While the senior team are taking part in the Nations Cup their B side will be taking part in the Cecafa Cup in December in Sudan.
In 2010, FIFA put its cards on the table, taking the World Cup to Africa for the first time.
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Both Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger insist they are taking the FA Cup seriously, that they genuinely want to be the ones doing a lap of honour at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff next May.
It marked the most successful period in the club's history as they went from claiming the European Challenge Cup in 2005 to taking the Premiership title in 2006 and progressed to the Heineken Cup quarter-finals.
Although the NASCAR season is now in the books with Brad Keselowski taking home the Sprint Cup Championship, Patrick is still racing during the off season.
The New Zealand skipper Grant Dalton has sailed the Monaco-based boat Merit Cup into Auckland taking the winning gun in the fourth leg of the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race.
Owen's move to Old Trafford could revive the former Liverpool striker's hopes of resurrecting his international hopes and taking part in the 2010 World Cup, especially as he will now be playing alongside England striker Wayne Rooney.
Celtic face Cardiff away on Wednesday before taking part in the Wembley Cup against Egyptian outfit Al Ahly two days later and Tottenham on 26 July.
The UK team has battled through to the semi-finals of the competition and now is poised to take on Sweden around the same time that the England football players are taking on the Swedes in the World Cup.
Before then, Pakistan will be taking part in the triangular Sharjah Cup competition and a home series against New Zealand.
He guided Warriors to 10th place in his first season in charge as well as taking them to the European Challenge Cup final, which they lost to Bath.
The Kiwi made a huge impression when he took the job, taking on Wales' 2007 World Cup flops and leading them to the 2008 Grand Slam.
He won 20 England caps, playing in the 1958 and 1962 World Cups, before taking the team to the semi-finals of the 1990 World Cup in an eight-year spell as the national manager.
Irish face Llanelli Scarlets next in the Heineken Cup and Ellis said they would not be taking the Welsh side lightly.
Last year the Hainan Island development staged the World Cup teams event for the first time, taking over from the Mission Hills complex at Shenzhen.
But away from the usual images of the World Cup, another hidden life was taking place for those who followed the roadshow thousands of miles around Japan.
Several times he was arrested, once while simply taking a cup of tea in the Kamalalaya Stores.
Despite his misgivings about the 2008 Cup success, James is relishing the prospect of taking on Spurs at Wembley.
The BBC has learnt discussions are taking place to keep the New Zealander until the 2015 World Cup.
Michael's brother John will ride in the BSB Privateers Cup, after his Ducati was barred from taking part in the British Superstock championship.
Now I'm here I'm just taking in all the hype surrounding the World Cup.
Colin Montgomerie shot 22 under par in taking the individual title at the 1997 World Cup of Golf.
The South Asian rivals continued to play each other on overseas grounds, with their last match taking place in the ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka last month.
Ireland coach Dave Passmore and his team will be using the Celtic Cup as part of their continued build up towards the European Championships taking place later this summer.
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Coach Andy Flower admitted the long tour was taking its toll on the players, but expects Swann to return refreshed for the World Cup.
The 2006 World Cup finalists are in Group A in the final round of qualifying for 2010, taking on Cameroon, Gabon and Morocco.
The job became vacant when Safa fired Ephraim 'Shakes' Mashaba on the eve of the squad's departure to the African Cup of Nations finals in Tunisia, with his assistant April 'Styles' Phumo taking temporary charge of the team in Tunisia.
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The allegations mean a third of football's world governing body executive committee - eight of the 24 members - have been accused of acting improperly, and in some cases taking bribes, in relation to the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bids.
Ironically Hartlepool were drawn against Brighton in Sunday's FA Cup first round draw, with the game taking place at the Withdean Stadium on the weekend of the 8-9 November.
McEvoy knows all about taking part in sporting showdowns Down Under, having won the Melbourne Cup in 2000 on Brew, and once being aboard a winner owned by Australia's cricket captain Ricky Ponting.
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