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Friday, January 4th, 2008
The Premier League is set for a mass exodus to Ghana with the African Cup of Nations just around the corner.
Ghana hosts the 2008 tournament which runs from 20 January - 10 February, with holders Egypt looking to retain their crown. Around 40 Premier League players could leave the domestic ...
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Friday, January 4th, 2008
Samuel Eto'o will join his national team for the African Nations Cup in Ghana after January 12, about a week later than expected.
The 26-year-old will play for Barcelona against Sevilla on January 9 before facing Murcia three days later.
Barcelona coach Franck Rijkaard told a news conference on Friday ...
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Friday, January 4th, 2008
The annual Dakar Rally, which was due to begin in Lisbon on Saturday, has been canceled because of safety concerns.
Nine of the motor rally's stages were to pass through Mauritania where four French tourists were murdered on December 24th. The attack was blamed on a terror group with links to ...
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Friday, January 4th, 2008
ELDORET, Kenya (Reuters) - A Kenyan Olympic runner who competed internationally for many years was amongst victims of the country's post-poll violence when a mob stoned him to death this week, a close friend said on Friday.
Lucas Sang, a middle-distance runner, had competed in the 1988 Seoul Olympics as part ...
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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
Nairobi
With a blistering run on what has quickly become her favourite indoor track, Tirunesh Dibaba sliced five and a half seconds from the World Indoor record in the 5,000m at the Boston Indoor Games on January 27.
Striking out alone at the halfway point and lapping the entire field in the ...
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Monday, December 31st, 2007
The renowned Ethiopian athlete, Major Haile Gebreslassie received Special Athletics Award from All Africa Sports Awards held in Accra, Ghana on November 15, 2007.
Ambassador Sahilework Zewde, African Affairs Directorate General with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs handed over the Special Award to Haile here on Friday.
The athlete received the award ...
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