Africa Cup of Nations Angola 2010 Groups and Match Schedule

With a host of players from the English Premier League, Spanish La Liga, Italian Serie A and French Ligue 1 on show, the Africa Cup of Nations 2010 is the most anticipated ever.

Africa’s premier footballing event and the first major world football event of 2010 kicks off on January 10th and run through January 31st in Angola.

Here’s a look at the participating teams and the tournament schedule. Will Egypt be able to make it three African championships in a row or will  Didier Drogba of Ivory Coast or Michael Essien of Ghana lead two of the tournament favourites to continental glory? Stay tuned for more.

ALL GAMES WILL BE SHOWN LIVE ON THE NETWORKS OF BRITISH EUROSPORT IN THE U.K.

GROUP A: ANGOLA, MALI, MALAWI, ALGERIA
GROUP B: COTE D’IVOIRE, BURKINA FASO, GHANA, TOGO
GROUP C: EGYPT (defending champions), NIGERIA, MOZAMBIQUE, BENIN
GROUP D: CAMEROON, GABON, ZAMBIA, TUNISIA

Group Stage Matches
01-10-2010	Angola	20:00	Mali
01-11-2010	Malawi	14:45	Algeria
01-14-2010	Mali	17:00	Algeria
01-14-2010	Angola	19:30	Malawi
01-18-2010	Angola	17:00	Algeria
01-18-2010	Mali	17:00	Malawi
01-11-2010	Cote d’Ivoire	17:00	Burkina Faso
01-11-2010	Ghana	19:30	Togo
01-15-2010	Burkina Faso	17:00	Togo
01-15-2010	Cote d’Ivoire	19:30	Ghana
01-19-2010	Burkina Faso	17:00	Ghana
01-19-2010	Cote d’Ivoire	17:00	Togo
01-12-2010	Egypt	17:00	Nigeria
01-12-2010	Mozambique	19:30	Benin
01-16-2010	Nigeria	17:00	Benin
01-16-2010	Egypt	19:30	Mozambique
01-20-2010	Egypt	17:00	Benin
01-20-2010	Nigeria	17:00	Mozambique
01-13-2010	Cameroon	17:00	Gabon
01-13-2010	Zambia	19:30	Tunisia
01-17-2010	Gabon	17:00	Tunisia
01-17-2010	Cameroon	19:30	Zambia
01-21-2010	Cameroon	17:00	Tunisia
01-21-2010	Gabon	17:00	Zambia

QUARTER FINALS
1ST A V 2ND B 24/01/2010 17H:00 LUANDA
1ST B V 2ND A 24/01/2010 20H:30 CABINDA
1ST C V 2ND D 25/01/2010 17H:00 BENGUELA
1ST D V 2ND C 25/01/2010 20H:30 LUBANGO

SEMI FINALS
WINNER 25 V WINNER 28 28/01/2010 17H:00 LUANDA
WINNER 26 V WINNER 27 28/01/2010 20H:30 BENGUELA

THIRD PLACE MATCH
LOSER 29 V LOSER 30 30/01/2010 17H:00 BENGUELA

FINAL
WINNER 29 V WINNER 30 31/01/2010 17H:00 LUANDA

Video: Roberto Mancini Manchester City Official Presentation

English Premier League megarich club Manchester City has presented Roberto Mancini as their new manager.

The former SS Lazio and Inter Milan manager joins the club on a three and a half-year deal following Saturday’s dismissal of Mark Hughes.

Mancini’s last gig was with Inter from 2005-2008. During this period he led the Nerazzurri to two Italian Cups (2005 and 2006), two Italian Super Cups (2005 and 2006) and three League titles (2005–06, 2006–07 and 2007–08).

Check out more transfer coverage in our Transfers and Signings section.

ESPN and ESPN2 English Premier League & Spanish La Liga U.S. January 2010 Broadcast Schedules

It’s almost time to get the party started right for 2010 with some good high definition soccer action from the basic U.S. cable networks of ESPN and ESPN!

In case you didn’t know it by now, the English Premier League and Spanish La Liga are back on the networks of ESPN for the first time in years. That means you can get view high definition EPL and La Liga games without paying your cable or satellite provider extra for sports packages that include Fox Soccer Channel, Gol TV and Setanta Sports.

To help you plan your soccer viewing activities next month, here is a listing of all of the games that will be shown on ESPN and ESPN2 during the month of January 2010.

Finally, in case you missed it, this is the ESPN / ESPN2 English Premier League and Spanish La Liga December 2009 television schedule.

ESPN

	Date		Start Time		End Time		Description
	01-24-2010		03:00 pm		05:00 pm		Spanish Primera Division

ESPN2

	Date		Start Time		End Time		Description
	01-03-2010		01:00 pm		03:00 pm		Spanish Primera Division Soccer
	01-09-2010		07:30 am		10:00 am		Barclays Premier League on ESPN presented by The United States Marine Corps Hull City vs. Chelsea at Kingston Communications Stadium Hull, England Description : English Premier Football League
	01-10-2010		11:00 am		01:00 pm		Spanish Primera Division Soccer
	01-11-2010		02:55 pm		05:00 pm		Barclays Premier League Manchester City vs. Blackburn Rovers at City of Manchester Stadium Manchester, England Description : English Premier Football League
	01-14-2010		02:00 pm		03:00 pm		Major League Soccer Draft
	01-16-2010		07:30 am		10:00 am		Barclays Premier League on ESPN presented by The United States Marine Corps Stoke City vs. Liverpool at Britannia Stadium Stoke City, England Description : English Premier Football League
	01-17-2010		01:00 pm		03:00 pm		Spanish Primera Division Soccer
	01-17-2010		03:00 pm		05:00 pm		Spanish Primera Division Soccer
	01-30-2010		09:55 am		12:00 pm		Barclays Premier League on ESPN presented by The United States Marine Corps Fulham vs. Aston Villa at Craven Cottage London, England Description : English Premier Football League

Video: Manchester United 2 – Tottenham 0 (Carling Cup Extended Highlights)

A Manchester United team featuring some of the team’s upcoming talent defeated a full strength Tottenham side 2-0 last night at Old Trafford in the quarter finals of the Carling Cup.

Darron Gibson scored twice for United in minutes 16 and 38 while Tottenham’s offense fizzled out after a decent opening twenty minutes. An experienced Manchester United backline featuring veterans Nemanja Vidić, Wes Brown and Gary Neville were able to readily handle Spurs forays into the hosts’ half during the second half of the match.

Check out more game highlights and soccer related footage in our Videos section.

Video: Arsenal 0 – Chelsea FC 3 (English Premier League Highlights)

Chelsea FC secured their place at the summit of the English Premier League on Sunday with a resounding 3-0 win over Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium in London.

Didier Drogba scored twice for Chelsea as the Blues looked good on both the attacking and defensive ends of the pitch. Arsenal defender Thomas Vermaelen was unfortunate to score an own goal after Drogba’s first.

Chelsea (on 36 points) now lead second placed Manchester United by five points at the top of the table after 14 games played each. Arsenal sit in fouth position with 25 points after having played 13 games.

Check out our Videos section for game highlights and soccer related footage.