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| African Champions League
finalists Wydad Casablanca have parted with coach Michel
Decastel, the Moroccan club said on its website (www.wydad.com)
on Friday.
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| Coach Eric Gerets has named Arsenal striker Marouane Chamakh and fellow English Premier League player Adel Taarabt in his final 23-man squad for the African Cup of Nations. Nadir Lamyaghri of Casablanca club WAC was one of just four home-based players in the group after the goalkeeper returned from injury to make Gerets' final selection. |
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| The Spaniard admits Joe Hart was in inspired form but insists his Brazilian team-mate was the best player on the pitch, and says his side were unlucky not to win the match |
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| Defender Harrison Afful scored the winning goal as Tunisian side Esperance held on to beat 10-man Wydad Casablanca 1-0 on Saturday to win the African Champions League for the second time. Afful scored in the 21st minute of the final, cutting inside before shooting powerfully past Wydad goalkeeper Yassine Bouno -- who replaced veteran first-choice goalie Nadir Lamyaghri after he got injured at... |
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| Tunisia expects the end of a
17-year wait to see the coronation of Esperance as continental
champions with home advantage and a key injury making them
favourites to overcome Morocco's Wydad Casablanca in the African
Champions League final on Saturday.
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| Esperance of Tunisia hope to
turn consistent participation and the status of perennial
runners-up into trophy-winning success when they meet Wydad
Casablanca of Morocco in the African Champions League final.
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| Wydad Casablanca forced
a goalless draw away against Enyimba of Nigeria on Sunday to
secure a place in the African Champions League final.
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| Seven people were killed in a riot following a soccer match in Morocco's disputed Western Sahara region, the state news agency reported Tuesday. The riot in the town of Dakhla began after Mohammedia club Chebab, from just north of Casablanca, beat the local Mouloudia club 3-0 on Sunday. Three people died after being run over by vehicles and two of the others killed were policemen, state media... |
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| Mallorca rallied to a 2-1 win over Real Sociedad on Sunday to break its three-game losing streak in the Spanish league. Victor Casadesus canceled out Sociedad striker Imanol Agirretxe's early opener to draw Mallorca even in the 20th, and forward Gonzalo Castro scored with a volley from outside the area to put the hosts ahead for good five minutes after the restart. |
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| Morocco's Wydad Casablanca held six-time champion Al Ahly of Egypt to a 3-3 draw as the African Champions League group stage opened with ties in every one of its four games. Wydad -- which only earned its place in Group A after defending champion TP Mazembe was disqualified for an ineligible player -- claimed a valuable away point with Mouhssine Iajour's late equalizer in Cairo on Sunday. |
