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Except for Malawi’s romp against Djibouti, it was a day of
close encounters in Africa as Round 2 of the South Africa 2010
qualifiers began.

FIFA World Cup qualifiers begin in earnest in Africa at the
weekend, with Cameroon, Nigeria and Algeria aiming to atone for
missing out in 2006.

With the continental qualifiers for South Africa 2010 fast
approaching, African sides have been fine-tuning their preparations
at home and abroad.

Ghana and Libya were among the biggest winners in the first
qualifying round of the inaugural African Nations Championship.

Fankele Traore, Edward Sadomba and Stephen Worgu all hit
hat-tricks as their sides ran out winners in their second round,
first leg matches.

Be it from international or club level, yesteryear or the modern
era, FIFA.com would like to know what is the best match you have
ever watched.

Following the draw for the South Africa 2010 preliminary
competition, FIFA has confirmed the dates and format of the
qualifying matchdays.

Tanzanian football was latest country to benefit from
FIFA’s ‘Win in Africa with Africa’ programme, with a
management course aiding its elite clubs.

Charles Emedec, Cameroon: “We might be favourites, but
we mustn’t take any of the other teams lightly. It’s a
tough group but we should be able to come through.”

Cameroon have been drawn in Group 1 of the African
Zone qualifying competition along with Cape Verde Islands, Tanzania
and Mauritius.

A thrilling Preliminary Draw to the 2010 FIFA World Cup South
Africa took place in Durban today, with 170 teams discovering their
tasks.

Earning a ticket to the FIFA World Cup is never
straightforward, as a look back at some of the more memorable
qualifying campaigns in Africa reveals.

Al Ahly fans came out in force to ensure that Mohamed Aboutrika
dominated FIFA.com’s latest Have Your Say topic on Africa’s
best player.

Africa is undoubtedly responsible for producing several of
the world’s finest footballers. The question is: who is the
pick of the bunch?

The lineup for the CAF Africa Cup of Nations will become clearer
this weekend when qualifying concludes in all but two of the 12
groups.

As part of its partnership with the International Centre for
Sports Studies, Dakar’s Cheikh Anta Diop University will be
organising a second session of its sports management course.

As one of only two teams to have won away from home this
weekend, Cameroon took the plaudits in this fourth round of
qualifiers for Ghana 2008.