African Players Choose Club or Country
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The African Cup of Nations being staged Jan. 20-Feb. 10 in Ghana, will whisk away some of the top players in the English Premier League and other leagues for a month or more.
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African soccer fans encourage â no, they demand - that their teams play an attractive, attacking game that results in lots of goals.
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Two years ago, Ryad Bencheikh played soccer in Morocco, his home country. He didn't run track, he ran with a ball. But since immigrating to Woburn midway through his freshman year, Bencheikh has become a star.
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Monaco, France (Sports Network) - Auxerre and its potent strike force of Benjani Mwaruwari and Bonaventure Kalou have a difficult challenge Sunday when they travel to Monaco for an important French Ligue 1 match.
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Sport: Rugby World Cup: England fly-half could join Jonny Wilkinson on sidelines for South Africa clash.
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Thierry Henry for Barcelona? Samuel Eto'o for Arsenal? Didier Drogba for AC Milan? Transfer speculation is increasing in Europe, with big stars linked with moves even though there is no hard evidence they want to leave their current clubs.
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Chelsea and Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba was on Thursday named African Footballer of the Year, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced on its website.
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Sport: Rugby World Cup: Andy Farrell will play at fly-half for the first time in his career against South Africa.
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Sport: Rugby union: Reshuffled side to be led by World Cup winner agaainst South Africa tomorrow.
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Michael Essien is Ghanaâs biggest soccer player. Not the best player, but the most luminescent of all the Black Stars of Ghana.
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Team news ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations final as Egypt aim to defend their title against Cameroon in Accra.
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World Cup fans are accustomed to the yellow of Brazil, the blues of France and Italy and the stripes of Argentina and Paraguay. They should get ready for the elephants of Ivory Coast, the eagles of Tunisia and the black stars of Ghana.
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With so many World Cup Qualifiers played, teams with many international players will be most affected. Of course, we are talking about Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United, whose players flew all over Europe to play in international matches.
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The continental divide in terms of culture and the style of play between North Africa and West Africa is evident on the field and in the stands.
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Nine National Basketball Association players will lead a delegation to South Africa this week to help build and dedicate new facilities to provide homes and health care in poorer regions of the nation.
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LOS ANGELES: Unable to set aside their differences in Los Angeles, Kobe Bryant and Shaquille OâNeal will now be facing new challenges with teams on either side of the continent.
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The 10 teams have all played each other once, and a glance at the table reveals an interesting fact. The top four places - the automatic qualifying slots - are filled by the same countries that took them in the 2002 campaign.