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The Ivory Coast were ahead 2-0 with just 14 minutes to go in the playoff game in Dakar tonight, when Senegal fans started to flood out of the stadium, and small fires were started in the stands and play was held up – but it seems there is no way this game will get underway [...]

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Alan Pardew was quite right in not saying which country he preferred to win the two-legged play-off  tie this afternoon between Senegal and the Ivory Coast, which has just got underway. Cheick Tiote – Ivory Coast’s top midfielder

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It’s a daunting task for Senegal to overcome the 4-2 deficit to the Ivory Coast, in their play-off for a place in the African Cup of Nations in South Africa in January, but the Senegal captain and Newcastle striker Papiss Cisse, says it’s still possible for Senegal to make it through. Papiss Cisse – anything [...]

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Good news today is that three Newcastle United players have been nominated for the 2012 African Footballer of the Year award, however the bad news is that another 31 players have also been nominated – nothing like narrowing down the choice is there? Yaya Toure – won 2011 African Player of the Year

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Newcastle United will either lose Cheick Tiote to the African Cup of Nations in South Africa in January, or our two strikers Papiss Cisse and Demba Ba, as the second leg of the play-off takes place on Saturday in the Senegal capital of Dakur. Cheick Tiote – in Ivory Coast colors

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Newcastle had a bad day at the office today and the strength in depth at center-back was shown to be bare, when Steven Taylor left the filed injured and within 5 minutes Newcastle conceded two goals, both of which were through poor defensive work. Demba Ba – scoring brilliant first Newcastle goal this afternoon

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As we mentioned yesterday it’s not since February of 1972 that we last won at Old Trafford, but those runs are there to be broken, and Newcastle will be going all out to get the win against Manchester United tonight, and it could be that Alan Pardew will start Fabricio Coloccini, Cheick Tiote and Papiss [...]

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Cheick Tiote and Fabricio Coloccini are on their way back into the Newcastle first team, as Cheick started training late last week, following a calf injury, and Colo will start training on Monday after recovering from his hamstring problems, and both could be in the squad for the game at Manchester United in the Capital [...]

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