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Al Ahli win African Champions League
GAROUA, Cameroon (Reuters) - Egypt's Al Ahli won the African Champions League for a record sixth time on Sunday after beating Coton Sport of Cameroon 4-2 on aggregate.
Cara Black wins WTA Doubles Championship
DOHA - Zimbabwe Tennis Doubles sensation Cara Black and American Liezel Huber beat Rennae Stubbs of Australia and Kveta Peschke of Czech Republic 6-1 7-5 to win the doubles title. ...
Ferrari boss smashed television after F1 finale
MILAN (Reuters) - Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo smashed a television set after seeing McLaren's Lewis Hamilton snatch the Formula One world title from Felipe Massa in last weekend's season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix....
Arsenal crash Man Utd in a thriller
LONDON - Arsenal (1) 2 Manchester United (0) 0 - So Arsenal have been suffering for a dearth of leadership on the field, have they? I don’t remember Patrick Vieira, whose name was often invoked in the build-up to this match, ever having a more radical effect on a keynote fixture than Samir Nasri and Cesc Fabregas had here. ...
Roy Kean blasts Skysports pundits for attacks on Wenger
SUNDERLAND, UK - Roy Keane has launched an extraordinary attack on television's football pundits and revealed that he finds their work so excruciating that he would rather visit his dentist than sit on a panel of studio experts. ...
Massa cries tears of frustration
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Felipe Massa's tears of frustration could be heard over the Ferrari team radio after the Brazilian's Formula One title hopes were dashed at the last on Sunday....
Alex Ferguson implies FIFA President compares with Robert Mugabe
LONDON (Reuters) - FIFA president Sepp Blatter is in danger of losing credibility as the most powerful man in football, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson said on Tuesday....
Rijkaard to coach South African outfit, Sundowns?
JOHANNESBURG - Mamelodi Sundowns are set to reveal former Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard as their new manager. In a dramatic move away from the traditional South African model, Rijkaard could take the reins and be given the right to administer the club much in the way English clubs are run....
Next World Cup unique chance for African team: Drogba
LONDON - The 2010 World Cup in South Africa offers the best chance for an African team to win soccer's biggest prize, Ivory Coast captain Didier Drogba said on Thursday....
Benjani cautious over comeback
MANCHESTER - Manchester City striker Benjani Mwaruwari has issued a positive update on the injury that has kept him on the sidelines since July, but is not going to rush himself back into action too quickly....
Drogba named for award he wants nothing to do with
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Ivory Coast captain Didier Drogba was shortlisted on Tuesday for this year's African Footballer of the Year award despite saying he did not want to be associated with the prize....
Africa's qualifying race down to 20 by Sunday
JOHANNESBURG - The race to decide Africa's representatives at the 2010 World Cup will be whittled down to 20 teams this weekend, setting up a potentially thrilling final qualification phase next year....
"We can't have someone like Robert Mugabe own a club" - English FA Chairman
LONDON (Reuters) - English soccer has amassed debts of around 3 billion pounds at all levels of the game and a top club could fold in the current financial climate, English FA chairman David Triesman said on Tuesday....
Ugandan footballer in Rwanda called Robert Mugabe scored in a rout
KIGALI - Rwanda league, Atraco 6 Jeunesse 1 - NEWLY signed Ugandans at Atraco got off to a winning form when the Rwanda national football league rolled off in Kigali over the weekend. ...
Coton Sport shock Dynamos
HARARE - Coton Sport of Cameroon came away from Harare with a 1-0 win in the first leg of their African Champions League semi-final against Zimbabwean club Dynamos....
Dynamos give Zimbabwe an unlikely success story
HARARE - In Zimbabwe people joke that when you join the queue to buy a ticket for a major football match, chances are the price will have gone up by the time you get to proffer your cash at the kiosk. ...
F1 appeal court upholds Hamilton penalty
LONDON - A Formula One appeal court rejected McLaren's bid to reinstate Lewis Hamilton as Belgian Grand Prix winner on Tuesday, leaving the Briton just one point clear in the championship with four races remaining....
Nigerians eye Newcastle United takeover - Reports
LAGOS - A consortium based in Nigeria is planning a bid to take over Newcastle United, according to reports in Africa. ...
Dynamos reach African Champions League semis
HARARE - David Shoko scored two minutes from time to hand Dynamos a place in the semi-finals of the African Champions League on Sunday with a 1-0 victory over Egyptian giants Zamalek....
FIFA President disappointed with Bafana Bafana results
CAPE TOWN - FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Monday he was deeply disappointed with South Africa's recent results and said time was running out for the hosts to be competitive by the 2010 World Cup finals....
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