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| African champion TP Mazembe of Congo slumped to a shock 1-0 defeat at Rwanda's APR in its African Champions League last 16, first leg match in Kigali. Substitute Albert Ngaboyisibo scored in the 88th minute to secure victory at the Amahoro Stadium on Saturday. Egypt's Al Ahly, the six-time winner, was also on the wrong end of an upset, losing 1-0 to Zimbabwean champion Gunners FC in Harare. |
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| The Rwandan international was expected to sign for AS Kigali until he caught everybody by surprise by joining Police FC. |
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| Japan midfielder Makoto Hasebe
will miss Saturday's friendly against Paraguay because of a
calf strain.
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| Japan have wasted little time
putting new coach Alberto Zaccheroni to work by making him an
ambassador for the country's 2022 World Cup bid.
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| Bulgarian champions Litex Lovech have appointed Luboslav Penev as head coach. The team officially introduced the 44-year-old Penev, a former striker on Bulgaria's national team and Spanish club Valencia, during a ceremony in Lovech. Penev coached CSKA Sofia until being dismissed in January. Penev replaces former youth team coach Petko Petkov, who had assumed the interim head coach role for the... |
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| Bulgarian champions Litex Lovech
have appointed Luboslav Penev as their new head coach, the club
said on Friday.
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| Brazil prodigy Neymar
volleyed a fine goal from the edge of the box after 52 seconds
to inspire Santos to a 2-1 win over Avai that put them third in
the Brazilian championship on Thursday.
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| Big soccer rivals
Argentina and England could play a friendly on Feb. 9, 2011,
the man charged with organising the South American team's
international calendar said on Thursday.
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| European heavyweights France,
England and Italy get the chance to put their disappointing
World Cups behind them on Friday as they kick off their Euro
2012 qualifying campaigns on a night for fresh starts.
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