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English Football captain- John Terry might resign as captain. He has come to this decision after the details of his affair with ex-Chelsea and England team-mate Wayne Bridge’s ex-girlfriend came to light.

John was earlier involved in scam where he apparently accepted money in return for a tour of Chelsea’s club facilities. Read here.

The Chelsea defender will speak with England coach Fabio Capello and FA officials to discover their thoughts on the latest off-field problem to engulf him.

Terry is close to giving up the job he treasures the most in order to save squad’s morale ahead of the World Cup this summer. Terry values being captain of his country more than anything else, but he recognises that his actions could have potentially damaged the unity within the national squad.

Terry has the Blues

Terry’s Chelsea team-mates showed their support for him after he scored the winner against Burnley on Saturday, there are players at other clubs who do not share the same feeling. Wayne Bridge’s current team-mates at Manchester City have shown support for the left-back by wearing ‘Team Bridge’ T-shirts under their kits in the match against Portsmouth. Other players in the England squad have also contacted former Blues left-back Bridge to offer their support and voice disgust at Terry’s behaviour. Players from other Premier League club’s have admitted they have lost respect for a natural born leader.

Wayne Bridge, the player on the otherside of the controversy has voiced out that as long as Terry remains in the England set-up, he doesn’t want to be considered for the squad even with a World Cup coming up. England Coach, Capello, wants a united squad when he travels to South Africa and remains with a tough decision to make. Terry seems to be close to ease his manager’s troubles by informing the FA that he can no longer remain in the role as England Captain.

Egypt scored the only goal of the match with 5 minutes remaining, against a resilient Ghana team. The Pharaohs have successfully defended their title and have managed a third consecutive trophy in Angola.

The Al Ittihad striker- Mohamed Gedo scored the winner for his team just before the match could move into extra time. Egypt didn’t create too many chances in the game. Ghana looked more creative than their counterparts and had quite a few chances to take the lead.

Egypt defend their African Cup of Nations Title

Earlier, the Egyptians trashed their archrivals Algeria 4-0 to enter the finals.

Egypt have stretched their record-breaking unbeaten run at the Nations Cup to 19 games after their victory over U-20 Champions, Ghana.

In other African Cup of Nations news, Nigeria downed Algeria 1-0 to secure a 3rd place in the tournament. Victor Obinna scored the only goal early in the second half.

Ivory Coast

Côte d’Ivoire have become the first team to reach the quarter finals in the Africa Cup of Nations. They defeated Ghana 3-1 on Friday.

The Elephants were reduced to 10-men after defender Emmanuel Eboue was red-carded for a tackle from behind on Opoku Agyemang. The other two teams in the Group B – Burkina Faso and Ghana will clash Tuesday to decide the second qualifier from the Group. Togo, the 4th country from the group, withdrew from the tournament after their bus was attacked by terrorists.

Kouassi Yao put the Ivorians ahead midway through the first half.  He scored from a direct free-kick. Ghana pulled one back during stoppage-time through an Asamoah Gyan penalty.

Ivory Coast Captain – Drogba commented:

“We’re all relieved. We were consistent from the start. Even if we had difficulties we succeeded in remaining solid and performing the counter attacks.”

Ghana started with a second rate team with almost eight of the first-choice players missing. Defenders John Pantsil and John Mensah, midfielders Anthony Annan, Stephen Appiah, Michael Essien, Laryea Kingson and Sulley Muntari and striker Asamoah Gyan.

The driver has been killed and several players were injured when the bus carrying the Togo national football team was ambushed in Angola.

The Togo Football team are in Angola to participate in the Africa Cup of Nations, which begins on Sunday. However, after this severe attack the tournament might postponed or called off. Togo may pull out of the tourney after two of their players were injured. The attack lasted for around 15 to 20 minutes. Togolese and Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor is safe but is visibly shaken by the terror strike.

Togo National Team

The team will decide whether they want to continue with the tournament or not. Defender Serge Akakpo was injured with about 2 bullets in his back. His condition is said to be stable. The other player injured was goalkeeper Kodjovi Obilale, a bullet pierced his kidney.

This terror attack has also cast a shadow over the World Cup finals which are set to be held later this year, in June, in South Africa.

One of the team members commented:

“We had just crossed the border. We had filled in the border formalities and were surrounded by police. Everything was fine. Then there was a powerful burst of gunfire. Everyone dived under the seats and the police fired back.”

“It felt like war had broken out. It’s shocking. When we got off the bus we were asking ourselves what was up. The official in charge of communications also stopped a bullet – he lost a lot of blood.”

Togo are supposed to play Ghana on Monday.

English Premiership

7th January 2010

• Liverpool have signed Maxi Rodriguez
  The Reds have managed to sign the Argentine midefielder from Atletico Madrid for a 1.5mil pounds deal. The 29-year-old has penned a 18-month contract. He will now join his national team captain Javier Mascherano and former A. Madrid team-mate Fernando Torres.

2nd January 2010

• Liverpool need a right-back
  Benitez is looking for a replacement for Glen Johnson, who could miss up to two months with his knee injury and has set his eyes on Greece international full-back Vasil Torosidis.

1st January 2010

• Chelsea to buy David Villa for 40mil pounds
  The Blues are looking for a replacement for Didier Drogba, who is going to participate in this months African Cup of Nations. Chelsea are looking at the Valencia striker to boost their chances of winning the Premiership.
• Liverpool looking to get Maxi Rodriguez
  The Reds are targeting Atletico Madrid’s Maxi Rodriguez for a loan deal, ahead of Real Madrid’s striker Van Nistelrooy.

30th December 2009

• Van Nistelroy loan deal for Liverpool
  Benitez is set to sign a loan deal for Real’s striker. By signing Van Nistelroy, Rafa looks to strenghten his strike force. He also hopes for a full contract for the Dutchman.
• Nemanja Vidic might be off to Real Madrid
  Real are keen on Vidic and are ready for a swoop deal. Manchester United are commanding a 30mil pound price and have also pinpointed Simon Kjaer as his replacement. The other replacement candidates are Bruno Alves and Jack Rodwell

28 December 2009

• Bolton looking to sign veteran Real Madrid midfielder- Guti.
  According to Mirrorfootball, Bolton manager Gary Megson is making a sensational bid to sign Real Madrid legend Guti on loan for the rest of the season. Guti has been out of favour at Real and was told he could find a new club. Guti would cost around £2million in wages for half-a-season. Bolton hope to pull off the deal quickly to get Guti on board and playing after his own stop-start season and they will be attempting to get him in at the beginning of the month rather than at the end.
• Fernando Torres is ready to quit Liverpool if they fail to finish in the top four this season.
  Rafa Benitez has already turned down a £70million bid from Manchester City and earlier Chelsea’s bid for the Spanish star. Torres left his boyhood team Atletico Madrid because they could not match his Champions League and trophy- winning dreams. Now with Liverpool’s slump, Torres might have to accept the offers coming his way, to fulfil his trophy ambitions.
• Arsenal might sign City’s Craig Bellamy
  The Welsh star had apparently led a protest against the sacking of coach Mark Hughes and was left on the bench by new manager Mancini for the club’s recent win. Arsenal on the other hand are lloking to strenghten their strike-force after Van Persie’s injury.
• Rafael Benitez eyeing Goran Pandev
  Liverpool keen on signing Lazio’s striker Goran Pandev in a free transfer, next month. The 26-year-old recently won a batle against the club, unwilling to sell him for less than £18million. Benitez will have to sell Dutchman Ryan Babel to come up with the cash to buy in the next transfer window. Other players on their way out will be Ukrain’s Andrei Voronin and Italy’s Andrea Dossena and the Swiss Philipp Degen.
• Stoke want to buy Ryan Babel
  Manager Tony Pulis wants to strengthen his squad and is looking to buy Liverpool’s out-of-favour player, Babel (left wing, forward). He also has his sights set on Villa’s Emile Heskey(striker) and Sunderland’s Kenwyne Jones (striker).

Spanish Premira Liga

2nd January 2010

• Real Madrid to bid for Rooney
  The Galacticos are calculating a £60million bid for Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney. Real’s star player and ex-United man- Ronaldo has publically acknowledged many-a-time that he would like Rooney to come to Spain.

30th December 2009

• David Silva to Barcelona?
  Barcelona are still keen on signing Fabregas during this transfer window. Another player they look to buy is David Villa. With Henry leaving he would be a potential replacement for the Frenchman.