Archive for February 9th, 2010

Pendulum swings to Metsu – Daily Sun (World Cup Football)

Metsu is perhaps most notable in Europe for coaching Senegal to a surprised victory over France in the opening match of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. His playing career reach the quarterfinals of the World Cup since Cameroon in 1990. The team was World Cup Soccer Continued

Football greats Pele and Franz Beckenbauer have both backed Ghana and other African sides to prosper at this summer’s World Cup in South Africa, when the tournament visits the continent for the very first time. Pele, a World Cup winner with Brazil in World Cup Soccer Continued

Italy will face Cameroon, Mexico and Switzerland in three friendlies before travelling to South Africa to defend its World Cup title. The Azzurri will take on Cameroon March 3 in Monaco, Mexico June 3 in Brussels and Switzerland June 5 in Geneva. The World Cup Soccer Continued

Drogba was largely anonymous as the Ivorian swagger turned into submission in their surprise quarter-final defeat by Algeria, while Eto’o toiled in lonesome fashion upfront for Cameroon but could not carve a way past the Egyptians in Benguela on World Cup Soccer Continued

Pendulum swings to Metsu – Daily Sun (FIFA World Cup)

Pendulum swings to Metsu – Daily Sun
Metsu is perhaps most notable in Europe for coaching Senegal to a surprised victory over France in the opening match of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. His playing career was largely based in his native France, along with a spell in Belgium with Anderlecht

History man Milla aims to dance away with the 2022 World Cup for Qatar – Sports Features
LONDON/DOHA, Feb 04: Roger Milla is never far from the World Cup action, in a variety of roles. The former Cameroon striker has come on board the Qatar bid to host the finals in 2022. Milla, a former African Player of the Year, scored four goals in

Roger Milla: History against African teams but expect upsets at the – Soccerlens
Roger Milla burst onto the big stage at the grand old age of 38 when he scored four never-to-be-forgotten goals for Cameroon at the 1990 FIFA World Cup Finals in Italy. Capturing headlines all over the globe for his impressive displays en route to a

History man Milla aims to dance away with the 2022 World Cup for Qatar – Sports Features (World Cup Qualifying)

LONDON/DOHA, Feb 04: Roger Milla is never far from the World Cup action, in a variety of roles. The former Cameroon striker has come on board the Qatar bid to host the finals in 2022. Milla, a former African Player of the Year, scored four goals in World Cup Football Continued

Italy schedules 3 friendlies before World Cup – CBC News (Soccer Cameroon)

Italy schedules 3 friendlies before World Cup – CBC News
Italy will face Cameroon, Mexico and Switzerland in three friendlies before travelling to South Africa to defend its World Cup title. The Azzurri will take on Cameroon March 3 in Monaco, Mexico June 3 in Brussels and Switzerland June 5 in Geneva. The

Africa Revealed Front Line Reports – CBC News
It was almost inevitable that the curse of the African Nations Cup came back to haunt Nigeria coach Shaibu Amodu. He must have sensed it from around half time of the Super Eagles’ opening match at the tournament in Angola and has had the strained

Italy announce friendly fixtures – FIFA (World Cup Soccer)

Italy announce friendly fixtures – FIFA
Italy will play Cameroon on 3 March in Monaco and Switzerland on 5 June in Geneva in warm-up matches for this summer’s FIFA World Cup™. I Azzurri , the reigning world champions, will also play a friendly on 3 June against a team to be decided

Italy schedules 3 friendlies before World Cup – CBC News
Italy will face Cameroon, Mexico and Switzerland in three friendlies before travelling to South Africa to defend its World Cup title. The Azzurri will take on Cameroon March 3 in Monaco, Mexico June 3 in Brussels and Switzerland June 5 in Geneva. The

Pendulum swings to Metsu – Daily Sun
Metsu is perhaps most notable in Europe for coaching Senegal to a surprised victory over France in the opening match of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. His playing career was largely based in his native France, along with a spell in Belgium with Anderlecht

Nigeria Improves on FIFA Ranking – AllAfrica.com
It is one of Nigeria’s most improved standings on the world stage in recent years since the country’s best in 1994, following an impressive showing at the FIFA World Cup fiesta in US 1994 Cameroon fell nine places to number 20, and Ivory Coast

History man Milla aims to dance away with the 2022 World Cup for Qatar – Sports Features
LONDON/DOHA, Feb 04: Roger Milla is never far from the World Cup action, in a variety of roles. The former Cameroon striker has come on board the Qatar bid to host the finals in 2022. Milla, a former African Player of the Year, scored four goals in