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| Kaka set to make long-awaited return for Brazil Posted: 27 Oct 2011 09:01 AM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 27 – Kaka has been recalled by Brazil for the first time since last year's World Cup in South Africa for friendlies against Gabon and Egypt next month. The Real Madrid midfielder has come back into form in La Liga after being plagued by injuries and has not played for Brazil since their quarter-final exit at the World Cup. "I always said (Kaka's) return would depend on his production, his performances as they have been occurring for Real Madrid. We're very happy with his return," coach Mano Menezes told reporters today. "I think of Kaka as I do of Ronaldinho. We need players of their experience in the national team... now he's at the level we want him to be," he said after naming a 23-man squad. "That doesn't mean he's already done enough but you have more confidence in him being able to produce more and more at the highest level." The squad is made up solely of players based abroad so as not to disrupt home teams in the run-in to the Brazilian championship. Flamengo's Ronaldinho and Neymar of Santos, who have become automatic choices for Menezes, were left out after the Brazilian Football Confederation and Menezes accepted local clubs' requests to be spared call-ups for their top players. Brazil, the 2014 World Cup hosts, are making the most of FIFA dates when South America's other countries have World Cup qualifiers. They meet Gabon in Libreville on Nov. 10 and Egypt in Doha four days later. Goalkeepers: Neto (Fiorentina), Diego Alves (Valencia) Defenders: Marcelo (Real Madrid), Daniel Alves, Adriano (both Barcelona), Alex Sandro (Porto), Fabio (Manchester United), Thiago Silva (AC Milan), David Luiz (Chelsea), Luisao (Benfica) Midfielders: Dudu (Dynamo Kiev), Elias (Sporting, Portugal), Fernandinho (Shakhtar Donetsk), Hernanes (Lazio), Kaka (Real Madrid), Lucas Leiva (Liverpool), Luiz Gustavo (Bayern Munich), Sandro (Tottenham), Bruno Casar (Benfica) Forwards: Willian (Shakhtar Donetsk), Jonas (Valencia), Kleber, Hulk (both Porto). – Reuters Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| Al Jazeera to launch sports news channel Posted: 27 Oct 2011 08:41 AM PDT DOHA, Oct 27 – Qatar-based news network Al Jazeera will launch a sports news channel across the Middle East next month, it said in a statement today. The channel will broadcast hourly news bulletins and 20 sports news programmes covering major international tournaments and events including European football leagues on Egyptian satellite Nilesat, the statement said. Two programmes will be dedicated to covering major sports events in the Middle East and North Africa, it said. The channel, which will broadcast in Arabic, will provide coverage of events that are not transmitted live through a 5-hour programme broadcast on Saturdays and Sundays, it said. Al Jazeera's first sports channel, dedicated to live sports coverage, was launched in 2003. The new channel will focus on sports news, a spokesman said. Last December Qatar won the right to host the 2022 World Cup soccer tournament and in August the tiny Gulf state officially launched a bid to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics. It has submitted a bid for the 2017 World Athletic Championships, and has expressed interest in hosting the Grand Départ for the 2016 Tour de France. Al Jazeera recently bought a share of the domestic television rights of French soccer league games from 2012 to 2016. – Reuters Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
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