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.
You're probably all too young to get the joke, but in the '80s Carl Sagan was a household name -
not bad for an astronomer - thanks to his television series "Cosmos". He would talk about the
"billions and billions" of stars, etc.Anyway... with that as prologue, I got a kick out of this
misspelling in the AFP's photo:Lakeside jog : French national football team's defender Bakary Sagan
runs during
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Togo's request to return to the Africa Cup of Nations following
three days of mourning has been turned down by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
Chris Rolfe started again for AA Aalborg in their 0-0 draw with Esbjerg. Rolfe missed an
opportunity for a goal in consecutive games when he clanked a chip shot off the cross bar.
Gonzalo Segares did not play in Apollonas' 0-0 draw against Omonoia.
Bakary Soumare started and went the full 90 in Bolougne's 2-1 loss to Marseille.
Guingamp faced a France under 19 team yesterday in their first friendly game of the summer.
This was new manager Jocelyn Gourvennec's first chance to see his team in action. He fielded a
team made up primarily of players that played in L2 last season, the only new additions were
goalkeeper Mamadou Samassa, Jonathan Ringayen at right back and Anthony Knockaert up-front.