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Is there something you have always wanted to know about the history of the game? Or what about the present day clubs and stars of African football? We're giving you the chance to Ask The Expert, and we'll select the best questions to get answered every Wednesday, only on MTNFootball.com! This week's question: Posted 26 January 2011 by Holyyommex, Osun State, Nigeria  Question: Do…

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Mazembe chase second Super Cup

26 January 2011 TP Mazembe will look to further entrench their reputation as the dominant force of African club competition when they host FUS Rabat in the CAF Super Cup on Saturday in Lubumbashi, DR Congo. The reigning African champions, who claimed a second successive African Champions League title last year and became the first team from the continent to…

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Real sign Adebayor on loan

25 January 2011 Real Madrid confirmed on their website on Tuesday they had signed Manchester City's Togo striker Emmanuel Adebayor on loan till the end of the season. The 26-year-old has been brought in to add urgently needed firepower after Argentinian striker Gonzalo Higuain underwent surgery to fix a slipped disc earlier this month and is expected to be out…

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SA football hopes for 2011

25 January 2011 The year 2010 was a tumultuous one for South Africa as the country hosted the FIFA World Cup and on the field the national side showed signs of improvement. But that is now all in the past and the country will look to 2011 to keep the steady progress of the past 12 months going. It promises…

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Five goal mark still a long shot

25 January 2011 Going past the four-goal mark is proving to be a bridge too far for strikers in the Nigeria Premier League. Rather than any of the strikers notching his fifth goal of the season at the weekend, two others were happy to make the four-goal club Ekigho Ehouson (Warri Wolves) and Abdulrahman Bashir (Bukola Babes). This means that…

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Candidate gives PDP conditions for senatorial rerun

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Budget office stresses continuity in projects

The Budget Office of the Federation has stressed the need for Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) to continue ongoing projects rather than initiate new ones at the expense of the former. Bright Okogu, the Director-General of the Budget Office, said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday that the principle formed the thrust…

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Uganda Central Bank intervention supports shilling

The Bank of Uganda said on Monday it was intervening in the foreign exchange market by selling hard currency, helping to push the shilling up to levels last seen nearly three weeks ago. The Ugandan shilling slid to 2,327/,331 per dollar on Monday before the central bank stopped selling an unspecified amount of hard currency. The rate reversed and the…

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Guinea seeks to double share in mining projects

Guinea plans to boost its stake in mining projects to at least a third, its newly elected president said, a move that could rattle some of the world’s biggest mining companies. Rio Tinto and RUSAL have multi-billion dollar bauxite operations in the West African state, while Vale, Chinalco and others have planned major investments in iron ore. “There will be…

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