Summary
MARK this day in your diaries because it will come in handy later. January 10, 2010. It is the date that Chelsea's championship challenge officially hits the buffers; Manchester City's, too, if the club has managed to sustain its early promise.
January 10 is when the 27th Africa Cup of Nations begins, and January 31 is when it ends, during which time there are four Barclays Premier League matches scheduled. Fixtures that will have to be completed without Didier Drogba, Michael Essien, John Mikel Obi and Salomon Kalou in Chelsea's case, and Emmanuel Adebayor and Kolo Toure for Manchester City.See the full content of this document
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You Want a Proper Ground Death? ; Welcome to Angola!
Do not worry. This is not one of those colonialist rants about those uppity Africans having the cheek to want to play for their own countries in a tournament that has been running since 1957 (and therefore pre-dates our own European Championship by three years).
There should be no place in any debate for the complaints of selfish managers who buy African players and then express indignation when they want to play for African teams in an African tournament. Mark Hughes, the Manchester City ma...See the full content of this document
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