The opposition parties appear to be boycotting their own anti-election boycott event.
The Africa Cup of Nations was a catalyst for an Arsenal player to build his house in the right-back spot. Late last year, Emmanuel Eboué had difficulty making the Arsenal bench. Whether he would ever make the grade was an open question. Yet going into the Champions League semifinal with Villarreal the 22-year-old is the most talked-about full-back in Europe.
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/ 20 February 2004
Without doubt the African Cup of Nations’s best young player, Karim Hagui was simply a revelation. The 20-year-old’s form at right-back was so good that Tunisia’s best player, Ajax’s half-fit Hatem Trabelsi, was not really missed and, even when he did come on as a substitute, Hagui showed he is just as comfortable in midfield or at left-back.
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/ 15 December 2002
Huge crowds, extravagant financial rewards, highly organised teams forcing mind-numbingly dull tactical draws – it happens in Africa, too. On Friday, Zamalek, of Egypt, host Raja Casablanca, of Morocco, in the second leg of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Champions’ League final, with -million going to the winners.
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/ 1 November 2002
It is not easy asking a man who has lost 12 members of his family, including aunts and uncles, how he is coping, particularly when the same ferry disaster cost the lives of many of his friends and more than 1 000 compatriots.
Before he’d even kicked a ball in international football, El Hadji Diouf received his first standing ovation.