Football: Libya, Niger qualify for African Cup
Nigeria and South Africa were eliminated after a day of drama and confusion.
South African footballers, coaches, supporters and media celebrated after a 0-0 home draw with Sierra Leone believing Bafana Bafana (The Boys) had made it only to discover later that little Niger had topped the table on the head-to-head rule despite a 3-0 drubbing in Egypt.
The eight qualifiers join co-hosts Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Senegal at the biennial African football showcase during January and February with the final two slots to be filled Sunday.
Although Zambia and Libya failed to score in Copperbelt town Chingola, the 0-0 draw took the home team through as a group winner while the North Africans took one of two places reserved for the best runners-up.
It was a remarkable achievement for the Libyans as fighting between pro and anti-Moamer Kadhafi forces meant the national team played only one of three home fixtures in Tripoli with Mali and Egypt hosting the others.
Only results against first and third-place finishers in four-nation groups count in the battle for the runners-up slots and Libya amassed eight points by taking four each off Zambia and Mozambique.
Pak U-19 Qualify For Cricket WC U-19 Final
LINCOLN: Pak U-19 Qualify For Cricket WC U-19 Final, Pakistan youth team beat West Indies by four wickets in the first semifinal of the Under-19 World Cup on Monday.
Pakistan under-19 team completed the chase with loss of six wickets at Bert Stucliffe Oval in Lincoln.
Pakistan won the toss and elected to field in the first semifinal of the youth world cup.
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KC Brathwaite scored 85 and SD Bowrich 55 for West Indies to set a competitive target of 212 runs.
Hammad Azam 92 remains unbeaten and he does it again for Pakistan. He came in under pressure and played sensibly to get Pakistan over the line.
Rameez Aziz 39, Mohammed Waqas 29 and Ahsan Ali 28 added useful contributions in Pakistan total to reach the victory target.
Pak U-19 Qualify For Cricket WC U-19 Final was first posted on January 25, 2010 at 10:49 am.
