CAF 2010 Africa Cup of Nations

1) There is no one at the CAF fit to manage football The choice of Angola to host the tournament in the first place was bizarre, given that it’s a quasi-Communist autocracy in the midst of a long and bloody civil war (which stipulated that, as a nation-building exercise, many of the games in this...
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Egypt and Ghana played on Sunday, January 31, 2010 in the final of the CAF 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. A win in the tournament with be a great success for either country, especially Egypt who failed to qualify for the FIFA 2010 World Cup. Ghana, who are in the World Cup, would get...
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Nigeria and Algeria, who both lost in the semifinals, played for third place in the CAF 2010 Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday, January 30, 2010. While it was a disappointment for both sides to not reach the final, a third place victory would be a good accomplishment. The match was in front of...
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Egypt and Algeria played in the second semifinal on Thursday, January 28, 2010 in the CAF 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. The two teams played recently in late 2009 in a play-off to determine a spot in the 2010 World Cup. Algeria won that match but Egypt would get a chance to avenge that...
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The CAF 2010 Africa Cup of Nations has its semifinal matches on Thursday, January 28, 2010 which included Ghana v Nigeria. The two clubs would both play on Sunday regardless of the outcome but it would be either a third place match or a championshsip match. The match was played at the Estadio 11...
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The CAF 2010 Africa Cup of Nations is down to the semifinals with four teams still having a chance to win the championship. It’s been an interesting tournament with some upsets, controversial referee decisions, and tragedy. In one of the semifinals Algeria hosts Egypt in a rematch of the World Cup Qualifying Play-off match...
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Egypt hosted Cameroon in one of two quarterfinal matches on Monday, January 25, 2010 in the CAF Africa Cup of Nations. Egypt are one of the favorites in the tournament and a win by Cameroon would be unexpected. However the tournament has shown that almost any team is capable of beating another and nothing...
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The 2010 CAF Africa Cup of Nations continued with the last two quarterfinal matches on Monday, January 25, 2010 which included Zambia against Nigeria. The winner would advance to the semifinals to be played later in the week. The match took place in front of 10,000 spectators at the Estadio Alto de Chela. Zambia 0-0...
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Algeria and Ivory coast were the second quarterfinal match in the CAF 2010 Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday, January 24, 2010. Ivory Coast are one of the favorites in the entire match with players such as Didier Drogba, Salomon Kalou, and Kolo Toure. Algeria are a strong team in their own right and...
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CAF 2010 Africa Cup of Nations host Angola started the quarterfinal round of the tournament with a match against Ghana on Sunday, January 24, 2010. Ghana were the favorites and have been one of the top countries in Africa for several years. The match was at the Cidadela in front of over 22,000. Angola 0-1...
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