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68 NEW VISION, Tuesday, January 27, 2015
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Halima Nakachwa receives her medal
She Cranes manager Joselyn Ucanda greets Museveni
Museveni to bail UNF
HUGE
RELIEF!
Museveni talks to Alice Nanteza
By David Namunyala
If the national netball team
—the She Cranes —defy the
odds and win the Netball
World Cup, their success
will have a lot to do with the
motivation gathered during
the 29th NRM Liberation
Day celebrations in Soroti
yesterday.
At the Soroti Sports Ground,
President Yoweri Kaguta
Museveni did not only reward
the She Cranes with Golden
Jubilee medals for their remarkable acheivements over
the last two years.
He also pledged to assist the
financially crippled netball
team that has represented the
country with honour inspite
of financial problems.
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Ghana, South Africa, Senegal and Algeria eye quarters
MALABO
Today, 9pm
Algeria v Senegal SS5
Ghana
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Standings
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Billed as the toughest
section at this year’s Africa Cup of Nations when
the draw was made,
Group C reaches its
denouement on Tuesday
evening.
Everything is still up for
grabs as group leaders Senegal take on pre-tournament
favourites Algeria in Malabo
while Ghana and South
Africa clash in Mongomo.
There are myriad different
scenarios as all four sides bid
to advance to the knockout stages, although Alain
Giresse’s Senegal know that
a draw against Algeria will
take them through, while a
win will ensure that they go
through to the last eight as
group winners.
The Lions of Teranga are
looking to qualify for the
tournament knockout stage
for the first time since 2006,
when they reached the semi-
finals in Egypt.
Algeria, who won 2-1 in the
1990 semi-finals in the only
previous meeting of the sides
at the competition,
know a win will
take them into the
last eight.
However,
Christian
Gourcuff’s
side, Africa’s
top-ranked
team, will also
progress with a
draw if South Africa
beat Ghana in the
other match.
Meanwhile, in
Mongomo, Ghana
will go through with a win,
while a draw will suffice
provided Algeria don’t beat
Senegal.
South Africa must
win and hope Senegal beat Algeria,
although they
would also
go through
in the case
of an Algeria
win provided
they can overturn
their goal difference
deficit to Senegal.
The different
possibilities are
headache-inducing,
but Algeria defender
Madjid Bougherra insisted
that the situation in Group
C showed how exciting the
tournament is.
“When you look at this
African Cup, every group
is being decided in the last
games. It’s exciting and
I think it’s been a great
competition this year. The
standard is really high,” said
Bougherra.
His teammate Yacine Brahimi added: “There is so much
at stake. We are approaching
this match as if it is a final.
The match against Ghana (a
1-0 defeat) is behind us. We
have learnt from our errors
and we will give everything
against Senegal.”
Back in Mongomo, on
continental Africa, Ghana
are targeting a first Cup of
Nations victory against South
Africa as they bid to extend
a record of reaching at least
the semi-finals at each of the
last four Nations Cups.
Andre Ayew said: “We’e not
taking anything for granted.
Algeria is behind us and
next is South Africa. It will
be a very tough battle.
South Africa coach
Ephraim ‘Shakes’ Mashaba
said: “We still have another
game to play, so don’t write
us off just yet. Football has
its own miracles.”
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