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26th MTN Africa Cup of Nations, Ghana 2008 honours

11/02/2008,

Champions – Egypt

MTN player of the tournament – Hosny Abd Rabou (Egypt)

MTN Best Young Player – Alexander Song (Cameroon)

MTN Goal of the Tournament – Mohamed Zidan (Egypt), against Cameroon

Pepsi highest scorer award – Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon), 5 goals

http://www.cafonline.com/?lng=1&cmpt=0&module=media&ANC=&TNews=1&idrub=96420&idnews=82860

This is even getting better
Thank you Millena for posting this

Millena:
CAF names Best XI for Ghana 2008 ACN
10/02/2008,


The confederation of African Football (CAF) has released the Best XI for the 26th MTN Africa Cup of Nations, Ghana 2008.

The team was decided by the Technical Study Group (TSG) after careful observations of the tournament matches.


Best XI

Essam El Hadary [size=13pt](Egypt)[/size]

Geremi Njitap (Cameroon)

Wael Gomaa [size=13pt](Egypt)[/size]

Michael Essien (Ghana)

Sulley Muntari (Ghana)

Yaya Touré (Cote d’Ivoire)

Alexandre Song (Cameroon)

Hosny Abd Rabou [size=13pt](Egypt)[/size]

Mohamed Aboutreika [size=13pt](Egypt)[/size]

Amr Zaky [size=13pt](Egypt)[/size]

Manucho (Angola)


Substitutes

Richard Kingson (Ghana)

Hany Saïd [size=13pt](Egypt)[/size]

Ahmed Fathy [size=13pt](Egypt)[/size]

Frej Saber (Tunisia)

Stephane Mbia (Cameroon)

Didier Drogba (Cote I’voire)

Kader Keita (Cote d’Ivoire)

5 of the 11 players are from Egypt
and another 2 of the 7 substitutes

@ folahann: Excuse me , but I do reserve the rights to the last laugh in here

There were many wonderful players in ACN2008

I personally vote for Mohamed Zidan
He is just amazing
and since he plays in Europe, he wasn't well known publicly in Egypt till recently

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRilpPRTQuc

Hi davidif
Thank you for your positive analysis of the Egyptian national team.
I have to tell you the truth, that this particular team is different than what we are used to.
They are playing as a team, not as individual players.
and the coach, Hassan Shehata, did a great job

On a side note, people here are even more happy than when we won CAN2006 in Cairo. Thousands were celebrating in Cairo streets last night. It was so noisy and loud till early hours in the morning

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https://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44417000/jpg/_44417830_cairo203ap.jpg

https://football.uk.reuters.com/uploads/2008/02/10/tn_2008-02-10T200839Z_01_CAI01-_RTRIDSP_2_SOCCER-NATIONS.jpg

https://www.yallakora.com/pictures/main/egyptianfansceleb400.jpg
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And yet more pictures

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https://www.yallakora.com/pictures/main/egyptian-player-celeb400.jpg

https://images.filbalad.com/filgoal/NewsPics/Large/1602621.jpg

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https://images.filbalad.com/filgoal/NewsPics/Large/1602626.jpg

https://images.filbalad.com/filgoal/NewsPics/Large/1602629.jpg

https://www.aljazeera.net/mritems/images/2008/2/11/1_764067_1_34.jpg

[img]http://afp.google.com/media/ALeqM5hA8pB0qiZbjzXuFcMR9RntMHz0eg?size=m[/img]

[img]http://afp.google.com/media/ALeqM5iv2byueFN_Cqcgp4zH5HKsupTNaw?size=s[/img]

https://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44417000/jpg/_44417615_winners_ap416.jpg

https://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Football/Pix/pictures/2008/02/10/Egyptcelebrate1.jpg

https://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/02/11/sports/11soccer.600.jpg

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And more pictures

https://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44417000/jpg/_44417401_mbia_ap416.jpg

https://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44417000/jpg/_44417492_song_ap416.jpg

https://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44417000/jpg/_44417518_eto_ap300.jpg

https://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44417000/jpg/_44417564_zaki_afp416.jpg

https://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44417000/jpg/_44417592_ma2_afp300.jpg

Wow! what a match!
I am very happy our national team didn't disappoint us
let me add some pictures:
https://www.yallakora.com/pictures/main/egyptians-players-team400.jpg

https://www.yallakora.com/pictures/main/amrzakiwith-attoba400.jpg

https://www.yallakora.com/pictures/main/hassancameroon400.jpg

https://www.yallakora.com/pictures/main/zakisad400.jpg

https://www.yallakora.com/pictures/main/El-Hadary-saves400.jpg

https://www.yallakora.com/pictures/main/Aboutrika-celebrates400.jpg

Hi everyone!
This is not a completely imaginary question!

Today is the first day we have bearable internet connection in Egypt.
Since Wednesday morning, there are some kind of damage in the two main internet undersea telecom cables connecting Egypt, and other countries, to Europe
Internet service were restored first to main sectors such as stock market, banks, call-centers and other e-business companies before it was returned to individual subscribers (and it is still slow connection)
This has affected all the countries using these cables , including India which lost about 60% of its internet capabilities as well
On Friday, a third undersea telecom cable was damaged off the shore of Dubai.
And on Sunday a fourth cable was cut in Qatar.
more about this in these links:
http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL02365487.html
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i03tUdyj8wf2Xa9P4trWEjqAJdyQ

now the questions I am wondering about:
first, what do you think the effects of having no internet connections , both on the personal and general levels?
and second, don't you think it is a bit strange to have four undersea cables damaged in just few days, so far no one knows what did cause this?

p.s. I am not sure if this is the most appropriate section to post this, please forgive me if this was not the right section

Just back after the internet cut in Egypt since Wednesday morning
It returned since yesterday but browsing was painfully slow
today it is better, but it is said that it would take at least 10 more days to be back to normal
Imagine having no internet service for 5 days
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romeo:

e-readers: Thank you for your support
but actually till now I haven't received any lofty words
I do think of Nairaland as a very friendly place
people are really nice
and I am enjoying being in here

your nickname suggests you might have already made the choice to have children Abu-Maryam

I think the parents are responsible to make sure that they have enough to provide for their children, before they bring the children to the world

on the other hand, it also depends, and strengthening your economy is a relative term, so if a couple is in their mid-late thirties for example, then it would be very unwise of them to say they need to be millionaires before they start their family.

Hi everyone
I am from Cairo , Egypt

sorry i wasn't online for a while , so i want to thank you romeo and e-readers for welcoming me , really it is fun being here

e-readers: asking you why

Hello abrahamind, nice meeting you

and Hi 7ashish
Ezayak?
I am from Cairo as well and glad to know I am not the only Egyptian in here.

Hi blissful

Here is your fruit basket
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Thank you iice
nice to meet you
The forum is really interesting

I wonder about something:
If cooking was mainly a women's thing and men shouldn't do it, then how come that most professional chefs all over the world are men?!

Thank you Dale1 for your reply
I was starting to feel not very welcomed in here
nice to meet you
I want to know more about Nigeria for a number of reasons
amongst which that I am interested in the diversities of cultures in Nigeria
another thing that Nigeria and Egypt are the most two populous countries in Africa, i think it is sad that most in both countries don't know much about each other
also I have recently started listening to Nigerian music which I do like

Hi Everyone,

I am a new member in here

Egyptian interested to know more about Nigeria

I am happy to have found this forum and I hope being here will be a great experience

Wishing you all Happy New Year

Hi Everyone!

I am a new member from Egypt

wanted to post a new thread introducing myself, but I can't find out how to!

Wishing you all a Happy New Year