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Nominated for Best African player on the continent: Uche Agba (Heartland FC, Nigeria), Mputu Mabi (T.P. Mazembe, DR Congo), Abdelmalek Ziaya (Entente Setif, Algeria)
Soccer: Egypt wins, celebrates a record 7th title of African Cup of Nations championship USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine, Houston The Pharaohs of Egypt beat the Black Stars of Ghana 1 – 0 to grab the trophy on Sunday January 31, 2010 in Luanda, Angola. In a hotly contested match, Egypt scored the lone goal at the [...]
Soccer: Countdown to the African Nations Cup finals on Sunday January 31, 2010. Facts and stats of African Nations Cup championships, 1957-2010 Special to USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine, Houston On Sunday, January 31, 2010, the much anticipated African Nations Cup final showdown between Egypt and Ghana will hold in Luanda, Angola. Koman Coulibaly of Mali will [...]
Africa Soccer Semi-finals clash: 2,000 Algerian and Egyptian fans jet in By Samm Audu (AFP). BENGUELA, Angola — At least 2,000 fans from Algeria and Egypt are expected to fly in for for the latest episode in the bitter rivals’ quest for soccer supremacy in Thursday’s Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals. “I can confirm that we [...]
Egypt into last Cup of Nations eight, Nigeria edge closer By Nick Reeves (AFP) LUANDA — Egypt extended their record Africa Cup of Nations run to 14 games without defeat when securing their quarter-final berth with a 2-0 win over Mozambique on Saturday. “We are very proud of this record,” said Egypt skipper Ahmed Hassan. “But [...]
Egypt’s Pharaohs defeat Nigeria’s Super Eagles 3–1 at Africa Cup of Nations Special to USAfricaonline.com Egypt has won the prestigious Africa Cup of Nations a record six times, and after a fine 3-1 win over Nigeria, they will be aiming for their seventh title at the end of the month. Egypt went into this match hoping [...]
