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  • Awards of best national team, coach, fair play in 2013 go for Nigeria

    Date: 2014-01-10 17:41:35 GMT - Nigeria - Sports - SN:89 - ID:490899

    ABUJA, Jan 10 (MENA) – Nigeria won Friday the awards of the CAF African National team of 2013, Coach of the year and the Fair play. The Nigerian team has gripped many awards during a ceremony held in Abuja including the Most Promising Talented ....

  • Aboutrika best Africa-based footballer in 2013

    Date: 2014-01-09 22:37:28 GMT - Nigeria - Sports - SN:207 - ID:489522

    ABUJA, Jan 9 (MENA) - Newly retired al-Ahly footballer Mohamad Aboutrika has been named as the best player based in Africa during a ceremony held in Abuja by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Aboutrika beats Nigeria’s Sunday Mba and ....

  • Abu-Trika, Fathi arrive in Nigeria to compete for best African-based player award

    Date: 2014-01-09 15:20:07 GMT - Nigeria - Sports - SN:133 - ID:488884

    ABUJA, Jan 9 (MENA) - Al-Ahly former player Mohamed Abu-Trika and Ahly teammate Ahmed Fathi arrived in Lagos to attend the CAF gala that will be held today in the presence of a host of sports officials in Nigeria and CAF. CAF had named Abu-Trika ....

  • Reja wants Napoli defender at Lazio

    Date: 2014-01-08 16:56:33 GMT - Italy - Sports - SN:160 - ID:486389

    ROMA, Jan 8 (MENA) – Lazio coach Edy Reja is searching for players to improve his squad and the former Napoli coach is keen to get Partenopei defender Paolo Cannavaro, Forza Italian Football reported. The 68-year-old tactician has returned to the ....

  • Salah, Abou Terika of best players in Africa- French magazine

    Date: 2014-01-08 16:55:03 GMT - France - Sports - SN:159 - ID:486982

    PARIS, Jan 8 (MENA) - Two Egyptian players Mohamed Salah and Mohamed Abou Terika are among the best football players in Africa, the French Magazine Jeune Afrique reported Wednesday. The two players have been selected through a poll held by the ....

  • FIFA: No decision on World Cup 2022

    Date: 2014-01-08 16:18:56 GMT - United Kingdom - Sports - SN:148 - ID:486919

    LONDON, Jan 8 (MENA) – FIFA insists the decision on what time of year to hold the 2022 World Cup will not be made until after this summer's tournament, after secretary general Jerome Valcke claimed the Qatar finals would not occur in June and July, ....

  • Gotze 'optimistic' about Bayern Munich future

    Date: 2014-01-08 12:47:29 GMT - Germany - Sports - SN:85 - ID:486338

    MUNICH, Jan 8 (MENA) – Bayern Munich star Mario Gotze is optimistic about his future at Bayern Munich after overcoming the injury problems that kept him out of action for a large part of last year, Goal.com reported. The Germany international, ....

  • World Cup will not be played in summer in Qatar

    Date: 2014-01-08 12:35:46 GMT - Switzerland - Sports - SN:75 - ID:486340

    GENEVA, Jan 8 (MENA) – Confusion reigned at the top of sport's world governing body after the FIFA general secretary, Jérôme Valcke, said that the World Cup will not be played in the summer months in Qatar in 2022, The Guardian reported. "The dates ....

  • Michael Schumacher's wife Corinna appeals for privacy

    Date: 2014-01-07 11:37:00 GMT - France - Sports - SN:41 - ID:484293

    PARIS, Jan 7 (MENA) - The wife of retired Formula 1 star Michael Schumacher has appealed for privacy and for reporters to leave the clinic where he is being treated, the BBC reported Tuesday. He has been in a medically-induced coma for the past ....

  • Portugal football legend Eusebio dies aged 71

    Date: 2014-01-05 12:00:44 GMT - United Kingdom - Sports - SN:54 - ID:480326

    LONDON, Jan 5 (MENA) - Portugal football legend Eusebio, who was top scorer at the 1966 World Cup, has died at the age of 71, the BBC reported Sunday. Born in Mozambique in 1942 when it was still a Portuguese colony, Eusebio da Silva Ferreira ....

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