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Algeria beats Egypt 1-0 to reach World Cup

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Algeria qualified for its first World Cup since 1986, beating Egypt 1-0 in a tiebreaker playoff Wednesday night on Antar Yahya’s goal from an acute angle in the 39th minute.

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Last-gasp Kuwait Club win AFC Cup

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

Kuwait Sports Club made history on Tuesday evening after beating Syria’s Al-Karama club 2-1 to clinch the 6th Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup.  Kuwait Sports Club owe their victory to their foreign hire from Oman Ismail Al-Ajmi who scored the second and winning goal with a beautiful header in the dying minutes of the match [...]

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Ghana triumphant at U20 World Cup

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

Ten-man Ghana triumphed at the Under-20 World Cup with a dramatic penalty shoot-out victory over Brazil. Ghana, who had Daniel Addo sent off, produced a fabulous defensive display to deny the South Americans.

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Exhausted Egypt blame schedule

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Beaten African champions Egypt have blamed tiredness for their disastrous defeat by the USA.

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Egypt 1-0 Italy

Friday, June 19th, 2009

Egypt gave themselves a good chance of qualifying for the Confederations Cup semi-finals with a surprising but merited win over world champions Italy.

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Barcelona defeats Manchester United in Champions League final

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

Samuel Eto’o’s 10th-minute goal gave Barcelona a 1-0 lead against Manchester United at halftime of the Champions League final, and Lionel Messi added a second to give Barcelona the trophy.

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Kanoute facing Palestine shirt fine

Friday, January 9th, 2009

Sevilla striker Frederic Kanoute is facing a fine from the Spanish football federation for revealing a T-shirt expressing support for Palestine during a match. Kanoute lifted his Sevilla shirt over his head after scoring in the team’s 2-1 Copa del Rey win over Deportivo La Coruna on Wednesday to display a black T-shirt on which [...]

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‘Let Ronaldo go’ says FIFA chief Blatter

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Cristiano Ronaldo should be allowed to leave European champions Manchester United for Real Madrid if he wants, says FIFA president Sepp Blatter. Questioned about the protracted wrangle over the 23-year-old’s future, Blatter told Sky News that the practice of binding players to lengthy contracts amounts to “modern slavery”.

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Torres strike ends Spain’s long wait

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Spain have been crowned European champions for the second time as Fernando Torres’s first-half goal in Vienna proved enough to defeat Germany in the final of UEFA EURO 2008â„¢.

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SPAIN REACH EURO 2008 FINAL:

Friday, June 27th, 2008

SPAIN REACH EURO 2008 FINAL: Spanish soccer fans celebrate their team’s Euro 2008 semi-final victory over Russia yesterday. Spain reached the European Championship final for the first time in 24 years with a convincing 3-0 win over Russia to set up a meeting with Germany in Sunday’s decider. Spain, who stretched their unbeaten run to [...]

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