African Nations Cup 2002
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Award-winning novelist Caryl Phillips last week flew from New York to Leeds just to witness a testimonial for Lucas Radebe. Here he salutes the South African who set the standard on and off the pitch for African footballers in England.
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Nigeria, one of England's World Cup group opponents this summer, have sacked their coach, Shaibu Amodu.
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Egypt and Senegal are the last two teams to qualify for the quarter-finals while Tunisia, who failed to score a goal, became the only African World Cup qualifier to go out of the at the group stage.
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South Africa and Ghana secured their progress into the quarter-finals of the African Nations Cup with victories in the final round of matches in Group B.
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Reigning champions Cameroon completed a 100% success rate from their three group matches today with a 3-0 humbling of Togo.
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George Weah was left pondering retirement after Liberia went down 1-0 to Nigeria, who reached the quarter-finals as the winners of group A. Mali qualified as runners-up with a 2-0 win over Algeria.
Magic of the Cup