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We get a lot of product emails here at The Offside & World Cup Blog global headquarters (located
just left of sanity). Some are good, some are bad, most promise to love us long time. This one is,
without a doubt, unique, simply because it isn't.
Puma has unveiled a universal third kit for African countries in 2010 in partnership with the
United Nations good partner to have which will be worn by all African teams sponsored by, you
guessed it, Puma.
Are the CAF guilty of a huge injustice?
Togo have been banned from the next two Africa Cup of Nations following their withdrawal
from this year's tournament.
The Confederation of African football (Caf) also fined the Hawks $50,000 for quitting the
competition in the wake of a gun attack on the team bus in Angola.
Today, the team bus with the Togo national team was viciously attacked by Angolan rebels on its way
to the Africa Cup of Nations (superb analysis here and here), and already there is talk the
tournament may be canceled.
Organizers and participants have a choice. Either they cancel the ACN, thereby granting victory to
those who would take the lives of other human beings to further their cause, as the US has in the
years since you-know-when, and may continue to do so in Yemen following the recent attempted
bombing of that Detroit-bound plane.
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On this week's main report, we continue our look at some of the countries who have qualified for
the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa. This week we feature one of the teams that made it
through from the African section and who are also currently taking part in the Africa Cup of
Nations, Algeria.
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Patrick Vieira, here in Internazionale colours, could be handed the Manchester City captaincy
while Kolo Touré is at the Africa Cup of Nations.
Terrible news broke today that the Togo team bus was attacked on its way to the Africa Cup of
Nations in Angola, with machine gun fire leaving the driver dead and several players hurt.
The incident has many questioning the safety of players for the World Cup in South Africa.
In the comments to the previous post about today's attack on Togo's team bus in Cabinda
(reminding Henry Winter that it's part of Angola, and not South Africa), Andrew Guest suggested we
post a map of Cabinda to illustrate its complex relation to Angola. As we can see, Cabinda is an
enclave of Angola, with what is called Zaire on the map (the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
between it and Angola proper.
Togo's footballers were today flying out of Angola after their government intervened and ordered
them to return following the terrorist attack on their team bus.
The decision, which comes hours after members of the squad voted to stay and take part in the
Africa Cup of Nations, emerged after the Prime Minister of Togo demanded they return home
immediately.
Didier Drogba wants the Togo tragedy to unite Africa:
"People have an opinion of Africa and it is not so good, but we have to let sport unite us
all... They see us as being behind the rest of the world in financial and in sporting terms, but
this year give us a chance to show people a different Africa.
Mali staged a remarkable comeback in the last 11 minutes of Sunday's Africa Cup of Nations 2010
opener to tie host Angola 4-4. Saudi Arabia-based striker Flavio opened the scoring for Angola
with a 36th-minute diving header before adding a second in the 42nd. Gilberto's and Manucho's
second half penalties for Angola agave the hosts what appeared to be [.
England's World Cup Group C opponents Algeria were in action vs Malawi in the Africa Cup of
Nations today. As you can see above, it did not go well.
Algeria went into the game very much as favourites, but ended as 3-0 losers. Disastrous
defending for the first goal. And the third. Malawi blogger Sscouser was understandably happy with
the result.
I guess most of us were worried about losing Song to the Africa Cup of Nations. Now that he is
back and I am assuming he will play against United, it is worthwhile taking a look at just how
badly did we miss the Cameroon hard-man.
Song left for Angola after helping us win the Cup tie at West Ham.
The 2010 Africa Cup of Nations kicks off this Sunday, January 10th in Angola. You can find the
full match schedule here.
Below you'll find the squads for all 16 qualified nations, divided by group. A quick glance down
the list reveals a lot of familiar names and a lot of European clubs.
Gunmen opened fire with machine guns on a bus carrying Togo's football team to the Africa Cup of
Nations in Angola, wounding several players.
Officials say the shooting occurred in the Angolan oil-rich territory of Cabinda, where rebels
have been fighting for independence. The Angolan government called the incident an "act of
terrorism".
During my brief six months working in Angola between 2002 and 2003, a favorite pastime of mine
when driving around Luanda was to try to identify the replica team shirts worn by ubiquitous street
soccer teams playing in any available space. Brazil's canary yellow was the most popular, but the
range was impressive; I saw complete teams kitted out in the reds of Manchester United, the
burgundy of Portugal, the green stripes of Sporting Lisbon, the yellow/orange/black on white design
of Germany, even the all whites of Real Madrid—a hopelessly futile choice in the face of the
city's red dirt and grimy haze.
Togo's Prime Minister Gilbert Huongbo has denied the country wants to re-enter the Africa Cup of
Nations.
Togo pulled out of the tournament in Angola after a gun attack on their team bus left three
people dead last Friday.
There have been numerous conflicting reports since concerning the team's continued participation
in the event.
While we were busy thinking about the Africa Cup of Nations this weekend, Internazionale were
pulling out one of the great Serie A comebacks at home to Siena. Inter were 3-2 down with full time
approaching when Wesley Sneijder stepped up and pinged a free kick off the post and in. Walter
Samuel then went [.
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The Africa Cup of Nations, the FA Cup and the King's Cup in Spain all feature all feature in
this week's review of the football world in the good, the bad and the ugly section of the
podcast.
When you're good enough to ply your trade in Europe and play international football,
you've got an easy life, right? Ask Malian captain and Real Madrid player Mahamadou
Diarra (pictured.)
Diarra's life was so glamourous yesterday, in fact, that he and his team were reduced to begging
security staff to allow them onto the pitch for their scheduled training time.
Cameroon were 1-0 down to Zambia last night, and genuinely in danger of an early Africa Cup of
Nations 2010 exit. Until. In the 68th minute, Geremi (who plays for either Newcastle or
Ankaragücü, depending on who you ask) sprinted to prevent the ball going out for a throw and
swung a hopeful ball in the general direction of the penalty area.
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Thursday, 28th January 2010
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Venue : Estádio 11 de Novembro, Angola
This match for the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of nations will be played on Thursday 28th
January at 5:00 PM (local time) in the Estádio 11 de Novembro of Luanda.
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Wayne Rooney, revenge for Egypt and Manchester United fans all feature in the good, the bad
and the ugly section of the podcast. Vocabulary support can be found for the words in
bold at the foot of the post.
Number of Cup of Nations championships by country
Part of the brilliance of the Africa Cup of Nations is the way it puts the diverse stories of
the continent on vivid display. Consider, for example, the contrasts in the tournament opener on
January 10th when host Angola plays Mali. Angola's story is one of hope for the future—having
only recently emerged from a 27 year civil war after decades of Portuguese colonialism, Angola is
flush with natural resources, one of the fastest growing economies in the world, four glistening
new soccer stadiums built by Chinese friends, and immense potential both on and off the pitch.
With only 5 days left to the start of the Africa Cup Of Nations, things are heating up for the
tournament favourites. Yesterday the Elephants of Ivory Coast led by their on-form captain Didier
Drogba landed in Tanzania for a series of friendlies with the Taifa stars and the Amavumbi of
Rwanda.
Featuring a wealth of European-based talent (including Seydou Keita and Yaya Toure of FC Barcelona,
Mahamadou Diarra of Real Madrid and Frédéric Kanouté of Sevilla) the Mali national football team
will be one of the contenders for the Africa Cup of Nations 2010. Les Aigles (or The Eagles in
English) are grouped with hosts Angola, World [.
So here we are in 2010, a year that will again provide us with another month of top quality
entertainment, our eyes stuck to the screen as we see great names perform to the highest levels of
peak perfection until there can be left just one standing at the final whistle.........my money is
on Vinnie Jones.
Finally now he has come down off of the ceiling after his teams shock 1-0 win against Manchester
United in the FA Cup, Twiggster brings you an orgy of celebration for all Leeds fans with
Glory Glory Leeds as he relives what has to be one 0f his teams greatest moments
in recent history, this is one not to be missed.
Tragedy has struck ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations as several media outlets are reporting an
attack on the Togo national team bus that was transporting them to Angola.
The BBC is reporting that a group of armed rebels opened fire on the bus as it crossed the
border into the oil-rich nation.
That's Richmond Forson, midfielder for Togo's national team, commenting on being attacked on the
way to the Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Angola. Here's the story from Sky Sports, Dossevi
reveals Togo horror, and from Al Jazeera, Togo footballers attacked in Anglola. The Guardian story
is here.
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Damon and Damian cast their eyes over the four groups in the African Cup of Nations and choose
who they think will progress.
Listen to the report here Transcript
Damian: This weekend sees the Africa Cup of Nations kicking off in Angola with
the hosts, the Black Goats, taking on Mali in the capital Luanda.
One of the most selfish, senseless attention grabs by a separatist group in recent memory:
Gunmen have fired on a bus carrying Togo's football team to the Africa Cup of Nations
in Angola, wounding players and reportedly killing the driver. The attackers machine-gunned the
vehicle after it crossed from the Republic of Congo into Angola's oil-rich territory of
Cabinda.
African Cup of Nations to go ahead after sickening attack.
Togo are considering pulling out of the Africa Cup of Nations after their team bus came
under gunfire in Angola.
Two players were shot and injured in the attack in the northern province of Cabinda and the coach
driver killed.
- Gunmen have opened fire with machine guns on a bus carrying Togo's football team to the Africa
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- Gunmen have opened fire with machine guns on a bus carrying Togo's football team to the Africa
Cup of Nations ~ http://tinyurl.com/y9376eu #
There is only one story to cover this morning in a rare Saturday roundup, after waking up this
morning and learning three more travelling with the Togo team have reportedly died from yesterday's
terrorist attack in Cabinda, Angola, apparently a reserve goalkeeper, assistant coach and a PR
official.
QUOTE OF THE DAYBruce McGuire (Hey, that's me!): "I can't wait to start watching the Africa Cup of Nations on
Sunday at the Holyland in Northeast Minneapolis! The first game is the host Angola v Mali (the team
has an amazing midfield.) Where will you be watching at?"
STARTERSLandon Donovan will probably make his debut for Everton on Saturday at Arsenal, but sadly the game
is not on Television.
Togo's football team will play in the Africa Cup of Nations, it was announced even after the
government withdrew the participation after a deadly attack on Friday. New agencies stated that the
team had decided to stay back in Angola in memory of those who had died and didn't want to run off
like cowards.
African Nations Cup tragedy leaves Togo with no choice but to leave the competition and mourn
the loss and injury of teammates and officials.
Togo captain Emmanuel Adebayor has told French radio his team will return home from the
Africa Cup of Nations following advice from their government.
It looks as if Togo will depart from the Africa Cup of Nations, though games will take place in
Cabinda, just days after that region saw that team come under machine gun fire, will three
officials dead and one goalkeeper (who had earlier been reported as dead) in intensive care, his
life in the balance.
by TRAVIS CLARK
There was a somber mood over the opening of the Africa Cup of Nations, but they played on in
spite of the attack on the Togo national team.
Angola was all over Mali for the first 75 minutes, scoring four goals to get the jump on their
opponents.
