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Toure dismayed by Fifa racism task force axe

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disappointment over Fifa's decision to disband its anti-racism task 
force, saying it "makes no sense".</b></i></div>
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The Fifa Task Force Against Racism and Discrimination, founded in 2013, 
was discontinued on Sunday, with the world governing body explaining it 
had achieved its stated objectives.</b></i></div>
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Toure was a consultant to the task force and he cited fears about the 
risk of racism at the 2018 World Cup in Russia as a reason for Fifa to 
remain vigilant.</b></i></div>
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"When I received the letter telling me the Fifa task force was to be 
discontinued I was very disappointed," the Ivorian midfielder said in a 
statement on his personal website.</b></i></div>
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"The letter listed the good work that had been carried out as a result of the task force's advice and recommendations.</b></i></div>
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"So my question is, after failing to deal with racism sufficiently for 
decades – why stop when something is beginning to work? Are Fifa being 
complacent ahead of a World Cup in Russia? This makes no sense."</b></i></div>
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He added: "The task force brought together the expertise of campaigners,
 football administrators and players. It was a resource that gave Fifa 
the expertise they clearly did not have before.</b></i></div>
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"My only hope is that Fifa have thought this through. The letter I 
received does not fill me with confidence. It will be the fans and 
players that suffer if Fifa do not get this right."</b></i></div>

Toure dismayed by Fifa racism task force axe

Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure on Tuesday expressed deep disappointment over Fifa's decision to disband its anti-racism task f...

Big Match Feature: BVB v Real

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<i><b>Borussia Dortmund go in search of a fourth straight home victory over
 Real Madrid when they host the reigning European champions on matchday 
two. Catch the action live on SS3 and Maximo from 8pm.</b></i></div>
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The clubs' record from five previous meetings on German soil is three wins for Dortmund, none for Madrid and two draws. </b></i></div>
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They last met in the 2013/14 Champions League quarter-finals, Madrid 
prevailing 3-2 on aggregate en route to lifting the trophy. </b></i></div>
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Gareth Bale, Isco and Cristiano Ronaldo earned Carlo Ancelotti's Madrid a
 3-0 first-leg lead before Dortmund, managed by Jürgen Klopp, narrowed 
the deficit with a 2-0 victory in Germany through two Marco Reus 
strikes. </b></i></div>
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<i><strong>The line-ups for that second leg on 8 April 2014 were:</strong></i></div>
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<i><strong>Dortmund: Weidenfeller, Piszczek (Aubameyang 81), Friedrich, Hummels, Durm, Kirch, Mkhitaryan, Jojic, Reus, Grosskreutz, Lewandowski. </strong></i></div>
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<i><strong>Madrid: Casillas, Carvajal, Pepe, Ramos, Fábio 
Coentrão, Alonso, Illarramendi (Isco 46), Modric, Di María (Casemiro 
73), Bale, Benzema (Varane 90+1). </strong></i></div>
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The teams met in the group stage of the 2012/13 competition when 
Dortmund finished above Madrid with the help of a 2-1 home win – Robert 
Lewandowski and Marcel Schmelzer scoring either side of Ronaldo – and a 
2-2 draw in Madrid where Pepe and Marco Reus featured on the scoresheet.
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The clubs were reunited in the semi-finals that season and Dortmund won 
the first leg 4-1 at home, Lewandowski getting all four goals and 
sending his side through despite a 2-0 reverse in Madrid where Karim 
Benzema and Sergio Ramos scored. </b></i></div>
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<i><strong>The line-ups for the semi-final first leg at the BVB Stadion on 24 April 2013 were:</strong></i></div>
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Dortmund: Weidenfeller, Piszczek (Grosskreutz 83), Subotic, Hummels, 
Schmelzer, Blaszczykowski (Kehl 82), Bender, Gündogan (Schieber 90), 
Götze, Reus, Lewandowski. </b></i></div>
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Madrid: López, Pepe, Varane, Ramos, Fábio Coentrão, Alonso (Kaká 80), 
Khedira, Modric (Di María 68), Ronaldo, Özil, Higuaín (Benzema 68). </b></i></div>
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Roman Weidenfeller is the solitary survivor of the sides' meetings in 
the 2002/03 second group stage, when Madrid won 2-1 at the Santiago 
Bernabéu and then drew 1-1 in Dortmund. Zinédine Zidane played in both 
matches too. </b></i></div>
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Dortmund sporting director Michael Zorc and youth-team coordinator Lars 
Ricken played in Dortmund's 1997/98 UEFA Champions League semi-final 
loss to Madrid (0-2 a, 0-0 h). </b></i></div>
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<i><strong>MATCH BACKGROUND</strong></i></div>
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Borussia Dortmund
Dortmund began Group F with a 6-0 win at Legia Warszawa – their biggest away victory in Uefa competition. </strong></i></div>
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Dortmund averaged three goals a game at home in the 2015/16 Europa League. Their record was P8 W6 D1 L1 F24 A5.</strong></i></div>
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The Bundesliga side have won their last four home matches against 
Spanish visitors. Their overall record at home against Liga opposition 
is W7 D3 L2.</strong></i></div>
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Madrid left it late to snatch three points from Sporting Clube de 
Portugal on matchday one, winning 2-1 through goals from Ronaldo (89) 
and Álvaro Morata (90+4) </b></i></div>
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Their record on the road in last season's competition was W3 D2 L1.
 That solitary defeat was a 2-0 reverse at a VfL Wolfsburg team 
containing André Schürrle in the quarter-finals. Madrid recovered to 
beat the Bundesliga club 3-0 back at the Bernabéu.</strong></i></div>
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Madrid's overall record away to German sides is P29 W4 D6 L19. </strong></i></div>
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Coach and player links</strong></i></div>
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Zidane was in the Juventus team defeated 3-1 by Dortmund in the 1996/97 Champions League final. </b></i></div>
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Nuri Sahin spent 2011/12 with Madrid, making 12 appearances. </b></i></div>
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Lukasz Piszczek's Poland suffered a EURO 2016 quarter-final defeat on penalties against Ronaldo and Pepe's Portugal. </b></i></div>
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Nuri Sahin was in the Turkey team beaten 3-0 by the Spain of Sergio Ramos and the two-goal Morata in the EURO 2016 group stage. </b></i></div>
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Schürrle and Toni Kroos each scored twice as Germany beat a Brazil side 
containing Marcelo 7-1 in the 2014 World Cup semifinals. </b></i></div>
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Kroos played 17 times against Dortmund for Leverkusen and Bayern, scoring one goal (W5 D3 L9). </b></i></div>
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Marc Bartra's only outing for FC Barcelona against Madrid came in their 2-1 Copa del Rey final defeat in 2014. </b></i></div>
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As a Bayer 04 Leverkusen player in 2012/13, Carvajal lost home (2-3) and away (0-3) to Dortmund. </b></i></div>
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<i><strong>International team-mates (non-Germany/Spain): Raphaël 
Guerreiro & Cristiano Ronaldo & Pepe (Portugal) Adrián Ramos 
& James Rodríguez (Colombia) Ousmane Dembélé & Raphaël Varane 
(France) </strong></i></div>
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<i><strong>MATCH FACTS</strong></i></div>
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Dortmund have scored 20 goals – distributed between 12 players – in their last four games. </b></i></div>
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Thomas Tuchel's men followed up their 6-0 win at Legia with an identical
 victory at home to SV Darmstadt 98 on 17 September. They then prevailed
 5-1 against a VfL Wolfsburg side that had hitherto not conceded a goal 
in the Bundesliga this season and on Friday overcame SC Freiburg 3-1. </b></i></div>
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By beating Freiburg, Dortmund matched their club record of 24 home 
Bundesliga fixtures without defeat, set between January 1965 and April 
1966 and equalled from November 2001 to March 2003. </b></i></div>
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Sebastian Rode and Emre Mor registered their first Dortmund goals in the
 defeat of Darmstadt; Dembélé did likewise away to Wolfsburg, where 
Piszczek was on target for the first time in the Bundesliga since 3 May 
2014. </b></i></div>
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Bartra was substituted early on in Wolfsburg due to an adductor strain and missed the visit of Freiburg. </b></i></div>
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Schürrle has sat out Dortmund's last four encounters with the knee 
injury he sustained in the 1-0 loss at RB Leipzig on 10 September. </b></i></div>
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Sven Bender has not played for Dortmund this season due to the ankle 
injury he suffered at the Olympic Games, where he and Matthias Ginter 
won silver medals. </b></i></div>
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Reus (adductors), Neven Subotic (ribs) and Erik Durm (knee) are long-term injury absentees. </b></i></div>
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Zidane's men are unbeaten in 19 in all competitions, dating back to 
their 2-0 loss at Wolfsburg in the first leg of the 2015/16 Champions 
League quarter-finals. </b></i></div>
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The Merengues twice surrendered the lead in drawing 2-2 away to UD Las 
Palmas on Saturday. Ronaldo was withdrawn with 18 minutes remaining. </b></i></div>
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Villarreal CF denied Madrid what would have been a Liga record 17th 
consecutive victory when they drew 1-1 at the Santiago Bernabéu on 21 
September. </b></i></div>
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Ramos headed the equaliser against Villarreal, his second Liga goal of 
the campaign and third overall, equalling his tally from last term.</b></i></div>

Big Match Feature: BVB v Real

Borussia Dortmund go in search of a fourth straight home victory over Real Madrid when they host the reigning European champions on matchd...

Ibrahim says Caf ticket possible

<a href="http://images.supersport.com/2016/9/Mustapha%20Ibrahim-05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img align="middle" border="0" src="http://images.supersport.com/2016/9/Mustapha%20Ibrahim-05.jpg" style="display: block;" /></a>Wikki Tourists captain and right back, Mustapha Ibrahim has said his 
side have shifted whole attention on top-flight matchday 38 clash 
against Sunshine Stars aimed at making the continental numbers.<br />

The Bauchi outfit lost their concerted fight for the league crown 
with a 0-1 loss at 3SC in matchday 37 tie in Ibadan now must beat the 
Owena Waves to chance winning a ticket to Africa.<br />

Ibrahim said the painful loss at Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) 
completely killed off their hope to land the league title in the 
on-going top-flight.<br />

“Of course, we are no more in contention for the league crown as the 
loss at 3SC has made nonsense of our dream to be champions in the 
on-going top-flight.<br />

“Right now we have shifted our whole attention on winning one of the tickets to the continent.<br />

“We believe the task is achievable with a game to spare against Sunshine Stars on Sunday in Bauchi.<br />

“We are thinking of nothing else but the clash against Sunshine Stars and how to earn the whole points at stake.<br />

“Victory against Sunshine Stars will put us on strong footing to challenge for the ticket to the continent.<br />

“We have strong goals to help our course if we are to tie on points 
with other frontrunners like Rivers, FC IfeanyiUbah, among others.<br />

“We are not expecting Sunshine Stars to come cheap as they, too stand a chance to nip a ticket to Africa.<br />

“That’s why we are giving the clash an undivided attention and 
preparing adequately to ensure we win convincingly,” said the former 
Golden Eaglets strongman to supersport.com.<br />

Wikki Tourists are fourth on the Nigerian top-flight log on 54 points six behind league leaders, Enugu Rangers.

Ibrahim says Caf ticket possible

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Bayern out to settle Spanish score in Madrid

<a href="http://images.supersport.com/2016/9/Carlo-Ancelotti-lookson-160919G300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img align="middle" border="0" src="http://images.supersport.com/2016/9/Carlo-Ancelotti-lookson-160919G300.jpg" style="display: block;" /></a>After three consecutive semifinal defeats against Spanish clubs in the 
Champions League, Bayern Munich head to Atletico Madrid for Wednesday's 
group match with a point to prove.<br />

"We want to show that we can do better than in the last few semifinals. 
We certainly have a score to settle there," said Bayern forward Thomas 
Mueller before the team jetted off to Madrid.<br />

After the highs of beating Borussia Dortmund in the 2013 Champions 
League final came Bayern's lows of semifinal exits to Real Madrid, 
Barcelona and then Atletico in each of the last three seasons under Pep 
Guardiola.<br />

Atletico have won 25 of their last 30 home European games making the Estadio Vicente Calderon something of a cauldron.<br />

Last season's semifinal exit at the hands of Diego Simeone's Atletico 
was particularly painful for Bayern, who won the return leg 2-1 in 
Munich after losing 1-0 in Madrid as the Spanish side reached the final 
on away goals.<br />

"In the last three years, we played three times against Spanish teams 
and always lost there," said Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.<br />

"We saw how strong Atletico are last season and you can't get much more of a tougher test.<br />

"Now we have the chance to show with Carlo (Ancelotti) that we can get at least a point there – or even three."<br />

After Guardiola failed to steer Bayern to the Champions League final, 
his successor Ancelotti is the Bavarian giants' not-so-secret weapon.<br />

Two years ago, Ancelotti's Real Madrid won the 2014 Champions League final with a 4-1 extra-time win over Atletico.<br />

"I really like Madrid and I'm looking forward to going back, I had two wonderful years there," said Ancelotti.<br />

Sightseeing will be the last thing on the Italian's programme, with 
Ancelotti more concerned about French forward Antoine Griezmann, whose 
goals knocked Bayern out of Europe last May.<br />

"He could play at any big club in Europe," said Ancelotti.<br />

Bayern smashed Russian side Rostov 5-0 in Munich in their opening Group D
 match, the same night Atletico won 1-0 at PSV Eindhoven.<br />

But the German team's players know they will be in for a much sterner challenge on Wednesday.<br />

"It will be a difficult fight in Madrid and we have to at least get a few goals," said Bayern captain Philipp Lahm.<br />

Bayern defender Mats Hummels, who trained on Monday after limping out of
 Saturday's 1-0 win at Hamburg with a knee injury, says the Bundesliga 
leaders have a "pretty tricky task against one of the top favourites to 
win the Champions League".

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why can't we rid ourselves of the England manager's disease? - Eriksson, Hoddle

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<b><i>The former West Ham boss could face the sack for 
comments made in a secret recording but for decades England managers 
have been the architects of their own downfall</i></b></div>
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<b><i>One game into the job, Sam Allardyce’s future as England manager is 
already under threat. Yet anyone expressing surprise at the ability of a
 Three Lions boss to shoot himself in the foot so dramatically only need
 look at recent history to realise this is a disease that the national 
coach simply cannot shake off no matter what his identity.</i></b><br />

<b><i><strong><a href="http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2995/betting/2016/09/27/27924802/allardyce-on-the-brink-pardew-and-bruce-lead-market-to-be?ICID=HP_BN_2" target="_blank">Allardyce on the brink?</a></strong></i></b><br />

<b><i>Allardyce’s decision to outline methods of circumventing restrictions
 on Third-Party Ownership to new acquaintances was ridiculously naïve. 
It was foolhardy. It was akin to schoolkids attempting to impress 
contemporaries in the playground with a nugget of information they know 
will widen the eyes of their audience. And all this in conversation with
 people he was meeting for the very first time.</i></b><br />

<a href="http://images.performgroup.com/di/library/goal_uk/fb/2a/former-england-manager-glenn-hoddle_17o293te21ae11tl4whc7trzg4.jpg?t=-1277847516" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://images.performgroup.com/di/library/goal_uk/fb/2a/former-england-manager-glenn-hoddle_17o293te21ae11tl4whc7trzg4.jpg?t=-1277847516" style="width: 100%;" /></a><b><i>But we have been here before far too often. In 1999, Glenn Hoddle 
thought it a good idea to speak out on issues of faith in an interview 
with The Times newspaper, and his claim that disabled people were paying
 the price for sins in a former life brought an avalanche of criticism 
from the general public which backed the FA into a corner. His 
subsequent sacking appeared the only way out at the time.</i></b><br />

<b><i>Sven-Goran Eriksson’s England reign also ended early after an 
embarrassing sting, with the Swede meeting a ‘Fake Sheikh’ employed by 
the News of the World who presented himself as a potential investor in 
Aston Villa. Eriksson said he’d be open to leaving the national job 
should England be successful in the 2006 World Cup, and there was an 
outcry regarding his loyalty which ultimately led to him departing two 
years before the expiry of his contract.</i></b><br />

<b><i><strong><a href="http://www.goal.com/en-ng/news/4055/serie-a/2016/09/27/27923002/happy-40th-birthday-gladiatore-francesco-totti-is-greater" target="_blank">Francesco Totti at 40 - Rome's favourite son</a></strong></i></b><br />

<b><i>There have been other England bosses who have ended up walking away 
over matters away from the field of play too. Terry Venables quit in 
1996 to focus on clearing his name against a string of allegations which
 had led his bosses to cool in their support of their manager. In one 
court case, the judge had called Venables’ evidence “not entirely 
reliable to put it at its most charitable.”</i></b><br />

<b><i>Rewind a couple of decades and there is the story of Don Revie, who 
responded to a difficult relationship with the FA and a string of poor 
results by negotiating a deal to become manager of the United Arab 
Emirates while he was meant to be completing a scouting mission, missing
 an England friendly for the cause. After quitting his home nation, the 
FA banned him for 10 years and while Revie managed to overturn the 
decision in court his reputation at home was permanently scarred by his 
so-called ‘desertion’.</i></b><br />

<b><i>Allardyce’s folly could well see him added to the list of England 
bosses whose spell in charge have ended on the back of unwise and 
embarrassing issues away from the actual football. Whereas others had 
been in the job long enough to provide enough misgivings over their 
record too, Big Sam’s case would surely be the most dramatic following 
his single game in charge against Slovakia earlier in September.</i></b><br />

<b><i><strong><a href="http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2914/champions-league/2016/09/26/27899162/barcelonas-champions-league-win-percentage-is-higher-without?ICID=HP_HN_HP_RI_1_3" target="_blank">Are Barca better off without Messi?</a></strong></i></b><br />

<b><i>But would that really achieve anything? And what did he actually do 
wrong? He was silly and has caused embarrassment, both in taking a 
childish swipe at his predecessor ‘Woy’ Hodgson and explaining how to 
side-step TPO restrictions. Yet he has not endorsed the breaking of any 
FIFA rules and regulations, and even flatly refused to talk about the 
very practice of handing bungs to players, managers or agents.</i></b><br />

<b><i>Allardyce should be allowed to live to fight another day. And he 
should be judged on his success or otherwise as the manager of the 
pilloried group of England players he admitted had let down Hodgson. But
 he would be very wise to learn from this lesson and keep his nose clean
 in future.</i></b><br />

<b><i>The foot-in-mouth disease of the England football manager just will 
not go away, and the FA once more finds itself having to decide whether 
it would be more humiliating to back or sack their man.</i></b><br />
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Flamingoes arrive Jordan for Fifa U17 Women's World Cup

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Nigeria U17 women team have landed in Amman, Jordan on Tuesday 
morning for the Fifa U17 Women's World Cup ahead of Saturday's 
opening Group C clash with Brazil.<br />

The Flamingoes who defeated Namibia and South Africa to secure their 
fifth appearance, had left the country on Monday for the competition 
scheduled to hold from September 30 to October 21.<br />

The team will resume their training activities on Tuesday evening 
ahead of their preliminary round campaign on October 1 at the King 
Abdullah II International Stadium.<br />

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Jada Pinkett Smith wishes hubby Will Smith happy 48th birthday

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'You have been the greatest gift': Jada Pinkett Smith wishes hubby Will Smith happy 48th birthday 
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Jada Pinkett-Smith, 45, took to her Facebook page yesterday to wish her 
husband Will Smith a very special 48th birthday. She posted a one minute
 video of their charity organisation, showing what they do as a couple 
to help the world, (they help with bringing clean, safe drinking water 
to people in developing nations) and wrote a special message to her 
partner of 21 years. Happy birthday to Will.</div>

Jada Pinkett Smith wishes hubby Will Smith happy 48th birthday

'You have been the greatest gift': Jada Pinkett Smith wishes hubby Will Smith happy 48th birthday Jada Pinkett-Smith, 45, t...