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10/01/2004
Red Sea to battle Keneya in Champion League matchup!
Eritrean soccer club "Red Sea" not the national team known as "The Red Sea Boyz" will be facing Kenyan Club "Nzoia Sugar" in Nairobi this weekend. Red Sea beat the Kenyan Club two weeks ago in Asmara so all they have to do is win, tie or loose by 1-0 to eliminate one of the more competitors of the Champions League tourney of the best clubs in Africa. "Red Sea" is representing Eritrea in this tournament. Here is the latest from the Daily Times of Kenya, Courtesy of Mike Seium Kenya hope Nzoia Sugar can provide some sweetness JOHANNESBURG: Kenyan club Nzoia Sugar will carry a heavy burden of expectation into the African Champions League this weekend. Football within the East Africa country is in turmoil with the national junior team disbanded for using over-age players and sports minister Najib Balala threatening to dissolve the national association in a related action. And events on the field brought no cheer either with provincial club Nzoia making a disastrous start to their first Champions League campaign by losing 2-0 to underdogs Red Sea in Eritrea two weeks ago. The return match in the preliminary round is scheduled for this weekend, along with eight other second leg games in the Champions League and three in the Cup Winners Cup. Nzoia finished runners-up to Nakuru (formerly Oserian Fastac) in the national championship only to secure a place in the three-million-dollar showpiece of African club football when the league winners went bust. Their first taste of international fare came at the regional championship last month in Uganda, where they defeated Borrer of Djibouti and Muzinga of Burundi and lost a five-goal group thriller to Simba of Tanzania. A three-goal hiding from co-hosts Express in the quarter-finals was the first hint that Nzoia might find the elevation from domestic to international football more challenging than anticipated. Red Sea also exited at the quarter-final stage, losing to Muzinga in extra time, but not before they raised a few eyebrows with pool wins over Khartoum 3 of Sudan, Mlandege of Zanzibar and Young Africans of Tanzania. These victories and a narrow loss to co-hosts and eventual winners Villa had a positive psychological effect as they took control in the second half against Nzoia and Suleiman Mohamed and Fassil Abreha scored. Playing in the Eritrean capital, Asmara, is formidable given fiercely partisan fans and a pitch so bumpy that former Zimbabwe coach Clemens Westerhof famously claimed even a four-wheel-drive vehicle would struggle to cross it. With more favourable playing conditions and home support, Nzoia are capable of cheering a football-crazy nation that found solace this week in a shock Cricket World Cup victory for Kenya over Sri Lanka in Nairobi. But Sugar dare not concede another goal as it would leave them needing to score at least four to secure a first round date with defending champions Zamalek of Egypt during April. Many of the Champions League ties are finely balanced with Wallidan of Gambia, Nouadhibou of Mauritania, Adema of Madagascar, Simba of Tanzania and La Passe of Seychelles taking one-goal leads to foreign fields. Douanes of Togo are better placed having held El Nguema 0-0 in Equatorial Guinea while Villa, who bring a 4-1 lead to Muzinga, and Rayon Sport of Rwanda, 3-1 victors over Saint George in Ethiopia, seem certain to progress. South African outfit Jomo Cosmos, forced to pre-qualify in the Cup Winners Cup because they entered late, should see off Defence Force of Lesotho having drawn 2-2 in the tiny mountain kingdom. The other ties are diffciult to call with Pobe of Benin defending a 1-0 lead over Agadez in Niger while Olympic Moka of Mauritius hold a 3-1 advantage as they prepare to tackle Fortior in Madagascar.. AFP
08/24/2004
News from Olympic Games in Athens Greek
Marathon/Track & Field:
Zeresenay Tadesse - Bronz Medal
Mebrahtom Kiflezgi - Silver Medal
more about Meb
Zeresenay Tadesse wins Bronze Medal, finish 3rd in the 10,000 meter duel.
This is the first Olympic medal awarded to an Eritrean Athlete, what an accomplishment...
More info at NBC Olympics
CECAGA CLUB TOURNEY 2003Red Sea Pip Khartoum 3 in Cecafa Club Tourney
The Nation (Nairobi)
Posted to the web January 27, 2003
Stephen Ouma (Nairobi Kenya)
Kampala, Uganda
Eritrea's Red Sea yesterday started their Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations club championship campaign well with a 1-0 win over Sudan's Khartoum 3 FC at the Nelson Mandela Stadium, Namboole in Kampala.
Kenya's representatives to the regional event, Nzoia Sugar, arrived in Mbale on Saturday. They are in Group "B" and will begin their campaign today against Burundi's Muzinga. At Namboole, the first half saw no goals. Red Sea's Biliam Fissehaye broke the deadlock in the 70th minute after receiving a good pass from Haile Goigom.
Red Sea could have scored two more goals but Abel Aferwoki's shot was cleared off the line by Khartoum 3 defender Hamid Abdelkadir.The Sudan side was reduced to 10 men in the 25th minute after Somalia referee Abdul Abdi sent off Khartoum 3 player Omerta Geldin.
In the second match, Uganda league champions Sports Club Villa beat Young Africans (Tanzania) 2-0.The first was an own goal by Yanga defender Paul Masanja in the 11th minute. Masanja had attempted to clear a Philip Ssosi cross.Skipper Edgar Watson scored the second in the 50th minute of the match watched by 25,000 fans. led 2-0 with 25 minutes left against Tanzania's Yanga at the same venue. The first was an own goal by Yanga defender Paul Masanja in the 11th minute. Masanja had attempted to clear a Philip Ssosi cross.
Also in Group "B" are Tanzania's Simba SC and Djibouti's Borrer.
Nzoia will play their second match on Thursday against Borrer and complete their preliminary assignment with a match against Simba on February 3.
Brazil is again 2002 Champion!
FINAL Game: (06/30/2002)
Games: Brazil 2 vs Germany 0 06/25/02
SEMIFINALS Action: (06/21/2002)
Games: Brazil 1 vs Turkey 0 06/29/02
Games: Germany 1 vs S.Korea 0 06/24/02
QUARTERFINALS Action: (06/21/2002)
(Side A) - Brazil, England, Sengal Turkey
(Side B) - Germany, USA,Spain, S.Korea
Games: Brazil vs England 06/21/02
Games: Garmany vs USA 06/21/02
Games: Senegal vs Turkey 06/22/02
Games Spain vs S.Korea 06/22/02
FOLLOWALL WORLD CUP ACTION AT WWW.WORLDCUP2002.COM
Cecafa Cup 2001 Eritrea vs Kenya 12/10/2001
Keynay go to the wire
Tuesday, 11 December, 2001, 16:12 GMT
Kenya go to the wire
Eritrea were unlucky to come away with nothing By Sport Online's Alexis
Masciarelli in Kigali Click here for results and standings.
Eritrea came close to producing the first big upset of the Cecafa
Challenge Cup on Monday against Kenya. The Harambee Stars trailed the
Eritreans for most of the game, giving away the ball easily and then missing a series of chances.
Yidnekachen Shimangus scored the opener just before half time, punishing
the Kenyan defence after a poor clearance. Eritrean keeper Abdulsalah Suleman made great saves on several occasions,
and looked as if he would deny Kenya even a point.
But the Harambee Stars broke the deadlock with 15 minutes to go when Tom
Juma headed home a free kick from the left. And five minutes from time, Maurice Sunguti gave the Harambee Stars an
undeserved victory.
The players from the Horn looked like schoolboys compared to their bigger,
tougher opponents, but their commitment won them the local crowd's
support.
The evening's second game between Rwanda 'B' and Zanzibar had none of the
tension of the first. Both sides were very poor, showing little skill or
guile.
There was evident boredom in the stands at halftime with the score
standing at 0-0.
Rwanda finally got their act together and sunk Zanzibar with three goals
in the last quarter.
Schedule for 2002 World Cup finals (http://www.fifa.com)
Schedule for 2002 World Cup finals in South Korea and Japan after eight kick-off times were either amended or confirmed by
football's world governing body FIFA on Tuesday (times in GMT):
Attn eds: Kick-off times may be further changed at a later date, because of, among other reasons, demands of television
Group A: France, Senegal, Uruguay, Denmark
Group B: Spain, Slovenia, Paraguay, South Africa
Group C: Brazil, Turkey, China, Costa Rica
Group D: South Korea, Poland, United States, Portugal
Group E: Germany, Saudi Arabia, Ireland, Cameroon
Group F: Argentina, Nigeria, England, Sweden (Group Death!)
Group G: Italy, Ecuador, Croatia, Mexico
Group H: Japan, Belgium, Russia, Tunisia
1st Round Games
Friday May 31
Seoul: France v Senegal
Saturday June 1
Ulsan: Uruguay v Denmark (0900), Sapporo: Germany v Saudi Arabia (1130), Niigata: Ireland v Cameroon
Sunday June 2
Pusan: Paraguay v South Africa (0730), Kwangju: Spain v Slovenia (1130), Ibaraki: Argentina v Nigeria (0530), Saitama: England v Sweden
Monday June 3
Ulsan: Brazil v Turkey (0900), Sapporo: Italy v Ecuador (1130), Niigata: Croatia v Mexico
Tuesday June 4
Pusan: South Korea v Poland (1130), Kwangju: China v Costa Rica (0630), Saitama: Japan v Belgium
Wednesday June 5
Suwon: United States v Portugal (0900), Ibaraki: Germany v Ireland (1130), Kobe: Russia v Tunisia
Thursday June 6
Pusan: France v Uruguay (1130), Taegu: Denmark v Senegal (0630), Saitama: Cameroon v Saudi Arabia
Friday June 7
Chonju: Spain v Paraguay (0900), Sapporo: Argentina v England (1130), Kobe: Sweden v Nigeria
Saturday June 8
Taegu: South Africa v Slovenia (0630), Sogwipo: Brazil v China (1130), Ibaraki: Italy v Croatia
Sunday June 9
Inchon: Costa Rica v Turkey (0900), Miyagi: Mexico v Ecuador (0630), Yokohama: Japan v Russia
Monday June 10
Taegu: South Korea v United States (0630), Chonju: Portugal v Poland (1130), Oita: Tunisia v Belgium
Tuesday June 11
Suwon: Senegal v Uruguay (0630), Inchon: Denmark v France (0630), Yokohama: Saudi Arabia v Ireland (1130), Shizuoka: Cameroon v Germany
Wednesday June 12
Taejon: South Africa v Spain (1130), Sogwipo: Slovenia v Paraguay (1130), Miyagi: Sweden v Argentina (0630), Osaka: Nigeria v England
Thursday June 13
Seoul: Turkey v China (0630), Suwon: Costa Rica v Brazil (0630), Oita: Mexico v Italy (1130), Yokohama: Ecuador v Croatia
Friday June 14
Taejon: Poland v United States (1130), Inchon: Portugal v South Korea (1130), Osaka: Tunisia v Japan (0630), Shizuoka: Belgium v Russia
2nd Round Games
Saturday June 15
Match 1: Sogwipo: 1st E v 2nd B (0630), Match 5: Niigata: 1st A v 2nd F
Sunday June 16
Match 2: Suwon: 1st B v 2nd E (1130), Match 6: Oita: 1st F v 2nd A
Monday June 17
Match 3: Chonju: 1st G v 2nd D (0630), Match 7: Kobe: 1st C v 2nd H
Tuesday June 18
Match 4: Taejon: 1st D v 2nd G (1130), Match 8: Miyagi: 1st H v 2nd C
Quarter-finals
Friday June 21
Match A: Ulsan: Winner Match 1 v winner match 3 (1130), Match C: Shizuoka: Winner Match 5 v winner Match 7
Saturday June 22
Match B: Kwangju: Winner match 2 v winner match 4 (0630), Match D: Osaka: Winner match 6 v winner match 8
Semi-finals
Tuesday June 25
Seoul: Winner match A v winner match B
Wednesday June 26
Saitama: Winner match C v winner match D
Saturday June 29
Taegu: Third-place play-off
Sunday June 30
Yokohama: Final
Thrilling Eritreans win fans' respect
Saturday, January 27, 2001
By NATION Correspondent
Despite losing 0-2 to Uganda's SC Villa, Red Sea of Eritrea got a standing
ovation from fans at the Mombasa Municipal Stadium soon after referee
Abdallah Bhagazal blew the final whistle on Thursday.
The Eritreans are out of contention after losing two consecutive games -
3-0 to Kenya's Oserian in the opening match and 2-0 to Villa.
But fans have been highly impressed by the brand of soccer displayed by
the gritty Eritrean side and many voted Red Sea as the most entertaining
team of the tournament thus far.
The team won the hearts of Coast fans with their short, crisp and accurate
passes even at a time when they seemed to be under great pressure.
The boys in red did not lose their fighting spirit even when they were
down, and neither did they resort to rough play.
This is in sharp contrast to the attitude displayed by most teams in the
region in which players' tempers rise once they realise that they are
headed for a loss.
Red Sea can only count themselves unlucky not to have won against Villa as
they created more than 15 clear scoring chances but on each occasion, they
failed to hit the target.
Their star strikers Frezehi Behne, Fasil Abraha and Medhane Aghada were a
constant threat to the overworked Villa defence which nevertheless managed
to hold together.
In fact, Villa's first goal came against the run of play when the Ugandan
team's defenders cleared a dangerous ball only for a Red Sea player to
handle in the box at the opposite end with Andrew Mukasa scoring from the
resultant penalty.
http://www.nationaudio.com/News/DailyNation/Today/sports/Sports22.html
April 10, 2000 Soccer Services
STAR STUDDED NIGERIA FAIL TO BEAT TEN-MAN ERITREA
The Super Eagles of Nigeria parading all but two of their big boys last Sunday failed to impress against Eritrea as they were held to a barren draw by that north African country rated as soccer minors in the first leg Japan / South Korea 2002 World Cup qualifying match in Asmara.
The Nigerians having appeared in the last two editions of the world Cup finals, won the African Nations Cup twice, won the Olympic gold medal with almost the same set of players were expected to overrun their Eritrea counterparts but this was not to be. The biggest shock is that for the last 32 minutes of the encounter, Eritrea played with only ten men as Emmanuel Yadu was sent off by referee Andad Asman but the Nigerians could not capitalize on that. The Red Sea boys could have staged an upset as a 25th minute free kick hit the woodwork.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian players who are used to lush green fields in Europehave attributed their lack lustre performance to the poor pitch of the secondary school where the match was played The return leg encounter billed for lagos in a fortnight now becomes dicey as the Eagles would be playing under pressure.
Players in Action ...the training ground where it all starts...
Up Close and Personal...
The 1999 Eritrean National Team Top
Personales Includes...
Team Choach:eMoshir
Muhammed Osman,
Team Captain: Debesai Ghierghis Ogbazghi
Star Striker: Yidnekachew Shimangus.
Rising Star: Yonas Fisahaye & Mussie berhane
Brilliant goalkeeper: Berhane Araya
JOHANNESBURG (June 20, 1999 2:01 p.m. EDT http://www.sportserver.com) -
Eritrea edged closer to a soccer fairytale on Sunday
just 50 kilometers from a bloody border war.
The tiny East African state defeated Mozambique 1-0 in the final African Nations Cup Group
1 fixture to record its first success since entering international football a year ago.
Success before a capacity crowd at the Asmara Stadium lifted Eritrea above Mozambique into
second place. It will face Zimbabwe and Senegal during July and August for a place at the
2000 finals. Yonas Fishaye scored the only goal after 80 minutes to become an instant hero
in a country fighting an increasingly brutal war with southern neighbor Ethiopia. Both
countries claim to have killed and wounded thousands of enemy troops without revealing
their own casualty figures since war erupted in May 1998 over disputed land.
Eritrea, which held 1984 and 1988 Nations Cup winner Cameroon goalless in a previous home
match, hosts Zimbabwe on July 3 in the opening match of the playoffs. Senegal qualified as
runners-up to Burkina Faso in Group 5 after defeating Burundi 1-0 in Dakar through an
11th-minute goal from Belgian-based striker Salif Keita. Victory confirmed a gradual
improvement in the form of the Senegalese Lions since veteran German coach Peter
Schnittger
took charge last December following a 1-0 loss in Burundi.
Senegal begin their playoff programme at home to Eritrea in mid-July and face Zimbabwe
twice between August 1-7 in matches likely to determine who advances to the finals next
January. Co-hosts Ghana and Nigeria, defending champions Egypt, Burkina Faso,
Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Morocco, South Africa, Tunisia and
Zambia have booked places at the biennial showcase