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VANGUARD:BBC campaigns with Okocha

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BBC campaigns with Okocha


Friday, January 09, 2004


Jay-Jay on TV in Africa

YOU can see Jay-Jay Okocha in action in the African Cup of Nations in Tunisia later this month.
BBC Three is showing live action of most games including Okocha’s first game for Nigeria against Morocco on Tuesday, January 27.
BBC Three is showing the match live (7.15pm) while BBC Two has highlights later (11.30pm).
The next group game is on January 31 against South Africa: BBC Three, live at 7pm; BBC Two, highlights at 11.30pm.
Six venues include the newly-built stadium at Rades, on the outskirts of the capital Tunis, which was used for last year’s Mediterranean Games and the El Menzah stadium in Tunis where the final of the 1994 African Nations Cup, which Tunisia also hosted, was played.
The other venues are the Olympic stadium in Sousse, also used in 1994, the Tayeb Mniri stadium in Sfax, the October 15 stadium in Bizerte and the Ben Jeannet stadium in Monastir where Nigeria are playing.
Tunisia, Senegal, defending Champions Cameroon and Nigeria are the four seeded teams heading group A, B, C and D, respectively.
Group A: Tunisia, DR Congo, Guinea, Rwanda
Group B: Senegal, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Mali Group C: Cameroon, Algeria, Egypt, Zimbabwe Group D: Nigeria, Benin, Morocco, South Africa
The tournament runs from January 24 - February 14

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