Africa

Africa World Cup Qualifying results- November 14 2009

Here are all the results and final scores from the African ( CAF) World Cup 2010 third round Qualifying games played on Saturday, November 14, 2009. The marquee game of the evening is obviously Egypt vs Algeria, but we have a few other intriguing qualifiers too.

Group A- Full time score

Morocco 0-2 Cameroon ( Achille Webo 18′, Samuel Eto’o 52′) ( Kickoff time 15.30 GMT in Fez)

Togo 1-0 Gabon ( Floyd Ayite 70′) ( Kickoff time 15.30 GMT in Lome)

Cameroon qualify for the 2010 World Cup, while Togo and Gabon, along with the Indomitable Lions, have qualified for the African Cup of Nations.

Group B-Full Time Score

Kenya 2-3 Nigeria ( Dennis Oliech 16′, Allan Wetende 79’/ Obafemi Martins 62′, 85′, Yakubu 65′ ) ( Kickoff time 13.00 GMT in Nairobi)

Mozambique 1-0 Tunisia ( Dario Monteiro 83′) ( Kickoff time 13.00 GMT in Maputo)

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Kaizer Chiefs win Macufe Cup 2009

Kaizer Chiefs became the new winners of the Macufe Cup as they beat last year’s champions Bloemfontein Celtic 3-1 at Vodacom Park. Bloemfontein had won last year’s tournament by beating Free State Stars in the final. It was sweet revenge for the Chiefs, who had been beaten 1-0 by Bloemfontein in the PSL in September. … Read more

New Ivory Coast shirts 2009-10- African Cup of Nations

The new Ivory Coast ( Côte d’Ivoire) home and away football shirts for the 2009-10 and 2010-11 season have been released by kit maker Puma. They will be worn by Ivory Coast during the 2010 African Cup of Nations tournament.

The home shirt is primarily orange in colour. The ends of the sleeves are green in colour, and so is the inside of the collar. On the right hand side of the shirt, you can see the photo of an elephant ( Ivory Coast are nicknamed the Elephants)

The away jersey has green and white as its primary colours, but also has some horizontal orange lines.

These will be the shirts sported by the likes of Didier Drogba, Kolo Toure, Abdul Kader Keita, Didier Zokora, Emmanuel Eboue, Yaya Toure, Salomon Kalou and others when they represent the national team.

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