A moment of wizardry from Salomon Kalou settled the clash of the heavyweights in Cote d’Ivoire’s favour on Monday as they beat Nigeria in Sekondi in a winning start to Group B at the MTN Africa Cup of Nations Cup finals in Ghana.

Chelsea’s Kalou netted on 66 minutes against the run of play to give the Elephants a dream start at the new Essipon stadium.

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Ahmed Hossam 'Mido' will miss the African Cup of Nations (CAN) Ghana 2008 due to injury, the Egyptian striker announced.

"I won't be in Ghana," a frustrated Mido told the Egyptian Tv via phone from England.

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Egypt have been handed an easy draw in the preliminary stage of the 2010 World Cup qualifiers as they were placed in Group 12 along with DR Congo, Malawi and Djibouti.

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Didier Drogba made amends for his infamous outburst to repair "broken" Chelsea's Barclays Premier League mission, with a timely goal in today's win at Middlesbrough.

The points were clinched by Brazilian defender Alex's 57th-minute thunderbolt, just as the Teessiders were threatening to force their way back into the game.
Mido made come back from injury and played from the start. The Egyptian had a big chance to score from a powerful header Mido might already have dragged his side back level on 17 minutes when he headed towards goal from Gary O'Neil's right-wing cross - but Cech saved at the second attempt.

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African champions Egypt settled for a goalless draw with Ivory Coast at Sebastien Charlety stadium in Paris in an African Cup of Nations qualifiers warm-up on Wednesday.
However, both teams failed to find their usual rhythm due to the poor state of the water-logged pitch.

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