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Article: Soc: Anglo-French row over new African Nations Cup trophy
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- AAP Sports News (Australia)
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- February 6, 2002
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Soc: Anglo-French row over new African Nations Cup trophy
BAMAKO, Feb 6 AFP - The age-old tensions between anglophone and
francophone factions
in African football have come bubbling to the surface in a row over
the wording on the
new-look trophy used at this year's Nations Cup.
The newly designed spiral-shaped African Nations Cup trophy was
supposed to be used
for the first time next Sunday when it was handed to the 2002 winners.
But the trophy has been hurriedly sent back to its European designers
after anglophone
Confederation of African Football (CAF) members complained that the
wording on the prize
was only in French and not in English as well.
Now a ...