The same five African teams that qualified for the last World Cup finals in South Africa (minus the host of that tournament) in 2010 have qualified for Brazil 2014. Algeria and Ghana on Tuesdayjoined Cameroon, Ivory Coast and Nigeria, which had all booked their places over the weekend. Their collective experience gives the continent hope […]
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Bradley: Qualifying 'Nearly Impossible' for Egypt
Bob Bradley reflected on the probable end to his team’s fairytale run to the 2014 World Cup after Egypt was thrashed 6-1 in Kumasi in the first-leg of the African zoneplayoff by Ghana. “The dream of going to the World Cup is what kept our team united for these two years. But we’ve seen that […]
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Pharaohs' dream is shattered
[WORLD CUP 2014 QUALIFYING: Africa] Even if he’s still around for the second leg of the Egypt-Ghana World Cup 2014 qualifying series, Bob Bradley has the unenviable task of preparing a team whose dream has been shattered. For two years, Bradley nurtured the World Cup hopes of a nation in turmoil, leadingthe Pharaohs against all […]