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MALAWI ARE THE BIG MOVERSMalawi were the big movers amongst the COSAFA nations in the latest FIFA World Rankings released on Wednesday. SOUTH AFRICA RECORD FINE WINSouth Africa received a morale-boost ahead of the 2010 World Cup when their second-string side overcame a powerful Zimbabwe 3-0 in a friendly international in Durban on Wednesday. UNLUCKY ZAMBIA FALL TO SUPER EAGLESNigeria rode their luck in their 2010 Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinal against Zambia in Lubango on Monday, but eventually triumphed 5-4 on spot-kicks after the teams had been deadlocked at 0-0. HOSTS ANGOLA CRASH OUTGhana have sealed their place in the semifinals of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations at the expense of hosts Angola after a 1-0 victory in their Last 8 meeting in Luanda on Sunday evening. ZAMBIA GO TOP AT NATIONS CUPA 2-1 win over Gabon in Benguela on Thursday ensured Zambia went from last to first place in Group D and a place in the African Nations Cup quarter-finals. MOZAMBIQUE OUT OF NATIONS CUPNigeria had little appetite of entertaining the possibility of a fairytale at the African Nations Cup finals and dispatched the challenge of plucky COSAFA hopefuls Mozambique with some ease in their last Group C game on Thursday. TWO MORE SWC STADIUMS TO OPENTwo more of South Africa’s new World Cup stadiums will open to the public this weekend, with football matches planned in both Cape Town and Polokwane to mark the occasion. BRAVE MALAWI OUT OF NATIONS CUPMalawi went down 3-1 to Mali in their final Group A match at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations on Monday and in doing so exit the tournament in the first round. LUCKLESS ZAMBIA BEATEN BY CAMEROONCameroon gave yet another display of the trademark grit and determination which has taken them to the top of the African game in coming from behind to beat COSAFA hopefuls Zambia 3-2 at the African Nations Cup on Sunday. MALAWI BROUGHT BACK DOWN TO EARTHMalawi have been brought back down to earth after a 2-0 defeat to hosts Angola at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Luanda on Thursday night. ANGOLA TITLE BID BACK ON TRACKMalawi have been brought back down to earth after a 2-0 defeat to hosts Angola at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Luanda on Thursday night. MAMBAS STAGE THRILLING COMEBACKBenin and Mozambique kept up their unwanted record of never having won a match at the African Nations Cup finals, drawing their opening Group C game 2-2 in Benguela on Tuesday night. ZAMBIA HELD BY TUNISIACOSAFA hopefuls Zambia and Tunisia have played out an entertaining 1-1 draw in their 2010 Africa Cup of Nations Group D encounter in Lubango on Wednesday night. MALAWI MAKE HISTORY WITH WINThe surreal nature of the African Nations Cup finals in Angola was taken up a notch on Monday afternoon as COSAFA hopefuls Malawi pulled off a stunning upset win over World Cup-bound Algeria. ZAMBIA SEND OUT STRONG MESSAGEZambia sent out a strong message ahead of their departure for the African Nations Cup finals by beating World Cup finalists South Korea 4-2 in a friendly international played in Johannesburg on Saturday. ZAMBIA DRAW, MOZAMBIQUE LOSE WARM-UP GAMESZambia drew 0-0 in a friendly international with Nigeria in Durban on Wednesday in a final tune before the African Nations Cup finals. MALAWI DRAW WARM-UP MATCHAfrican Nations Cup finalists Ghana and Malawi played out a goalless draw in Mbabane, Swaziland on Tuesday in their last warm-up before the tournament. COSAFA REFEREES TO STAR AT NATIONS CUPFive referees from Cosafa-member countries have been named to officiate at the African Nations Cup finals in Angola. ANGOLA DRAW LAST WARM-UPAfrican Nations Cup hosts Angola drew their final warm-up match on Sunday, drawing 1-1 with the Gambia in Vila Real de Santo Antonio in Portugal. MOZAMBIQUE NAME NATIONS CUP SQUADMozambique coach Mart Nooij name the following 23-man squad for this month’s African Nations Cup finals in Angola... MALAWI NAME NATIONS CUP SQUADMalawi coach Kinnah Phiri named the following 23-man squad for the African Nations Cup finals, which kick off in Angola on Jan. 10. ANGOLA LOSE UNBEATEN RECORDA goal 11 minutes from time by Kaimar Saag handed Estonia a 1-0 win over African Nations Cup hosts Angola on Wednesday in an international at Vila Real de Santo Antonio in Portugal. ZAMBIA NAME NATIONS CUP SQUADZambia coach Herve Renard on Thursday named the following 23-man squad for the African Nations Cup finals, which kick off in Angola on Jan. 10. ANGOLA NAME NATIONS CUP SQUADAngola coach Manuel Jose has named the following 23 players in his squad for next month’s African Nations Cup finals... MALAWI HOLD EGYPTCOSAFA side Malawi have held Egypt to a 1-1 draw in an international friendly played at the Cairo Stadium on Tuesday. ZAMBIA SEEK FORMER GLORIESZambia have gone out in the first round of five of the last six Africa Cup of Nations finals, having not qualified for the event at all in 2004. MOZAMBIQUE CAN BE DARK HORSESMozambique will be featuring in their fourth Africa Cup of Nations finals at the tournament in Angola, hoping to register a first win in the competition. MALAWI HAVE LITTLE TO LOSEMalawi will be making just their second trip to the Africa Cup of Nations finals when they take part in the tournament in Angola. ANGOLA FACE HOME PRESSURESThere will be undoubted pressure on host nation Angola as they enter the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations, especially as recent form has been patchy under new coach Manuel Jose. Angola’s qualification for the World Cup finals in 2006 proved one of the biggest shocks in recent African football history, but they have failed to build on that in recent times. MAMBAS CONFIDENT OF SUCCESSMozambique coach Mart Nooij believes his side will make it out of their first round group at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations to be held in Angola from January 10-31. MALAWI FACE EGYPT CHALLENGEMalawi will play African champions Egypt in an international friendly ahead of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola. More stories in the archive |
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