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Here, the latest scores from the latest round of 2010 World Cup and African Cup of Nations
qualifiers...
The joint qualifying campaign will decide which five teams will join hosts South Africa at the
World Cup in 2010.
The qualification process will also decide the 15 teams who will join host Angola to take part
at the 2010 African Cup of Nations.
Benin overcame the formidable challenge of Angola on Sunday to join Nigeria and Cameroon in the
last phase of African qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
A 3-2 win in Cotonou for the small West African country came 24 hours after Cameroon had secured
their progress by beating the Cape Verde Islands 2-1 in Praia.
FIFA have just released their new world ranking table and there are some surprises.
Coming in at first place is newly crowned Euro 2008 champions Spain, who knocked former #1
Argentina off the top with their exceptional performance in Austria/Switzerland.
Argentina had held the top spot since October 2007.
Borussia Dortmund's mascot Emma takes a trip around the world. (Emma Weltweit) A Day in the Life of
Rainer Willfeld, who teaches football to street children in Burkina Faso. (DW Bundesliga Kick Off!
- MP4 - VOD) Working 447 days for 4 minutes of football. (bundesliga.de) The fans of third division
side Union Berlin go hands on and [.
While the eyes of your average European soccer fan were squarely focused on Euro 2008 recently,
other things were, remarkably, going on elsewhere in the world.
We speak, of course, about the qualifying competition for World Cup 2010 and this May and June has
proven to be a busy period for every continent except Europe, so let's catch up with what's been
going on, starting with.
The venues are being scrubbed clean, the tickets are printed and the cities are bubbling with
anticipation.
The African Cup of Nations is but a mere 2 weeks and 2 days away from taking over the minds and
hearts of football fans around the globe.
Cup finalists begin their pre-tournament preparations in earnest this weekend, led by defending
champions Egypt who host Namibia in a friendly.
It's a good thing the emir of Abu Dhabi was born to inherit the wealth attached to one of the
earth's richest pool of hydrocarbons. Because he is clearly intent on pissing away hundreds of
millions of dollars at Man City.
Just so there's no mistaking my meaning: this is a disaster. There is literally no chance
whatsoever that this project is going to work out.
UEFA
Sweden 0-0 Albania; Portugal 4-0 Malta; Hungary 0-0 Denmark; Latvia 2-1 Moldova; Israel 2-2
Switzerland; Greece 3-0 Luxembourg; Poland 1-1 Slovenia; Slovakia 2-1 No. Ireland; Wales 1-0
Azerbaijan; Germany 6-0 Liechtenstein; Turkey 2-0 Armenia; Spain 1-0 Bosnia-Herzegovina; Belgium
3-2 Estonia; Ukraine 1-0 Belarus; Croatia 3-0 Kazakhstan; England 2-0 Andorra; Lithuania 3-0
Romania; Austria 3-1 France; Serbia 2-0 Faroe Islands; Ireland 2-1 Georgia; Italy 2-1 Cyprus;
Montenegro 2-2 Bulgaria; Macedonia 1-0 Scotland; Norway 2-2 Iceland.
CFR Cluj won the 2007-2008 Liga I championship. The club is the first squad outside of Bucharest to
win Romania's top football league in the last 17 years. With the championship, the team is now
guaranteed a spot in the group stage of the lucrative UEFA Champions League. This added revenue has
allowed to club to bring in several notable transfers to be made official on July 1st.
