | Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The Angolan Minister of Youth and Sports, Gonçalves Mua
ndumba, said Friday in Luanda he believes that the national female handball team
will win the African cup that will be held in Egypt from 10-12 February, citing
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he adequate preparation undergone by the team so far, according to news reports
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ssued here by the Angolan News Agency (ANGOP).
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| Kenya face Tonga in IRB Sevens | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - It is a race for points as the Kenya national sevens sid
e rugby team takes on Tonga in their opening match of the Wellington Sevens in N
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w Zealand which kicks off Friday.
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| Kenya posts 5-wicket win over Scotland | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Nehemiah Odhiambo tore through Scotland's top order, tak
ing five wickets as openers Steve Tikolo and David Obuya shared unbroken partner
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hip of 126 runs to see Kenya win by 10 wickets at the Nairobi Gymkhana Thursday.
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| Night courts to deal with World Cup offences | | Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South African courts will operate for 16 hours
a day during the World Cup to avoid clogging the justice system, the department
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f justice and constitutional development announced.
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| New crisis hits Mauritanian football | | Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian national first division football
championship has been hit by another crisis following the withdrawal of four cl
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bs from the competition, sources close to the championship told PANA here Thursd
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y.
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| CAN 2010 leaves Nigeria nervous, says FIFA | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeriaâ?s role as one of African footballâ?s establis
hed super powers means there is inevitably a furious post mortem after their per
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ormances at a major tournament, according to stories in the FIFA website.
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| World Taekwondo Federation rewards four Gambians | | Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia Taekwondo Association presented certificates
from the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF), Kukkiwon, South Korea, to four black
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elt holders of the Subac Taekwondo Club at the clubâ?s gymnasium in Jeshwang her
e Wednesday.
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| Lubumbashi to host draw for CAN 2012 qualifiers | | Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The draws of the qualifiers for the 28th edition of
the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN 2012) will be held 20 February in Lubumbashi, the
administrative centre of Katanga, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), sou
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ces close to the Federation of Congolese Football Association (FECOFA) told PANA
on Wednesday in Kinshasa.
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| Kenya goes past Uganda in T20 cricket friendly | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A brilliant unbeaten 79 runs by Collins Obuya and rookie
Nelson Mandela's effort saw Kenya cling to a 14-runs win against Uganda in the
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ngoing Twenty20 cricket friendlies at the Nairobi Gymkhana Tuesday, PANA reporte
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from here.
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| Kenyan footballer finally secures UK work permit | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Following the intervention of Kenyan Prime minister Rail
a Odinga, Italy-based professional midfielder, Macdonald Mariga, was granted a B
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itish work permit but too late to secure a dream move to the English Premier Lea
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ue (EPL) club Manchester City.
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| CAF chair, Hayatou, hands over CAN 2014 flag to Gabon, E/Guinea | | Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Following the finals of the 27th African Cup of Nations
(CAN 2010), Angola has symbolically handed over the flag of the Confederation of
African Football (CAF) to Issa Hayatou, chair of the African soccer governing bo
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y, who in turn handed it over to the joint CAN 2014 hosts, Gabon and Equatorial
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uinea, the Angolan News Agency (ANGOP) reported.
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| Nigerian coach vilified for shunning advice on Kanu | | Benguela, Angola (PANA) - Nigerian coach Shaibu Amodu continues to hang on to hi
s job by the straw after officials of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) cate
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orically confronted him that his job could no longer be guaranteed for the semi-
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inal loss to a second string Ghana team at the just-ended CAN 2010 in Angola.
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| Private firm to manage Angolan sports facilities | | Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The Angolan government will transfer the management of i
ts sports facilities across the country to a private firm, the Minister of Youth
and Sports, Gonçalves Muandumba, told a news conference here Sunday.
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| CAF releases names of top 11 footballers in Africa | | Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Five Egyptians, two Angolans, one Ghanaian, one Algerian
, one Cameroonian and one Nigerian made the list of best African footballers as
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eleased by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Sunday in Angola, host
of the just-ended CAN 2010.
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| We played to win because we didn't qualify for the World Cup - Egypt | | Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Egypt Assistant Coach, Shawky Gharib, said here Sunday
that his team came to Angola to play to win because "We didn't qualify for the
World Cup."
Shortly after his team narrowly defeated Ghana 1-0 to win its seventh Nations
Cup and the third in a row, Gharib said in a chat with the CAF officials,
"Our Strategy was to win all the matches.
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| Tit-bits as Angola counts blessings from CAN 2010 | | Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The Angolan Youth and Sports Minister, Gonçalves Muamdu
mba, on Sunday announced that all the volunteers recruited by the Local Organizi
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g Committee to work during the just-ended CAN 2010, would be kept together for f
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ture sports competitions and other events.
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| Kenyan player's move to Manchester City stirs interest at home (Corrected) | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The impending transfer of Kenyaâ?s international strike
r, MacDonald Mariga, from Italian football giants Parma to Manchester City Footb
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ll Club has stirred enthusiasm in western Kenya, where he hails from, with villa
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ers in Busia district discussing how the 22-year-old lad is set to become richer
than cabinet ministers.
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| Kenyan player's move to Manchester City stirs interest at home | | Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The impending transfer of Kenyaâ?s international strike
r, MacDonald Mariga, from Italian football giants Parma to Manchester City Footb
a
ll Club has stirred enthusiasm in western Kenya, where he hails from, with villa
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ers in Busia district discussing how the 22-year-old lad is set to become richer
than cabinet ministers.
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| CAF clamps two-tournament suspension on Togo | | Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The president of the Confederation of African Football (
CAF), Issa Hayatou, on Saturday announced the suspension of Togo from the next t
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o African Nations' Cup championships, citing the Lome's forceful withdrawal of i
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s team from CAN 2010.
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| CAN 2010: Nigeria 1, Algeria 0 | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's Super Eagles attacker, Nsofor, put the team
on
e goal ahead the Algerian national team at the 56th minute of play at the
third
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lace decider of the Orange African Cup of Nations (CAN) 2010) being played in
Lu
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nda, Angola, Saturday.
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| CAN 2010: Nigeria 1, Algeria 0 | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's Super Eagles attacker, Nsofor, put the team on
e goal ahead the Algerian national team at the 56th minute of play at the third
p
lace decider of the Orange African Cup of Nations (CAN) 2010) being played in Lu
a
nda, Angola, Saturday.
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| CAN 2010: Nigeria 0, Algeria 0 | | Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Algerian national team held their Nigerian counterpa
rts to a goaless draw at the first half of the on-going Orange African Cup of Na
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ions (CAN 2010) being decided at the 11 November Stadium in Luanda, Angola on Sa
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urday, PANA reported from here.
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