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| Al-Shat and Al-Tirsana Share Eight Goals With Victory for Away Team |
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The one thing that made one stand up and notice in the four matches played Monday evening in the Libyan football league was the high-scoring result in the clash between Al-Shat and Al-Tirsana in which eight goals were scored, with the away team, newly promoted Al-Tirsana winning 5-3.
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| Al-Ittihad Scrape Through to Retain two-point Lead |
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League leaders and defending champions Al-Ittihad once again retained their two-point lead at the top of the league standings two points ahead of Al-Ahli when they just scraped through their away game at Khaleej Sirt by winning with a goal scored after two minutes.
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| Al-Ahli (Benghazi), Alakhdar Drift Further Away |
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Al-Ahli of Benghazi and Alakhdar, sitting third and fourth in the table, failed to make any impact on the two leading teams on completion of the 18th day of the football league. Both dropped points in drawn matches and continued to drift away from any challenge.
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| Defending champions Drop Unexpected Home Points |
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Defending champions Al-Ittihad were surprisingly held to a 1-1 draw at home by mid-table team Al-Madina to see their lead at the top cut down to only two points (50-48) from their main rivals Al-Ahli of Tripoli, who were 1-0 away victors at Al-Jazeera.
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| Defending Champions Al Nasser Lead in Basketball |
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WHEN it comes to Basketball in Libya, the league championship, made up of 12 teams is proving very evenly balanced with defending champions Al-Nasser leading the way with 15 points from eight matches. But it looks as if they would be hard-pressed to repeat last season’s feat.
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| Nine Foreign-Based Players in Uganda’s Squad Against Libya |
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FOR the friendly international match with Libya in Kampala this month, which serves both teams as their first preparatory match ahead of the start of the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, Uganda coach Laszlo Csaba has called up nine foreign-based players.
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| Convincing Victories for Table Toppers Ittihad and Ahli |
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The top teams in the football league, defending champions Al-Ittihad and Al-Ahli of Tripoli had not been that convincing of late despite winning their matches. However, in this latest round they seem to have sprung back to form to register convincing victorie4s that not only preserved their positions as the top two, but also their unbeaten record.
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| Berti Vogts Quits as Nigeria Coach |
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German Berti Vogts, 61, has quit his post as national coach of Nigeria after their disappointing displays in the recent Africa Cup of Nations finals in Ghana.
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| Al-Ittihad and Al-Ahli's Positions Even Safer with Alakhdar's Surprise Defeat |
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Table toppers Al-Ittihad and runners up Al-Ahli of Tripoli continued to distance themselves away from the rest of the field after third-placed Alakhdar surprisingly lost their away game against newly promoted Al-Jazeera, while they themselves registered victories at the start of the second round of the Libyan football league.
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| Khaleej Sirt's Victory at Al-Olomby Steals the Limelight |
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After a three-week recess, play in the Libyan football league resumed Friday evening with the start of the second round with four matches involving teams that are not a threat to the top three. The highest ranked teams in action were Al-Olomby and Khaleej Sirt who were sharing fifth place prior to yesterday’s 16th round. Khaleej Sirt won 2-0 away to open a three-point gap between them and their opponents to claim fifth position on their own.
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| Cairo CelebratesEgyptian Victory in Ghana in Style |
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The streets of Cairo Sunday night belonged to the Egyptian football fans. Immediately the referee blew the final whistle at the end of the final of the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations tournament, crowds of people wearing the national flag colours of red, black and white erupted with screams of joy and made it a night to remember after their national football team won a record-breaking sixth African title.
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| Egypt Deservedly Win 2008 Africa Nations Cup with Success Over Cameroon |
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Egypt won the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, the sixth time they have won the competition thanks to a goal by Mohamed Aboutrika 77 minutes into the final against Cameroon at Accra. Aboutrika’s goal separated the two sides at the end of a hard fought game that ended with Egypt, as the deserved champions as they won back-to-back titles following the 2006 in Cairo.
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| Egypt v Cameroon Final Wraps Up 2008 Africa Nations Cup |
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AFTER three weeks of intense competition, the curtain will finally fall on the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations tournament finals Sunday evening in Accra with the fina between defending champions Egypt and Cameroon. It has been a most successful event, one must add, with some great performances and goals and the final match is therefore highly anticipated
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| Hosts Ghana Leave it Late to Bag the Bronze |
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Hosts Ghana scored three goals in the last 20 minutes to beat Ivory Coast 4-2 ion a lustreless game to clinch third place in the Africa Cup of Nations tournament at Kumasi. As a result, Ivory Coast who were most people’s choice to become Africa’s champions, ended the event in great disappointment
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| Egypt Beat Ivory Coast and Cameroon Get the Better of Ghana to Reach CAN Final |
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Defending champions Egypt have come to within a match of winning their sixth Africa Cup of Nations title after defeating favourites Ivory Coast 4-1 in their semi-final game. Now only four-time champions Cameroon stand in the way after the Indomitable Lions reached the final by beating hosts Ghana 1-0.
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