Major events
January 8th, 2010
8 January 2010
Terrorist gunmen in Angola - host nation for the 2010 Africa Nations Cup, which starts on Sunday - today shot and wounded members of Togo's team and their support staff, two of them "seriously", as they travelled by coach through the host country. The central defender Serge Akakpo, 22, who plays in Romania with FA Vaslui, was hit by two bullets and was described as having "lost a lot of blood". His club say he is out of danger after hospital treatment.
Two BBC reports can be seen here and here, and they include Thomas Dossevi of Nantes saying:...
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December 29th, 2009
29 December 2009
It's never to early to get a steer on what your rivals are planning ahead of an Olympic Games. So it's worth noting this little snippet of news from Beijing today about where the Chinese are focussing their athletic resources ahead of the 2012 Olympics in London - on race walking.
There are, apparently, 117 members of China's track and field team currently in attendance at winter training camps, and 53 of them are race walkers. The smart money says watch out for Wang Hao in the 20km in...
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December 27th, 2009
27 December 2009
Pim Verbeek, the head coach of Australia's football team, has hinted heavily that any player wanting to make it into his 23-man squad for the 2010 World Cup finals will need to be playing club football at a decent level in Europe between January and the summer.
"On May 11, I will pick a 30-man squad, then on June 1, I will name the final 23," he has said. "Until that time, every player has a chance to show himself. If they think they will be selected if they go to the beach, it's their decision. If their decision is...
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