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so let's go live to mongomo and our correspondent andy richardson. andy algeria were in total control tonight it's early to say but do you think they will go all the way? >> well, they looked pretty sleepy in the first half, it has to be said and south africa who came into the tournament really looking to be resurge ent after so many disappointments they've had major tournaments in recent years. this turning point in football games, turning point we saw today was very defined. rk had that chance to put south africa up, he missed it and that seemed to finally fire algeria into life and they began to resemble the team we saw and ran so impressive and ran germany so close, in that memorable last 16 game. south africa perhaps won't be too disappointed and they showed enough to suggest they could still recover and come out of this with their recent record now is not good. that is now just one win in their last 13 cup of nations games. >> let's talk about the other match. a very disappointing night for the four-time champion ghana. >> indeed, yes. beaten 2-
so let's go live to mongomo and our correspondent andy richardson. andy algeria were in total control tonight it's early to say but do you think they will go all the way? >> well, they looked pretty sleepy in the first half, it has to be said and south africa who came into the tournament really looking to be resurge ent after so many disappointments they've had major tournaments in recent years. this turning point in football games, turning point we saw today was very defined. rk had that...
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. >> we can go now live to andy richardson. andy can we say that ivory coast are still dominating african football? the problem is they never won the cup of nations. you have to go back to 1992 and a different team of ivory coast players. now with drogba, things did not really go their way. the mali team that is playing they have the semifinals in the last two cup of nations. bear in mind both these groups finished 1-1 so it couldn't be any tighter. the coach does have experience winning the cup of nations. it was 2012 when the tournament last game here. and then they coached zambia. >> guinea are playing cameroon later on. can you tell us about the challenges they faced before qualifying for this event? >> it came through a tough qualifier. they qualified behind ghana implicated by the fact that guinea has been affected by the outbreak of the ebola virus. they could not play their matches in their home country and they ended up playing their games in morocco. morocco was supposed toeshoes the cup ofto host the cup of nations, b
. >> we can go now live to andy richardson. andy can we say that ivory coast are still dominating african football? the problem is they never won the cup of nations. you have to go back to 1992 and a different team of ivory coast players. now with drogba, things did not really go their way. the mali team that is playing they have the semifinals in the last two cup of nations. bear in mind both these groups finished 1-1 so it couldn't be any tighter. the coach does have experience winning...
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. >> i'm andy richardson, in equatorial guinea and africa cup of nations. >> it was a law that helped condo developments stay afloat >> we would have to sell and have to leave our unit >> now, this law is being used to take peoples homes >> there's nobody helping us... >> honest people, losing hope... >> i didn't fight vietnam so that someone could take my property away from me >> hard sell an america tonight investigation only on al jazeera america >> hello again welcome back. a reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera. a day of violence across iraq. 18 people died at security check points. in jordan the army is still demanding proof that a captureed pilot is still alive. >>> and pro russian rebels in ukraine fighting government troops in the eastern city of donetsk. well the number of groups claiming affiliation with the islamic state in iraq and the levant has grown beyond it's power play of iraq and syria. responsibility for thursday's attacks in egypt which killed 45 people was claimed by fighters from a group which swore allegiance to isil in november. a separate group ded
. >> i'm andy richardson, in equatorial guinea and africa cup of nations. >> it was a law that helped condo developments stay afloat >> we would have to sell and have to leave our unit >> now, this law is being used to take peoples homes >> there's nobody helping us... >> honest people, losing hope... >> i didn't fight vietnam so that someone could take my property away from me >> hard sell an america tonight investigation only on al jazeera...
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andy richardson live for us at the cup of nation in equatorial guinea. thank you andy. >>> in england there were several big-club casualtyies. manchester city out chelsea out, and considering chelsea were cruisinger with a two-goal lead. celebration for bradford and even sweeter considering jose mourinho's comments saying that losing to bradford would be miss. goals coming in real madrid four points clear. barcelona keeping the pressure on the league leaders at the moment. tennis now. djokovic is safely through the fourth round. four-time champion overcoming a nervous start against spain's v verasco. the defending champion also through the last 16, the swiss win. his first grand slam in melbourne last year. the women's serena williams with a real scare to book her place in the last 16. the 18-time grand slam champion against kviolva. well the shock of the day wimbledon champion out, she was beaten by 19-year-old american key, key is coached by three-time grand slam champion lindsay devon port. baseball hall of famer ernie banks has died at age 83. he pla
andy richardson live for us at the cup of nation in equatorial guinea. thank you andy. >>> in england there were several big-club casualtyies. manchester city out chelsea out, and considering chelsea were cruisinger with a two-goal lead. celebration for bradford and even sweeter considering jose mourinho's comments saying that losing to bradford would be miss. goals coming in real madrid four points clear. barcelona keeping the pressure on the league leaders at the moment. tennis now....
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andy richardson reports on the side that has become known as the united nations of football. >> reporterfrica the ambitions to one day wear a football shirt in europe is not uncommon by in equatorial guinea the talent flow appears to be in reverse. more than two-thirds were born in spain, and qualify through having parents or grandparents from the country. >> the jersey is red, has a bit of green and blue and white, and well looks like a salad. and that's what they are. they have players from all around the world playing for them. and it's a problem for peers of africa and global [ inaudible ] because they feel if any country has country, they can naturalize anybody. >> reporter: a footballer has to live in a country for five years before they can play for a national team but that's a rule that equatorial guinea hasn't also follow. they kicked out of the african cup of nations for having a foreign-born player only to be given a second chance when they agreed to host the african cup. they have dropped their south american imports for this cup of nations. the spanish-born players remain th
andy richardson reports on the side that has become known as the united nations of football. >> reporterfrica the ambitions to one day wear a football shirt in europe is not uncommon by in equatorial guinea the talent flow appears to be in reverse. more than two-thirds were born in spain, and qualify through having parents or grandparents from the country. >> the jersey is red, has a bit of green and blue and white, and well looks like a salad. and that's what they are. they have...
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. >>> andy richardson in a race against time to get ready to host this year's africa cup of nations. the government in the democratic republic of congo and u.n. are about to launch offensive against a rebel group in the country east and fighters have been in congo for more than 20 years, and we report 60 kilometers from goma. >> reporter: we have to drive through eastern congo's hills for two days to meet with the rebels. most people living here have more contact with armed groups than with their own government and the fighters from rwanda have been hiding here since 91994 and some accused of genocide back home and mass rapes and killing civilians in the congo. the spokesman shows us around and laid down arms and don't want to fight and want dialog with the rwanda government. >> translator: they tell us we are criminals. let them point out the criminals among us and we will sideline them but what about the rwanda army massacres of our people in rwanda and congo? solution to the problem is truth and reconciliation. >> reporter: no fighters or guns on show here instead taken to a meeti
. >>> andy richardson in a race against time to get ready to host this year's africa cup of nations. the government in the democratic republic of congo and u.n. are about to launch offensive against a rebel group in the country east and fighters have been in congo for more than 20 years, and we report 60 kilometers from goma. >> reporter: we have to drive through eastern congo's hills for two days to meet with the rebels. most people living here have more contact with armed...
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we now go live to bata and andy richardson.ow the tournament is well under way, all the concerns of preparation, is everything running smoothly? >> it really did. you have to remember that this stadium is used to hosting football games. they co-hosted the 2012 african cup of nationings, and everything went well. we talked a lot about the stadiums and facilities and their readiness. there is a last minute feel about equatorial guinea. they came in in the opening game. unlucky to have a goal ruled out in the second half, after that, they came back into the game and perhaps really could have won the game. an equalizer so 1-1 equatorial guinea did win their game on their way to the quarterfinals. they could not quite emulate that. they're comfortbly the lowest ranked side in the tournament. >> what about the second match that is about to kick off now. what are your predictions. >> i think that the two teams that you probably hear, having a pre-training camp in south africa to recapture the mood within the squad. and then that game
we now go live to bata and andy richardson.ow the tournament is well under way, all the concerns of preparation, is everything running smoothly? >> it really did. you have to remember that this stadium is used to hosting football games. they co-hosted the 2012 african cup of nationings, and everything went well. we talked a lot about the stadiums and facilities and their readiness. there is a last minute feel about equatorial guinea. they came in in the opening game. unlucky to have a...
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andy richardson.ghana, senegal 2-1 a very shaky start for avram grant's side. >> yes ghana had a lot of bridges to build with their fans after a pretty disappointing world cup showing. a really unpleasant pay dispute with their domestic football association. that eventually resulted in $4 million in cash being flown out to brazil. some rather undead fietion huge amountsunedifyingphotographs of players kissing huge amounts of cash. as for senegal it missed out for qualification last time around. it looked like it was going to be 1-1 but a last-minute winner was giving senegal a really good chance to go through to the quarter-finals. >> and sandy another match in the group of death will kick off. algeria against south africa. any chance of the fine of the finer pulling off an upset? >> well, south africa was unbeaten in qualifying. the fact they are here at all is a huge sign of improvement. the world cup of nation in 2013, they do look like a resurge ent team but a lot of focus on algeria, as you menti
andy richardson.ghana, senegal 2-1 a very shaky start for avram grant's side. >> yes ghana had a lot of bridges to build with their fans after a pretty disappointing world cup showing. a really unpleasant pay dispute with their domestic football association. that eventually resulted in $4 million in cash being flown out to brazil. some rather undead fietion huge amountsunedifyingphotographs of players kissing huge amounts of cash. as for senegal it missed out for qualification last time...
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garn her take on guinea that is now confirmed as you heard from andy richardson there and top ranked algeria. on saturday, australia playing south korean cup final organizers are hoping the success of the tournament locally will attract a whole new audience to the game. but in it's eagerness the question has to be asked is australian football forgetting it's history. this is the face that the football federation of australia wants to promote to the world. a diverse fan base, reflecting the country's most culture image shows that it is part of the family. >> recently as 2006, but the footballing history goes pack a lot further than that, and has it's roots with the immigrants that have settled in this country in the early to midpart of the 20th century, now many of those started football clubs like sidney united. >> formed by imn't grays sidney united is one of a number of clubs with strong leaks to the local country. he says the club played a vital role in the lives of immigrants like his father it was an important club. when they came over and no was attached to where they come from
garn her take on guinea that is now confirmed as you heard from andy richardson there and top ranked algeria. on saturday, australia playing south korean cup final organizers are hoping the success of the tournament locally will attract a whole new audience to the game. but in it's eagerness the question has to be asked is australian football forgetting it's history. this is the face that the football federation of australia wants to promote to the world. a diverse fan base, reflecting the...
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. >> andy richardson was in for the opening games and said there was a build-up. >> there has been a lot of focus on last-minute logistical here in equatorial guinea ahead of the african cup of nations and a last-minute feel about a new coach, becker, brought in with 11 days to go before the start of the tournament. prior to this he'd been in charge of the team. a club footballer who played for middlesbrough scored a goal giving equatorial guinea the lead. he was incorrectly ruled out incorrectly for offside. congo came back the game finishing and 1-1 draw. when equatorial guinea co-hosted in 2012, they won in an unexpected place. it has to be remembered they are comfortably the lowest ranked side. >> the other match in group a saw gabon bet burkina faso 2-0. group b plays on sunday. the democratic republic of congo opened their campaign against zamya. both matches are taking place in the town in the north-east of the country. sharing a border with cameroon. both with an estimated population of 36,000. >> translation: we have already had surprises over the past four days. i wanted to
. >> andy richardson was in for the opening games and said there was a build-up. >> there has been a lot of focus on last-minute logistical here in equatorial guinea ahead of the african cup of nations and a last-minute feel about a new coach, becker, brought in with 11 days to go before the start of the tournament. prior to this he'd been in charge of the team. a club footballer who played for middlesbrough scored a goal giving equatorial guinea the lead. he was incorrectly ruled...
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. >> i'm andy richardson at the african cup of nations in ecuador guinea. find out why the home team is described as the united nations of football. >>>time for the sport with sanaa. >> thank you, we start with the latest from the australian open where top seed serena williams survived a scare to book her last place. the 18-time champion dropped the first set against erina svitolina. the american found her form taking the set 6-2, 6-0, and will join ven us in the fourth round. >>> in the men's stanislaw wawrinka is through to the last 16 beating jarkko nieminen. he won his first grand slam last year beating rafael nadal. he'll be joined by novak djokovic he beat fernando verdasco in straight sets. world number 10 david ferrer is taking on gale simon. >> ghana beat tournament favourites algeria. breathing new life into their campaign with a 1-0 win. the hero returning from a bout of malaria to score the winner on the stroke of full-time. the final round of matches on tuesday deciding which teams will go through to the quarter files. >> host equatorial guinea
. >> i'm andy richardson at the african cup of nations in ecuador guinea. find out why the home team is described as the united nations of football. >>>time for the sport with sanaa. >> thank you, we start with the latest from the australian open where top seed serena williams survived a scare to book her last place. the 18-time champion dropped the first set against erina svitolina. the american found her form taking the set 6-2, 6-0, and will join ven us in the fourth...
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. >> i'm andy richardson in equatorial guinea a county that took unprecedented steps to host a tournament and prevent the spread of ebola. >>> australia confirmed protests are taking place in a holding facility holding asylum seekers in papua new guinea but denies that there's rioting at mann us island. all asylum seekers trying to reach australia are attention to the holding center. some detainees seeking a better life in australia are going on hunger strikes. >> reporter: in sydney this woman is on the phone to her brother. her brother is in hospital. he deliberately swallowed raiser blades. she is worried he'll die. >> he is very sad, he's not normal. he's not by brother. >> december 2013 fazal, an asylum seekers from egypt caught a boat to australia, trying to reach his sister. she and her husband had flown to australia and been given visas. asylum seekers coming to australia are send to mann us island or nauru, kept in camps while the refugee status is vetted. protests began this week water shortages delivered them. detainees taking showers, but the brode issue is open-ended detentio
. >> i'm andy richardson in equatorial guinea a county that took unprecedented steps to host a tournament and prevent the spread of ebola. >>> australia confirmed protests are taking place in a holding facility holding asylum seekers in papua new guinea but denies that there's rioting at mann us island. all asylum seekers trying to reach australia are attention to the holding center. some detainees seeking a better life in australia are going on hunger strikes. >> reporter:...
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. >> andy richardson live for us in bata.thank you for that update. >> the first top tier side to allow fans to pay what they can. attendance has been falling in scotland where they have introduced the pay what you can. >> attendance has been worryingly low. to invite fans to pay whatever they can. >> the normal price tonight is £25. but tonight it pays £10 which is 40% of the price. >> brilliant. i never get to it on the weekends because i'm working. >> it's a good idea to try to get more in seats. >> it's fantastic. >> nobody is up, especially in the month of january. this is pure and simply to get folks through the door, capture them and make sure that they come back on a regular basis. >> the club agreed it was worth trying. >> january is a long month financially from supporters. we have six games. other clubs have seven games. it's a big ask to follow that team home and away. >> it's peculiar in school land, some creative marketing was required. inviting fans to pay whatever they wish is a concept that is unusual for foo
. >> andy richardson live for us in bata.thank you for that update. >> the first top tier side to allow fans to pay what they can. attendance has been falling in scotland where they have introduced the pay what you can. >> attendance has been worryingly low. to invite fans to pay whatever they can. >> the normal price tonight is £25. but tonight it pays £10 which is 40% of the price. >> brilliant. i never get to it on the weekends because i'm working. >>...
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we can join our correspondent andy richardson who is there. e been saying how crucial of a game this is for the host but a win even more vital for bakkenny fa sa. >> as any coach or player will tell you, the one thing you dwoont to do in football is lose your first game. and they put themselves under huge pressure. finalists in 2013 when they were beaten in south africa. they went back to south africa for a pretournament training camp to try to recapture that feeling, but so far it's not working. the belgium coach is the same coach that was there a couple of years ago, but he is just one of the coaches. he is not entirely happy with the training and hotel facilities. describing where his team is staying at as being worse than a campsite. if they lose this game they can pack up their tents and go home because they will be out of the tournament. >> you have spoken a lot about the short amount of time they had to prepare for the event. how do you reckon they have done so far? >> reporter: i mean it is a bit of a miracle that this tournament is tak
we can join our correspondent andy richardson who is there. e been saying how crucial of a game this is for the host but a win even more vital for bakkenny fa sa. >> as any coach or player will tell you, the one thing you dwoont to do in football is lose your first game. and they put themselves under huge pressure. finalists in 2013 when they were beaten in south africa. they went back to south africa for a pretournament training camp to try to recapture that feeling, but so far it's not...
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andy richardson has more. >> so it's as you were in group d. after four 1-1 draws are we are no nearer to finding out who will make it through. what we got from the games is two of the goals of the tournament. akery saco's half-volley opener for mali against the ivory coast. and ibrahim - equalizer for guinea almost as good. what it means is it means going into the vinyl round of games. if we get more 1-1 draws, the drawing of lots will decide who goes through into the next round. attention shifts to bata and equatorial guinea and they'll take on neighbours that they cohosted with in 2012. there was trouble before the last game fans frustrated by a slow progress into the stadium. that does not help by the fact that authorities are handing out sanitizing gel. that in an effort to help the spread of the violence. it produced a bottle neck. fans throwing missiles at the police they responded with smoke bombs and water cannons, i am sure security will be tight ahead of a crucial game. the hosts need to win if they are to stay alive in this cup of n
andy richardson has more. >> so it's as you were in group d. after four 1-1 draws are we are no nearer to finding out who will make it through. what we got from the games is two of the goals of the tournament. akery saco's half-volley opener for mali against the ivory coast. and ibrahim - equalizer for guinea almost as good. what it means is it means going into the vinyl round of games. if we get more 1-1 draws, the drawing of lots will decide who goes through into the next round....
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. >> andy richardson in the equatorial guinea capital. the ivory coast have been a dominant side of african football. do we see the end of that? >> well of course didier drogba that led the side is not here another high profile player didier has retired. they've been the favourite for the last three of four african cup of nations without winning it. they are coming in under the radar. divinio having a fit after being sent off. banging the ground with his fists for 2-3 minutes before leaving. torre was substituted off. so much was expected of him. they have a lot of quality. torre, bonier signing with a transfer deal. the coach has experience of winning the cup of nations with zambia in 2012 the last time it was hosted in 2012. who did they beat - the ivory coast on penalty. also worth mentioning is came bridge united coach. back in the headlines last night after holding manchester united to a draw in the initial fa cup. >> guinea face cameroon in the other match. tell us about some of the cheges guinea had to face to reach the tournament.
. >> andy richardson in the equatorial guinea capital. the ivory coast have been a dominant side of african football. do we see the end of that? >> well of course didier drogba that led the side is not here another high profile player didier has retired. they've been the favourite for the last three of four african cup of nations without winning it. they are coming in under the radar. divinio having a fit after being sent off. banging the ground with his fists for 2-3 minutes before...
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let's go to andy richardson our correspondent. how much of a surprise is it for equatorial guinea to go through? >> there was a bit of the calm after the storm. it's not just been the tournament thrown together at equatorial guinea, it was also the team. the coach has admitted he hasn't had a chance to get his side tactically or physically in state. to come through, two teams you fancied to go through, burkina faso a rapidly improving team, was fancied to go through and is now out. the stadium behind me is full to capacity a lot of fans without spicts spicts. now the team will not play here, but go to 200km away on the border with cabbon and cameroon. it's a tiny town holding 7,000-8,000. it will be interesting to see how that venue and towns holds up to a game of a large scale >>> congo and burkina faso - they had a bit of drama before the game this may be a relief to them. >> they did, broke down on the way there. they were a couple of hundred kilometres away. they were stranded and the coach was near the 8th cup of nations. onl
let's go to andy richardson our correspondent. how much of a surprise is it for equatorial guinea to go through? >> there was a bit of the calm after the storm. it's not just been the tournament thrown together at equatorial guinea, it was also the team. the coach has admitted he hasn't had a chance to get his side tactically or physically in state. to come through, two teams you fancied to go through, burkina faso a rapidly improving team, was fancied to go through and is now out. the...
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it's from where andy richardson now reports. >> overall, the federation of african football will be pleased with how the tournament is progressing. they took a big risk by giving it to equatorial guinea at short notice when morocco pulled out in november. there were issues before the game between the host nation and burkina faso, a lot of fans arriving late, due to the game kicking off at 5:00 p.m. on a working day and fans arriving without tickets. there's the fact that progress in the stadium was pretty slow, due to the fact that everyone is given hand sanitizer on the way in in an effort to prevent the possible spread of the ebola virus. it all resulted in a bit of a bottleneck and there were clashes with police. they deployed carry cannon and pepper spray in an effort to disperse the clouds. it did break up without escalating into anything too serious, but something that will be looked at ahead of the final group game. some problems were always likely when a host nation is given weeks rather than years to prepare, but they were determined that this tournament would paroled at scheduled
it's from where andy richardson now reports. >> overall, the federation of african football will be pleased with how the tournament is progressing. they took a big risk by giving it to equatorial guinea at short notice when morocco pulled out in november. there were issues before the game between the host nation and burkina faso, a lot of fans arriving late, due to the game kicking off at 5:00 p.m. on a working day and fans arriving without tickets. there's the fact that progress in the...
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. >> ok, andy richardson reporting live. we'll talk to you a bit later. >> on saturday, the asian cup final, it is hoped the success will attract a new audience to the game. in eagerness to broaden its appeal is australian football forgetting its history. >> this is the face australia wants to promote to the world. a diverse fan base reeffects the asian family. the canary football history has its roots with the european immigrants that settled in this country in the middle part of the 20th century. many clubs were started. formed in 1958, sydney united was one of a number of football clubs with strong links to its local community. former player and now manager was elected as a youth player in 1992. he said the club played a vital role in the lives of immigrants like his father. >> it was an important club in terms of, i mean football was the number one game that a lot of croatian immigrants played when they came over. that football which is the number one sport in croatia and yugoslavia. they formed the club and since then i
. >> ok, andy richardson reporting live. we'll talk to you a bit later. >> on saturday, the asian cup final, it is hoped the success will attract a new audience to the game. in eagerness to broaden its appeal is australian football forgetting its history. >> this is the face australia wants to promote to the world. a diverse fan base reeffects the asian family. the canary football history has its roots with the european immigrants that settled in this country in the middle...
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plus -- >> i'm andy richardson at the africa cup of nations, find out why the home team has been describeded nations of football. ♪ ♪ >>> robin is here with the sport. robin. >> thank you very much. the so-called group of death c takes center stage on friday. ghani meanwhile have breathed new life into their campaign. the veteran against tournament favorites algeria, who you might remember are ranked number one on the continent. it was a 1-0 win. the group pretty wide open at this stage. ghana, algeria, senegal all with a win so far. senegal topped the group. this could all change in the next few minutes. equatorial guinea footballing history may be short of stories of success, but it does contain plenty of controversy. they have seen players recruited from around the world, and has become known as the united nations of football. >> reporter: in africa the ambition to one day wear a football shirt in europe is not uncommon. but in equatorial guinea the desire seems to be in reverse. more than two third of the players come from spain. it's part of a controversial recruitment strategy that h
plus -- >> i'm andy richardson at the africa cup of nations, find out why the home team has been describeded nations of football. ♪ ♪ >>> robin is here with the sport. robin. >> thank you very much. the so-called group of death c takes center stage on friday. ghani meanwhile have breathed new life into their campaign. the veteran against tournament favorites algeria, who you might remember are ranked number one on the continent. it was a 1-0 win. the group pretty wide...
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. >> reporter: andy richardson has more. >> reporter: in terms of turning points in a game of footballfew that are more clearly definned than what we saw in this match between south africa and algeria. south africa had a penalty, and algeria finally woke up and began to resemble the team that looked so impressive last year. ghana and senegal was the earlier game. ghana beating 2-1, senegal looking pretty good. as for the host town itself the tiny tiny venue has never staged games of this caliber before. the pitch had been flown in from spain just a couple of weeks ago, and it did hold up pretty well. >>> reigning champions japan beat jordan to go through to the quarter finals of the asian cup. they still needed a point to progress. this player gave them the lead with his third goal in three games. this player added the second. 2-0 the final score, they will now face the uae in the knockout round on friday. >>> [ inaudible ] beat palestine. they missed a penalty in the 60th minute. and a late goal sent the 2007 champions through as group d runners up. >>> novak djokovic has moved to the
. >> reporter: andy richardson has more. >> reporter: in terms of turning points in a game of footballfew that are more clearly definned than what we saw in this match between south africa and algeria. south africa had a penalty, and algeria finally woke up and began to resemble the team that looked so impressive last year. ghana and senegal was the earlier game. ghana beating 2-1, senegal looking pretty good. as for the host town itself the tiny tiny venue has never staged games of...
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andy richardson al jazeera. >>> former ac milan manager is one of the leading figures in world footballre opportunities for black coaches. al jazeera explored the lack of opportunities for coaches across africa and the globe in a special program. only three coaches at the africa cup of nations currently taking place are black. and two at the world cup last year. discrimination in society is being reflected in football. >> i think the wide question is of course something everybody wants to know. discrimination, prejudice, fear thinking about stereo types that -- you know that is very much in society. because people need to remember that football is just part of society. >> and that al jazeera program is called "sport matters, too black to coach." it's on the air on friday a little later. 1950 gmt. >>> rory maccel roi has moved into the lead on friday. he finished the day on 8 under 64. it gives mcelroy a one-shot lead over his scottish competitor. >> going into the weekend, i felt like i played very nicely today. you can't ask for much more. i set myself up nicely for a good run at it ov
andy richardson al jazeera. >>> former ac milan manager is one of the leading figures in world footballre opportunities for black coaches. al jazeera explored the lack of opportunities for coaches across africa and the globe in a special program. only three coaches at the africa cup of nations currently taking place are black. and two at the world cup last year. discrimination in society is being reflected in football. >> i think the wide question is of course something everybody...
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andy richardson reports. >> reporter: pedro has been deploying his distinctive barbecuing style for muchfe. he also had a degree in logistics, and works as a warehouse manager, but he says recently shifts have been hard to come by. he like many in his small town is opening the africa cup of nations will bring more than just football to this remote part of equatorial guinea. >> translator: [ inaudible ] the government says all of the big companies are company. the cup finishes on the 8th. then the investment begins. >> reporter: huge oil reserves were discovered in equatorial guinea in the 1990s, and since then it has become africa's third-largest oil producer but very little of the vast wealth has made it beyond the country's ruling elite. the united nations estimating that nearly half of the population still don't have access to clean drinking water, and nearly 10% of children die before the age of five. the president has been in office since 1979. his image and influence are everywhere. human rights watch says the oil boom has been used to entrench and enrich his position at the expens
andy richardson reports. >> reporter: pedro has been deploying his distinctive barbecuing style for muchfe. he also had a degree in logistics, and works as a warehouse manager, but he says recently shifts have been hard to come by. he like many in his small town is opening the africa cup of nations will bring more than just football to this remote part of equatorial guinea. >> translator: [ inaudible ] the government says all of the big companies are company. the cup finishes on the...
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. >>> i'm andy richardson in ex-questioner toal guinea a country in a race against time to get readyhis year's africa cup of nations. ♪ >>> rails are finally being laid on a new metro under the city of amsterdam. the project is years behind schedule and over budget. but now the ambitious project is nearly complete as our technology editor tarek bazley explains. >> reporter: it's one of europe's historic train stations and the busiest in the netherlands. and an extraordinary construction project has been going on underneath it. tracks have been laid but building an underground railway line hasn't been easy. >> we have had to excavate a complete canal under the station. and we have to take over the count a decision of the station, and 3,000 wooden piles have had to come down, and after the canal was built, we could float it in bring it under the station, hang it up and immerse it to this depth, so this was really extreme engineering. >> reporter: work was suspended midway when shops and homes above sank. it eventually resumed, but the cost has ballooned from under 2 to more than $3.7 b
. >>> i'm andy richardson in ex-questioner toal guinea a country in a race against time to get readyhis year's africa cup of nations. ♪ >>> rails are finally being laid on a new metro under the city of amsterdam. the project is years behind schedule and over budget. but now the ambitious project is nearly complete as our technology editor tarek bazley explains. >> reporter: it's one of europe's historic train stations and the busiest in the netherlands. and an...
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. >> andy richardson thank you very much for that. country has faced incredible turmoil in receipt times. iraq's football team continues to overcome adversity. they have reached the semifinals of the asian cup where they will face south korea on monday. a report from sidney. >> down to the last four of the aidsian cup. many expected iraq to be amongst the semi finalists. having seen iran in the quarters the pate troningz of this social club in sydney are confident their team can pull off another surprise and repeat the triumph from 2007. >> if you guys manage to win what's this area going to be like tomorrow? >> crazy for sure. people will come here and it's going to be nice to be honest. gathering here not to do something stupid. >> as for the team, itself the doping accusations surrounding one of their players has been dismissed by the afc. the coach saying they are focused on the semifinals for one man who almost certainly would have played in the e-mail e is the fo-8-year-old midfielder. he picked up a serious knee injury. he said
. >> andy richardson thank you very much for that. country has faced incredible turmoil in receipt times. iraq's football team continues to overcome adversity. they have reached the semifinals of the asian cup where they will face south korea on monday. a report from sidney. >> down to the last four of the aidsian cup. many expected iraq to be amongst the semi finalists. having seen iran in the quarters the pate troningz of this social club in sydney are confident their team can...
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interesting times, andy richardson live at the cup of nations.hank you very much for that update. >>> in england several big name club casualties. manchester city out. swansee topped them. chelsea squandered a two-lead and stan forbid bridge four goals to win 4-2. bradford reached the fourth round of the competition for the first time in eighteen years, the voishth sweeter in light of the jose morino's comments before the game lose to go bradford would be a disgrace. so with the game and with the results, i could find space to feel happy for thisem. i am honest. i am happy for them. but by another side i feel ashamed. it i think the plays should feel the same as i feel. one of the clubs that have been knocked out, lost 3-1 to blackburn and somehow managed to finish with nine men. manchester's city with a score there. hampton suffering a 3-2 defeat to crystal palace in bolton they earned themselves a replay with liverpool after that game finished goalless. spain's big three are all in action this saturday in the spanish la liga. real madrid grand
interesting times, andy richardson live at the cup of nations.hank you very much for that update. >>> in england several big name club casualties. manchester city out. swansee topped them. chelsea squandered a two-lead and stan forbid bridge four goals to win 4-2. bradford reached the fourth round of the competition for the first time in eighteen years, the voishth sweeter in light of the jose morino's comments before the game lose to go bradford would be a disgrace. so with the game...
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let's go now live to that city and our correspondent andy richardson. do the hosts have a realistic chance of making it to the quarter finals? >> i think they do, and we've got quite an occasion building up here. it's a darby match effectively playing their neighbors in the country they cohosted in 2012. equatorial guinea have looked pretty impressive picking up two draws. you of to remember, they are comfortably blow a strength side in this competition. they didn't come through a successful qualifying campaign. they had a few weeks notice to get a team ready. a deliberate decision was made not to pick the controversial imports that equatorial guinea used in the past. much has been written over the last decade that this country has a very poorly based domestic league but has been importing players, naturalizing them over a residency period of four or five years and putting them into the national team. beck hear chose to know only choose players with blood linking to this country. many are born in spain, but either their parents or grandparents are from
let's go now live to that city and our correspondent andy richardson. do the hosts have a realistic chance of making it to the quarter finals? >> i think they do, and we've got quite an occasion building up here. it's a darby match effectively playing their neighbors in the country they cohosted in 2012. equatorial guinea have looked pretty impressive picking up two draws. you of to remember, they are comfortably blow a strength side in this competition. they didn't come through a...
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squared it up in the 58th minute with grabbing a last-second goal to give sinigal the win and andy richardsong the matches. >> reporter: in terms of turning points in a game of futbol less are clearly defined in the match of south africa and nigeria and south africa warmed up in the second half and had a penalty penalty then nigeria finally woke up and resembled the team that looked so impressive with the world cup and got the cup of nations campaign off to a winning start and this was the earlier game and ghanna looking to rebuild after a disappointing world cup in brazil and beaten 2-1 and got a 2-1 win and the host town itself the tiny town never staged games of this caliber before and the pitch had been flown from spain and relayed a couple weeks ago and held up well and a lot of attention on that. the tournament now moves to the capitol of malabo and get a look at the ivory coast and names and burney included and despite the caliber they have new and interesting ways of losing a cup of nations and trying to win the title for the first time since back in 1992. >>> and as we heard the fina
squared it up in the 58th minute with grabbing a last-second goal to give sinigal the win and andy richardsong the matches. >> reporter: in terms of turning points in a game of futbol less are clearly defined in the match of south africa and nigeria and south africa warmed up in the second half and had a penalty penalty then nigeria finally woke up and resembled the team that looked so impressive with the world cup and got the cup of nations campaign off to a winning start and this was...
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runner up and tunesia on top and cape verde goes home drawing 0-0 in difficult conditions and andy richardson> reporter: conditions for this decisive group day between zambia and cape verde were pretty awful for the players and massive thunderstorm hit at half time and much of the second half conditions close to unplayable and it did not make for a great day of futbol and finished 0-0 and results from both teams crushing out of the tournament. and it may have a tiny population but big futbol ambitions and close to qualifying for the world cup and devastating not to make it through the quarter finals and they won in 2012 when ecuatorial guinea and for the second cup of nations means tunesia and democratic congo goes from the group and they will play on saturday. >>> robert craft defended his team of ball tampering in the nfl playoff and craft believes the league should apologize to the superbowl finalists and the patriots take on the seattle seahawks. >> i believe the new england patriots have done nothing inappropriate in this process or in violation of nfl rules. if the well's investigation
runner up and tunesia on top and cape verde goes home drawing 0-0 in difficult conditions and andy richardson> reporter: conditions for this decisive group day between zambia and cape verde were pretty awful for the players and massive thunderstorm hit at half time and much of the second half conditions close to unplayable and it did not make for a great day of futbol and finished 0-0 and results from both teams crushing out of the tournament. and it may have a tiny population but big futbol...
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futbol tournament is not what the majority of people in guinea need but for now it's all they have andy richardson>>> lost the first meaningful game in the league in two years and the league defeats at that time had come after they already racked up the title but returned to receive 4-1 thrashing and second place closes the gaps on the leaders to eight points. and finally just a quick update from the final of the asian cup and south korea and diamond and finished 1-1 against australia and the match is heading into extra time that is it for me. >> many thanks indeed and new zealand is the world's largest dairy exporter and farmers facing a difficult year and not only are they struggling with hot, dry weather but low prices for milk and making it much harder to earn a living and from the new zeeland's north island way we report. >> this is the heart of the new zealand industry where the hills are usually lush and green but in the providence of white castle like most of the country it has been a long, hot summer and the moisture in the soil is disappearing and forecasters say there is not much rain o
futbol tournament is not what the majority of people in guinea need but for now it's all they have andy richardson>>> lost the first meaningful game in the league in two years and the league defeats at that time had come after they already racked up the title but returned to receive 4-1 thrashing and second place closes the gaps on the leaders to eight points. and finally just a quick update from the final of the asian cup and south korea and diamond and finished 1-1 against australia...
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. >> our correspondent andy richardson has more. >> in terms of turning points in a game of football, there can be few more clearly defined than the one we saw in this match between south africa and algeria. in the second half, they had a penalty. algeria finally woke up and began to resemble the team that looked so impressive at last year's world cup and went on to get their cup of nations campaign off to a winning start. ghana and senegal was the earlier game, ghana looking to rebuild their reputation after a really disappointing world cup in brazil. they were beaten. as for the host town, the tiny venue had never staged games of this caliber before. the pitch had been flown in from spain, the turf relayed just a couple of weeks ago. it did hold up pretty well. there was a lot of attention on that. the tournament now movers to the he can with a tore yell guinea capitol. we'll get a first look at the assembled star names. they can find new and interesting ways of losing. they are trying to win this title for the first time since 199 with it. >> the final group at the cup of nations k
. >> our correspondent andy richardson has more. >> in terms of turning points in a game of football, there can be few more clearly defined than the one we saw in this match between south africa and algeria. in the second half, they had a penalty. algeria finally woke up and began to resemble the team that looked so impressive at last year's world cup and went on to get their cup of nations campaign off to a winning start. ghana and senegal was the earlier game, ghana looking to...