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September 26, 2008

Rwanda Keeps 2010 World Cup Dream Alive

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The Wasps, who have never qualified for a FIFA World Cup and who have only made one African Nations Cup (2004), have advanced into the third round of the Confederation of African Football's 2010 World Cup qualification tournament.

20 nations will advance into this third round hoping to land one of the 5 spots open for the 2010 World Cup. Click to continue reading...

September 12, 2008

Ethiopia is Out

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Bad news for Ethiopia.

FIFA has announced that Ethiopia have been kicked out of the qualifying campaign for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

The results from all four matches played by Ethiopia to date in Group 8 are now void.

The Emergency Committee of football's world governing body suspended the Ethiopia Football Federation (EFF) on July 29th.

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September 4, 2008

2010 African Qualifiers Are Confusing!

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Interesting article from the Bangkok Post about how confusing the 2010 African World Cup qualifiers are. As they put it, 'FIFA and the Confederation of African Football (CAF) are on course to score an own goal' with their qualifier rules.

Basically, there's a situation where South Africa may have to lose or draw to make it to the next round (weird, I know. Click to continue reading...

August 13, 2008

2010 African Cup of Nations: Angola Prepares

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It seems like just yesterday we were blogging about the finals of the African Cup of Nations tournament in Ghana.

But things move quickly in the world of football.

Today, news that the host nation of the 2010 African Cup of Nations, Angola, is confident their infrastructure will be ready in time for the tournament. Click to continue reading...

April 28, 2008

Coach Licensing in Africa?

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I'm back after a long layoff ...

Lots has happened since I last wrote a few weeks back, but here's one tidbit from the BBC I found particularly interesting.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) will institute a licensing system which will force coaches to fulfill certain criteria before coaching in Africa. Click to continue reading...

February 5, 2008

African Player of the Year Idiocy: Drogba? Kanoute?

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A friend of mine suggested I inject more controversy into my blog this weekend. Well, how about this?

I think the Confederation of African Football (CAF) are shooting themselves in the foot over the awarding of the African Player of the Year award to Didier Drogba.

For those that don't know the story, let me summarize. Click to continue reading...