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Egyptian riots to continue

February 8th, 2013 by Jared Mercer

Jared Mercer looks at last year’s incident in Egypt which rocked not just African, but world football.

Olympic football hotting up

August 1st, 2012 by Ger McCarthy

Ger McCarthy reviews a weekend of shocks in the Olympic men’s football tournament and predicts who will progress to the knockout stages.

State of football post Arab Spring

January 14th, 2012 by Omar Almasri

Omar Almasri looks at the recent period of change and revolution for Tunisia, Libya and Egypt.

Egypt has retained the Africa Cup of Nations with a 1-0 win over Ghana in the final held at the Estádio 11 de Novembro in Luanda. Substitute Mohamed Gedo scored the only goal of the game, beating keeper Richard Kingson with a curling shot after a clever one-two in the 85th minute. Ghana dominated for [...]

Irish heartbreak as France head to South Africa

November 19th, 2009 by Neil Sherwin

A controversial William Gallas goal in Paris has sent France to the 2010 World Cup at the expense of Ireland, while a number of other countries also secured qualification on Wednesday. It took extra time to seperate Ireland and France in their World Cup playoff after a 1-1 aggregate score. The French went into the [...]