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The latest World Cup 2014 stories from the African game.

National teams

2014 WORLD CUP - DAY 02 - Group A & Group B - preview

Group A: 
Cameroon vs Mexico 
Group B:
Spain vs Netherlands -:-
Chile vs Australia -:-

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13 Jun 2014
Fixtures+Results

2014 WORLD CUP - DAY 01 - Group A - Brazil vs Croatia 3:1

Brazil won the opening match of this tournament. The selecao defeated Croatia 3:1 in their first match in Sao Paulo

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12 Jun 2014

2014 WORLD CUP - day 01 - kick off

kick-off today - day one
The waiting is finally over.

Brazil vs Croatia -:-

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12 Jun 2014
Fixtures+Results

2014 World Cup - warm up - Jordan Ayew hat-trick inspires Ghana

Ghana swept aside South Korea 4:0 in their final World Cup warm-up match as striker Jordan Ayew hit a hat-trick after coming on as a substitute.

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11 Jun 2014
Stars in Europe

stars in Europe - Gullit hopes for African surprise at World Cup in Brazil

The former Dutch football-star, Ruud Gullit, hopes a team from Africa will perform well and prove to be the surprise package at the World Cup in Brazil.

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10 Jun 2014
Fixtures+Results

2014 World Cup - warm up - USA vs Nigeria 2:1

The United States completed their World Cup preparations with victory over Nigeria.

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8 Jun 2014
Fixtures+Results

2014 World Cup - warm up - Cameroon vs Moldova 1:0

Cameroon beat Moldova in final World Cup warm-up match

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8 Jun 2014
Coaches

2014 World Cup - warm up - Algeria vs Romania 2:1

Algeria coach confident heading to Brazil - Algeria coach Vahid Halilhodzic is full of optimism ahead of the World Cup after his side beat Romania 2:1 in a friendly featuring a bizarre incident.

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6 Jun 2014
National teams

2014 World Cup - squad - Nosa Igiebor cut from Nigeria squad

Nosa Igiebor is one of the seven players to be dropped from Nigeria's final 23-man squad for the World Cup. The Real Betis midfielder and Parma's Joel Obi, who both faced Scotland in last week's 2:2 draw, have been plagued by injury this season. The other players to miss out are goalkeeper Daniel Akpeyi, midfielders Ejike Uzoenyi and Nnamdi Oduamadi.

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4 Jun 2014
National teams

2014 World Cup - squad - Idrissou dropped from Cameroon squad

Mohamadou Idrissou is one of the five players to be dropped from Cameroon's final squad for the World Cup. The 34-year-old Kaiserslautern striker has struggled in recent times and missed a penalty in a 2:1 friendly loss to Paraguay last week. Otherwise coach Volker Finke has opted for a tried and trusted line-up for his World Cup squad. 

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3 Jun 2014
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