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| sports NEWS | Have your say Is the battle for places at the 2006 World Cup going to be your highlight of 2005? Got an opinion? Express it here. Each week we throw up a different subject to let followers of African football have their say. Some of your views will be read on Fast Track - the BBC's African sports programme What footballing event are you most looking forward to in the coming year? There will be the battle for the five places at the 2006 World Cup in Germany as well as the race to qualify for the African Cup of Nations in Egypt. Before that, Benin hosts the African Youth Championship for under-20 sides, with the semi-finalists all qualifying for the World Youth Championship in Holland later in the year. The African Under-17 Championship will also take place this year in Gambia in May. Or will your highlight be your team's domestic or continental campaign? Use the form on the right to tell us what your highlight will be. |
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| Ronnie reigns supreme!Brazil and Barcelona magician Ronaldinho edged out Frenchman Thierry Henry of Arsenal and Ukrainian and Milan hit man Andriy Shevchenko to be named FIFA World Player of the Year at a gala ceremony on 20 December at the Zurich Opera... |
Enlarge PhotoPhoto GalleryNigeria's captain Jay Jay Okocha was named on Sunday as one of five finalists for the 2004 African Footballer of the Year.The Bolton Wanderers player leads a list that also includes South Africa's Benni McCarthy, a Champions League winner with Porto, Didier Drogba of Chelsea and the Ivory Coast, and 2003 winner Samuel Eto'o of Cameroon, who plays for Barcelona.Togo international Emmanuel Adebayor, who plays for French club Monaco, is a surprise finalist.Okocha is the favourite after his performance at the African Nations Cup finals in Tunisia earlier this year. The winner will be announced at an awards ceremony in Durban on February 15. |
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more.....................NewsAsian draw reveals depth of field8 December 2004by FIFAworldcup.comEnlarge PhotoPhoto GalleryAll eyes in the Asian Zone swing to Malaysia this Thursday for the final 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifying round draw, to be staged at AFC House in Kuala Lumpur. A hard-fought second qualifying stage between February and November this year saw eight Asian teams advance from their respective groups as top finishers, with the other 24 nations eliminated and licking their wounds. Join FIFAworldcup.com for LIVE coverage of the Asian Zone Draw on 9 December at 16.00 local time, 09.00 CET. Despite the oft ferocious competition, six top seeds survived - Japan, Korea Republic, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Bahrain and Uzbekistan - while two surprise packages, Kuwait and Korea DPR, pulled off upsets of heavily fancied group seeds China and UAE respectively. These eight Asian sides will be divided into two groups of four, with each to play off in a league format on a home-and-away basis. The top two finishers of either group will qualify for 2006 FIFA World Cup GAMANYautomatically with the third place finishers of the two groups meeting for the right to play-off with the fourth-placed team from North and Central American and Caribbean Zone. Enlarge Photo Photo Gallery West Asian sides look to set up new orders The 2002 FIFA World Cup was notable for the success of East Asian sides, with co-hosts Korea Republic and Japan having historic finals and China playing in their first-ever FIFA World Cup finals. The only representatives from West Asia, Saudi Arabia, failed to reach the second round as they did at USA 94 or even score a goal. But three years on, nations from the western part of the region make up four of the eight teams, with Uzbekistan joining the impressive Middle Eastern trio of Saudi Arabia, Iran and Kuwait. The Uzbeks, who have been silent on the international stage since winning the 1994 Asian Games, have roared back a decade later-- impressing at this year’s Asian Cup and FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, where they eliminated Olympic semi-finalists Iraq to finish top of Group 2. Enlarge Photo Photo Gallery Hot draw For the eight remaining teams left to fight it out, there surely will be many dramatic and historic ties set in Kuala Lumpur. For the draw, the sides will be placed into four categories to be selected according to their rankings at the last World Cup in Korea/Japan 2002 which are as follows: 1 - Korea Republic 2 - Japan 3 - Saudi Arabia 4 - Iran 5 - Bahrain 6 - Uzbekistan 7 - Kuwait 8 - DPR Korea Korea Republic and Japan, the top pair, will be separated into different groups, as will traditional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran, and on down. Join FIFAworldcup.com for LIVE coverage of the Asian Zone Draw on 9 December at 16.00 local time, 09.00 CET. | |
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Kim Do-Heon (L) of South Korea shoots to score a goal during the World Cup qualifier between South Korea and Maldives at Seoul on 17 November 2004. South Korea won 2:0. AFP PHOTO/WANG JUN-YOUNG............................................... |