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ACCRA (Reuters) - Ivory Coast captain Didier Drogba was named African Footballer of the Year Thursday, beating Cameroon's Samuel Eto'o and Ghana's Michael Essien for the 2009 award.
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| Ivory Coast’s Didier Drogba may clinch his second continental recognition in Accra, Ghana on Thursday… |
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| Ivory Coast’s Didier Drogba may clinch his second continental recognition in Accra, Ghana on Thursday… |
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| The Porcupine Warriors are departing Accra tomorrow for Dakar ahead of the weekend game… |
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| Ivorian sports journalists accredited to cover the AFCON face a hard time in obtaining visas to fly to the tournament… |
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| For vastly different reasons,
Accrington Stanley and Bobby Charlton are two of the most iconic
names in English soccer.
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| Accrington Stanley, one of the
most famous names in English soccer despite their League Two
(fourth division) status, won their latest battle to survive
after paying a 308,000 pounds ($501,600) tax debt on Tuesday.
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| The Ghanaian aces pull out... |
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| FIFA and the World Anti-Doping Agency will work together on a new anti-doping program to test top-level soccer players. FIFA president Sepp Blatter and WADA president John Fahey met Thursday at FIFA headquarters to finalize the agreement. The organizations will work with WADA-accredited laboratories to design a research project that could start next year. |
