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Sudan under 21's loses first match against Kenya 1-0
2008-07-03 15:59
(Nairobi, Kenya) – Kenya’s under-20 football team beat Sudan 1 goal to nil in Nairobi on Sunday, thus increasing their chances of qualifying for the Africa Youth Championship finals in Rwanda next year.
Kenya’s Humphrey Ochieng scored the winning goal in the 50th minute, following a corner kick...
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Spain to face German in Euro cup finals
2008-06-27 16:03
VIENNA, Austria - Please don't tell Spain it has been made an odds-on choice to win the European Championship.
The Spaniards scored three second-half goals Thursday to beat Russia 3-0 and reach the final for the first in 24 years, giving the team a chance to shed its status as one of soccer's...
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Sudan beats Mali 3-2 in African World Cup qualifier
2008-06-15 19:33
Khartoum - Sudan beat Mali 3-2 in an African World Cup qualifying on Saturday.
Sudan striker Alaa al-Deen Youssuf scored the opening goal a minute before halftime.
Mali's Frederick Omar Kanoteh tied the score in the 63rd minute but Muhannad al-Taher returned the lead to Sudan in the 70th...
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Uganda destroyed Angola 3-1 in Africa world cup qualifier
2008-06-15 19:20
Luanda- The Angolan national soccer team lost to Uganda by 3-1, in a third round match of Group 3 of South Africa 2010 World Cup qualifying stage.
With this score, the Palancas Negras (nickname of Angolan squad) fell to the second position with six points and Uganda is in the first place with...
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Sudanese runners victorious in Sweden
2008-06-04 13:42
Sweden - After three weeks of altitude training in Yemen, members of the Sudanese track and field team served notice they are ready for the Olympic campaign with victories in the MAI-Galen Invitational Meeting in Malmo, Sweden, Tuesday night.
picture/Sudanese IAAF champion Abubaker Kaki
The 2008...
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African federation kicks Chad out of Nations Cup
2008-06-04 13:40
CAIRO - Chad have been thrown out of the African Nations Cup after African soccer's governing body blamed them for causing an unnecessary postponement of their World Cup qualifier against neighbours Sudan last weekend.
The Confederation of African Football said Chad's soccer federation had...
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Sudanese Tennis Player Loses to Kenyan in Final
2008-05-31 09:32
26 May 2008 – (Nairobi, Kenya) – Sudanese tennis player Samia Mohammed was beaten by Kenya’s Evelyn Otula in the finals of the International Tennis Federation Money Circuit tournament that ended in Nairobi on Sunday 25th. Miss Otula beat Mohammed 6-3, 6-3.
However, Mohammed upset Kenya’s...
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FIFA suspends Sudan and Chad world cup game
2008-05-29 13:39
SYDNEY (Reuters) - This weekend's World Cup qualifier between Sudan and Chad has been postponed because of tensions between the two African countries, FIFA announced on Thursday.
The match was due to be played in Omdurman, Sudan on Saturday but soccer's world governing body agreed to suspend the...
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FIFA suspends Sudan-Chad match
2008-05-29 09:55
GENEVA, May 29 -- The International Federation of Footbball Associations (FIFA) has decided to suspend the preliminary 2010 FIFA World Cup competition game between Sudan and Chad.
The game for qualification for the 2010 World Cup was originally...
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Fergie to retire within three years
2008-05-25 17:15
Sir Alex Ferguson will quit as Manchester United manager within three years, he told The Mail on Sunday newspaper. Ferguson, who has been in charge at Old Trafford since 1986, said he would be gone by the time he reaches 70 in December 2011.
The 66-year-old, who guided the English Premier League...