Didier Drogba will in the starting lineup when Chelsea faces Fulham Wednesday even though blood tests on Monday evening revealed he has malaria. The 32-year-old Ivorian played Sunday at Liverpool despite suffering a fever. He has has started to use medication that should free him of the illness within 48 hours. No one is sure […]
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Egypt, Algeria and Nigeria fall
[AFRICAN CUP OF NATIONS QUALIFYING] Egypt, winner of the last three African Cup of Nations, and 2010 World Cup finalists Algeria and Nigeria were all upset inqualifying for the 2012 African Cup of Nations to be co-hosted by Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. The other three 2010 World Cup finalists could do no better than draw […]
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FIFA challenge puts Nigerian soccer in jeopardy
Nigeria’s foreign-based stars were expected to assemble on Monday for a training camp in Abuja to prepare for their African Cup of Nations qualifier at Guinea, but as things stand now, the matchwon’t be played. Nigeria has been suspended from all international activity by FIFA because of governmental interference. It’s not the first time Nigerian […]
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National teams call up 27 players
[MLS] On the first FIFA double fixture date since the 2010 World Cup, the U.S. national team is idle, but that doesn’t mean MLS clubs will be at full strengthon Labor Day weekend. A total of 27 MLS players have been recalled by their national teams for games as close as friendlies in Los Angeles, […]
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Blatter gets Togo back in Africa Cup of Nations
FIFA president Sepp Blatter brokered a deal to allow Togo to return to the Africa Cup of Nations after the Sparrow Hawks were handed a two-tournament banafter they left the 2010 tournament in Angola when their team bus was attacked by gunmen. Blatter, acting as mediator for the Court of Arbitration for Sport, persuaded CAF […]
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Eriksson to lead Ivory Coast's Elephants
[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] Swede Sven-Goran Eriksson, who was fired as Mexico’s national team coach during World Cupqualifying, could be headed to South Africa all. Eriksson, who coached England at the 2002 and 2006 World Cups, was named the Ivory Coast national team coach, replacing Bosnian Vahid Halilhodzic.
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Algerians Belhadj and Chaouchi suspended
[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] Algeria is paying the price for the transgressions of its players in the 4-0 loss to Egypt in the semifinals of the Africa Cup of Nations.Portsmouth outside back Nadir Belhadj, one of the key Desert Foxes, will miss the opening 2010 World Cup game against Slovenia after being given a two-match banfor […]
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Ivory Coast shows no respect
[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] Bosnian Vahid Halilhodzic lost once in 24 games as coach of Ivory Coast’s national team, but itwas one defeat too many. Less than four months before the World Cup, the Elephants fired Halilhodzic and were set to replace him with Dutchman Guus Hiddink. Despite a star-studded team led by Chelsea’s Didier Drogba […]
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Nigeria turns to Swede Lagerback for help
[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] Only months after failing to lead his native Sweden to the 2010 World Cup finals, Lars Lagerbackhas come out of retirement to take over as Nigeria’s national team coach. The 61-year-old Lagerback had worked as Sweden’s co-coach with TommySoderberg at Euro 2000, the 2002 World Cup and Euro 2004 and coached Sweden […]
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Nigeria turns to Swede Lagerback for help
[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] Only months after failing to lead his native Sweden to the 2010 World Cup finals, Lars Lagerbackhas come out of retirement to take over as Nigeria’s national team coach. The 61-year-old Lagerback had worked as Sweden’s co-coach with TommySoderberg at Euro 2000, the 2002 World Cup and Euro 2004 and coached Sweden […]