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FIFA President Sepp Blatter gestures during an interview at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, Thursday, May 19, 2011. FIFA President Sepp Blatter says a whistleblower from Qatar's 2022 World Cup bid will be interviewed over allegations that bribes were paid to African voters. The whistleblower claims that FIFA executive committee members Issa Hayatou and Jacques Anouma were paid US $1.5 million to vote for Qatar. FIFA gives $250K to families of Egypt riot victims Tue 7 Feb 2012
PRINT EMAIL FACEBOOK Tweet RSS SHARE ZURICH (AP) -- FIFA is giving $250,000 in aid to the families of the victims of last week's soccer melee in Egypt. FIFA says it will... (photo: AP / Anja Niedringhaus) CNN
Egypt   FIFA   Football   Photos   Wikipedia: Port Said Stadium clashes
Chelsea soccer player John Mikel Obi Boost for AVB as Mikel returns to training... and so does owner Abramovich Tue 7 Feb 2012
Chelsea enjoyed a fitness boost ahead of their Barclays Premier League game at Everton when John Obi Mikel returned to full training after seven weeks on the sidelines as... (photo: AP / Vincent Yu) The Daily Mail
England   Photos   Soccer   Sports   Wikipedia: Chelsea F.C.
Egyptian fans clash with riot police following Al-Ahly club soccer match against Al-Masry club at the soccer stadium in Port Said, Egypt Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Interview: Bob Bradley on Port Said deaths Tue 7 Feb 2012
Al Jazeera's Paul Rhys speaks to the Egyptian national football team's American coach, Bob Bradley, about the tragedy at a match in Port Said on February 1 that left 74... (photo: AP) Al Jazeera
Egypt   Photos   Soccer   Sport   Wikipedia: Port Said Stadium clashes
New Zealand cricketer Jacob Oram delivers a ball during a practice session for the tri-nation cricket series in Dambulla, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010. New Zealand inflict massive defeat on Zimbabwe Mon 6 Feb 2012
Whangarei: Feb 6, 2012 Opener Rob Nicol plundered 146, the fifth highest one-day international score by a New Zealand batsman as they trounced Zimbabwe by... (photo: AP / Eranga Jayawardena) Cricket Country
Photos   Soccer   Sport   Wikipedia: Jacob Oram   Zimbabwe
Fans start a fire in the stands as they react after the Egyptian Premier League soccer match between Al-Ahly and Zamalek ended in a draw in Cairo on June 29, 2011.( Football in Egypt faces fractured future Mon 6 Feb 2012
Hundreds of al-Ahly football fans have been gathering at their team's Cairo headquarters to remember those killed during Wednesday's stadium disaster. All professional... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) Al Jazeera
Egypt   Football   Photos   Violence   Wikipedia: 2011 Egyptian revolution
Ghana's Andre Ayew clinches his fist after winning their African Cup of Nations quarter final soccer match at the Stade de Franceville in Franceville, Gabon, Sunday Feb. 5, 2012. Ghana march on in quest for fifth Nations Cup Mon 6 Feb 2012
AFP - Ghana continued their march to a fifth Africa Cup of Nations title with a 2-1 extra time win over Tunisia in the quarter-finals here Sunday. The Black Stars will on... (photo: AP / Themba Hadebe) France24
African Cup   Ghana   Photos   Tunisia   Wikipedia: 2012 Africa Cup of Nations knockout stage
Ivory Coast's captain Didier Drogba, left, and Gervinho celebrate after Drogba scored against Equatorial Guinea in their African Cup of Nations quarter-final match at Malabo Stadium in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. Ivory Coast power past co-hosts Sun 5 Feb 2012
Ivory Coast powered past co-hosts Equatorial Guinea as the Africa Cup of Nations favourites won their quarter-final 3-0 in Malabo. Elephants captain Didier Drogba was a... (photo: AP / Rebecca Blackwell) Joy Online
African Cup   Football   Ivory Coast   Photos   Wikipedia: 2012 Africa Cup of Nations knockout stage
Backdropped by Egyptian riot police, two men ask protestors not to throw stones during clashes near the Interior Ministry in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. Was football riot orchestrated to inflame Egypt? Sun 5 Feb 2012
Samir Zaher, the EFA president, was also said to have been banned from leaving the country pending an investigation into the Egypt's worst incident of football violence.... (photo: AP / Muhammed Muheisen) The Independent
Egypt   Football   Photos   Protest   Wikipedia: Port Said Stadium clashes
Equatorial Guinea national team sing their country national anthem during the opening ceremony of the African Nations Cup soccer opening ceremony at the Estadio De Malabo stadium. Ivory Coast coast to semi-finals Sun 5 Feb 2012
Didier Drogba had a penalty saved before scoring in each half as Ivory Coast triumphed 3-0 against Equatorial Guinea Saturday in a 2012 Africa Cup of Nations... (photo: WN / John Sahid) Al Jazeera
Africa   Ivory   Photos   Sport   Wikipedia: 2012 Africa Cup of Nations
Fans of Equatorial Guinea at the African Nations Cup soccer tournament . The newly built Estadio De Bata stadium in Malabo was full to capacity during the opening match. Equatorial Guinea won by defeating Libya. Zambia v Sudan Sat 4 Feb 2012
Zambia coach Herve Renard has only 21 players to choose from after expelling Clifford Mulenga for indiscipline while defender Kampamba Chintu is injured. Chintu's absence... (photo: WN / John Sahid) BBC News
Photos   Soccer   Sports   Wikipedia: Africa Cup of Nations   Zambia
Sahara India's Managing Director Subroto Roy speaks during a press conference in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. Sahara India announced Saturday it will end its sponsorship of the national cricket team and would also give up its ownership of Indian Premier League team Pune Warriors. Sahara had been paying 3.34 crore rupees ($670,000) for each test, one-dayer and Twenty20 game. We had fallout with the BCCI on many fronts: Subroto Roy Sahara Sat 4 Feb 2012
Mumbai: Feb 4, 2012 Sahara Group defended its decision to snap sponsorship ties with the Cricket Board and withdraw from the IPL, saying the relationship... (photo: AP / Rajanish Kakade) Cricket Country
Cricket   India   Photos   Star   Wikipedia: Subrata Roy
Sierra Leone Mohamed Poborsky Bangura reacts during the CAF African Nations Cup qualifying game against the pharaohs of Egypt. Bangura out for season Fri 3 Feb 2012
Celtic have received an injury blow following news that Mohamed Bangura will miss the remainder of the season. The Sierra Leone frontman had a scan on his right knee... (photo: WN / John Sahid) Sky Sports
Africa   Photos   Sierra Leone   Sports   Wikipedia: Celtic F.C.
An Egyptian protestor holds a national flag during clashes with the security forces near the interior ministry in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Two protesters shot dead by police in clashes in Cairo as unrest following football riot ... Fri 3 Feb 2012
Police have shot dead two protesters in Egypt amid chaotic scenes that could bring down the country's new government just days after some of the worst football violence... (photo: AP / Khalil Hamra) The Daily Mail
Cairo   Egypt   Photos   Protesters   Wikipedia: Port Said Stadium clashes
Fans of Egypt's Al-Ahly cheer for their team during their Egyptian League football match against rival club Zamalek in Cairo on June 29, 2011 Egyptian Football Massacre Was Revenge Of Mubarak's Butchers Fri 3 Feb 2012
ARMED thugs behind the Egyptian football massacre were let into the stadium to avenge the ousting of President Mubarak, it was claimed yesterday. Many of the 74 dead and... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) Peace FM Online
Business   Egypt   Market   Photo   Wikipedia: Egypt
Egyptian protestors run from tear gas fired by security forces during clashes near the interior ministry in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Egypt unrest: Two shot dead in clashes after football deaths Fri 3 Feb 2012
Two people have been killed and more than 400 injured in protests across Egypt sparked by the deaths of 74 people after a football match. The two killed were shot by... (photo: AP / Khalil Hamra) Joy Online
Egypt   Football   Photos   Riots   Wikipedia: Port Said Stadium clashes
An Egyptian protester leaps over a puddle of water near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011 2 dead in Egypt street clashes over soccer riot Fri 3 Feb 2012
Police shot and killed two protesters in Suez, Egypt, early Friday, a health official aid, the first to die in clashes that erupted around the country after a riot at a... (photo: AP) Jakarta Post
Egypt   Photos   Protesters   Soccer
Egyptian protesters clash with security forces near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011. Over 600 Injured as Egyptian Police Clash with Protesters Fri 3 Feb 2012
More than 600 people have been injured in clashes between police and protesters that broke out in downtown Cairo following a deadly football-match riot in Port Said,... (photo: AP / Khalil Hamra) Novosti
Egypt   Photos   Politics   Protesters
A protester holds the Egyptian national flag as a fire rages outside the building housing the Israeli embassy in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Sept. 9, 2011. Egyptian protesters blame police for soccer deaths Fri 3 Feb 2012
Added At: 2012-02-03 7:27 AM Last Updated At: 2012-02-03 7:55 AM... (photo: AP) The Himalayan
Deaths   Egypt   Photos   Soccer   Wikipedia: 2011 Egyptian revolution
Egyptians react after learning of the death of relatives during clashes at a soccer stadium outside a morgue in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Egypt mourns victims of football tragedy Thu 2 Feb 2012
Egypt began three days of mourning on Thursday after 74 people were killed in an eruption of violence at a football match that sparked new anger against the military... (photo: AP / Muhammed Muheisen) Independent online (SA)
Egypt   Photos   Politics   Sport   Wikipedia: Port Said Stadium clashes
Libya No;5 in action against Equatorial Guinea during CAF African Nations Cup first match. Cup hero Alvarez dreams of professional contract Thu 2 Feb 2012
By Brian Homewood MALABO, Feb 2 (Reuters) - David Alvarez became a national hero in Equatorial Guinea after his goal gave the African Nations Cup co-hosts a shock... (photo: WN / John Sahid) The Guardian
Africa   Photos   Soccer   Sports   Wikipedia: Equatorial Guinea
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