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<title><![CDATA[Blood and Gold, West Africa's finest and two rookies]]></title>
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This half of the Champions League draw will likely catch fewer eyes than its counterpart. Group B does not seem to sparkle with superstars but it is d...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 17, 2013 12:23:13 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Chiefs crowned champions]]></title>
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Soweto will sing again. For the second year in succession, a club from their quarters have been crowned South African champions. Kaizer Chiefs will ta...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 16, 2013 12:34:01 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Princes of Egypt, Pirates and Leopards]]></title>
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Derbies between Cairo's giants, Al-Ahly and Zamalek, will headline this year's CAF Champions League, even before it reaches the crucial stages. The Eg...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 15, 2013 14:30:03 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[COSAFA Cup returns - can it be successful this time?]]></title>
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After a three-year absence, will anyone even notice the COSAFA Cup is back?   Maybe the presence of a strong South Africa, who hope to gain valuable...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 14, 2013 13:45:52 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ferguson's retirement felt in Africa]]></title>
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Alex Ferguson's 26 years in charge of Manchester United is longer than the average African has been alive. The continent's median age is a youthful 18...]]></description>
<pubDate>May 08, 2013 11:55:55 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gone but not forgotten]]></title>
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Sadness hung thick in Lusaka's air for more than one reason yesterday.  The 20-year anniversary of the death of the 18 players who perished off the ...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 29, 2013 13:15:30 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Monitoring gatekeepers of African football]]></title>
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Burkinabe referee Ouangraoua Moumouni was only 38-years old. He was a regular officiator in the country's Ligue 1. During a fitness test, he collapsed...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 25, 2013 08:40:15 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Expect the unexpected]]></title>
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Egypt's twin giants, Al-Ahly and Zamalek, Tunisia's Blood and Gold, Esperance, the DRC's pride and joy, TP Mazembe and the continental champions' sole...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 22, 2013 11:40:52 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Indomitable Lions not yet back on the prowl]]></title>
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While all the noise is being made over Croatia's leap five places up the FIFA rankings to fourth place, there are cheers for the big movers in Africa ...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 11, 2013 13:08:34 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mattsson, Williamson and the trouble at African FAs]]></title>
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Stephen Keshi must be giggling to himself. In the last two weeks, one foreign coach, Lars Olaf Mattsson, resigned from his post in Sierra Leone becaus...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 10, 2013 14:08:29 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Champions League: Leopards change spots, Saint George join them in 2nd round]]></title>
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Congolese football climbed another rung on the ladder of progress as their leading club, AC Leopards, secured a spot in the second phase (and finally,...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 08, 2013 14:22:52 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[African clubs turn to the Champions League]]></title>
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Sudanese club Al-Hilal have the highest mountain to climb of the 32 teams contesting the second leg of CAF Champions League first round qualifying pha...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 05, 2013 11:17:24 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Wilfried Bony ready for the Premier League]]></title>
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No matter where the money lies, where the best competition is or how much things have changed, a footballer is still considered to have really made it...]]></description>
<pubDate>April 03, 2013 13:38:34 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pharaohs climb the pyramid]]></title>
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Egypt's new priorities are working. The shift in focus from dominating the continent to making a mark globally that coach Bob Bradley introduced after...]]></description>
<pubDate>March 27, 2013 09:57:07 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Africa's road to Brazil: Big winners and big surprises]]></title>
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Two teams consolidated their positions at the top of their groups in the World Cup qualifiers, one pulled off a surprise win and others kept up the pa...]]></description>
<pubDate>March 25, 2013 10:37:52 PDT</pubDate>
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