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Ethiopia to play Egypt on May 25 in Addis Ababa in friendly match
Ethiopia and Egypt will play a friendly mach on May 25 in Addis Ababa, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the OAU, according to the Ethiopian Football Federation.
The game with Egypt will be warm up for the Ethiopian team who will play aganist Botswana, South Africa and Centeral African Republic for the 2014Â World Cup qualifier.
In preparation for the matches to Zimbabwe and Mozambique...
Egypt maintain summit with narrow win
Mohamed Aboutreika (Photo: CAFonline.com)
Egypt moved closer towards a spot in the final stage of the African qualifiers for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, beating Zimbabwe 2-1 on Tuesday in Alexandria.
The clash marked day 3 of Group G of the Brazil 2014 World Cup qualifying series. Saudi-based midfielder Hosni Abd Rabo opened the scorings for the Pharaohs after 65 minutes from a powerful free kick, before...
Ethiopia’s World Cup dream a little more realistic
Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG — Ethiopia’s chances of reaching the 2014 World Cup in Brazil became a little more realistic on Sunday after beating Botswana to open a two-point gap at the top of its group in African qualifying.
Ghana beat Sudan 4-0 to apply the pressure on leader Zambia in their group after the 10-man Zambians were held 1-1 in Lesotho.
Tanzania beat Morocco 3-1 in another positive...
Ethiopia beat Botswana to maintain lead
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -Â Ethiopia cruised to a lone goal victory over visiting Botswana in their 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier held at the Addis Ababa Stadium on Sunday.
Substitute Getahun Kebede scored two minutes into stoppage time to secure victory and maintain leadership of the group on seven points from three games.
Kebede came on as a substitute after the break replacing Adane Girma. For Botswana,...
2014 FIFA World Cup: Walias to face Zebras on Sunday
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – The Ethiopian national team (Walias) will face the Zebras of Botswana in a Group A match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier here on Sunday.
Ethiopia leads the group with 4 points after two matches, followed by Central African Republic (3 pts), who are taking on South Africa in Cape Town tomorrow.
After a 1-1 draw with South Africa in Rustenburg, the Walias defeated Central...
2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers – Ethiopia resumes Brazil dreams
2013 AFCON entertainers Ethiopia’s 2014 World Cup prospects will be tested on Sunday when they host Botswana in Addis Ababa.
Ethiopia resumes its quest to reach the Brazil finals next year with their reputation enhanced after playing some entertaining football at the Africa Cup of Nations last January in South Africa.
The Walias, who failed to win a single game despite playing some exciting...
Forget 2014 World Cup, Ethiopia Tells Bafana Bafana
Adane Girma
Ethiopia has sent a very stern warning to the Bafana Bafana of South Africa to forget the thought of featuring at the World Cup 2014 which will be hosted by Brazil.
These were the words of the Ethiopian Captain; Gebreyes Debebe (should be Adane Girma Gebreyes) as he sounded his certainty saying the Walya Antelopes will finish the on-going preliminary stages on top of the group.
Presently,...
Messi Wins Fourth Ballon D’Or
Lionel Messi
Lionel Messi’s name continued to take over the history books as he lifted the FIFA Ballon d’Or trophy for the fourth consecutive year in a row.
The mesmerising Argentine would better the achievements of former superstars Zinedine Zidane (France) and Ronaldo (Brazil) – who both claimed the World Player of the Year prize three times since its inauguration in 1991.
Messi...
Guerrero the hero as Corinthians crowned
Yokohama, Japan – Paolo Guerrero scored his second goal of Japan 2012 to earn Corinthians a 1-0 win over English Premier League side Chelsea and a second world club crown. The game in the International Stadium Yokohama was a tense and intriguing affair, and in the end the Brazilians’ guile and grit won the day.
Corinthians immediately settled into their trademark defensive swarm, pressuring...
Egypt’s Al Ahly through to Club World Cup semi-finals
Egypt’s Al Ahly beat Japanese champions Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2-1 in blizzard-like conditions on Sunday to reach the semi-finals of the Club World Cup.
Ahly’s talismanic striker Mohamed Aboutrika came off the bench to drill home the winner 12 minutes into second half.
Al Ahly, wearing black armbands in memory of the 72 fans who died in the Port Said Stadium disaster in February, started at...
