Soccer power: Kicking malaria out of Africa
July 30th, 2012 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
Addis Ababa, July 30 (IANS) With the Olympics on, it's a fever nobody seems to mind in the 54-nation continent at any time. Soccer fever, which afflicts nearly every African, ... Read more...
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Roger Milla dismissed as honorary president
May 18th, 2012 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
Yaounde (Cameroon), May 18 (IANS) Cameroon's legendary footballer Roger Milla was sacked as the honorary president of Cameroon football federation (FECAFOOT) after criticising the federation and its president Iya Mohamed.During ... Read more...
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Milla wants Cameroon’s football body sacked
April 20th, 2012 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
Yaounde (Cameroon), April 20 (IANS) Afraid that four-time champions Cameroon may again fail to qualify for the 2013 African Cup of Nations, legendary footballer Roger Milla has called for the ... Read more...
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Cameroon play for pride against advancing Dutch
June 23rd, 2010 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
Cape Town, June 23 (DPA) Cameroon and the Netherlands meet Thursday in their final Group E match of World Cup football, which means nothing in terms of qualification but everything in ... Read more...
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FIFA ropes in Roger Milla for anti-Malaria campaign
June 15th, 2010 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
Pretoria, June 15 (IANS) Cameroon football legend Roger Milla and FIFA have teamed up in a campaign that seeks to end malaria deaths in Africa by 2015.
The campaign inspired by the first ... Read more...
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Lack of trust, resources ailing Indian football: Roger Milla (With Image)
September 22nd, 2009 - 12:03 pm ICT by IANS
By Sirshendu Panth
Zurich, Sep 22 (IANS) Soccer star Roger Milla, adjudged Africa's best player of the last century, feels the game has suffered in India due "lack of faith and resources".Speaking to ... Read more...
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Maradona to visit Kolkata in December first week
November 5th, 2008 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 5 (IANS) Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona would make a short two-day trip to Kolkata in the first week of December.The newly appointed Argentine coach would inaugrate the Indian Football ... Read more...
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