Sports Teams in Togo - National Sports Teams of Togo, Togo National Football Team, Togo National Rugby Union Team, Togo Davis Cup Team (Paperback)

Chapters: National Sports Teams of Togo, Togo National Football Team, Togo National Rugby Union Team, Togo Davis Cup Team. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 25. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The national football team of Togo, nicknamed Les Eperviers (The Sparrow Hawks), is controlled by the "Fdration Togolaise de Football". They played at the 2006 FIFA World Cup but gained no points. Their team bus underwent a fatal attack in Angola prior to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations. They withdrew and were subsequently banned from the following two tournaments by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). They made their first FIFA World Cup appearance in their history in 2006, having been coached throughout the qualifying campaign by Stephen Keshi; German coach Otto Pfister managed the team at the finals, despite having resigned three days before their first match over a players' bonuses dispute, only to be persuaded by the players to return. Although Togo have qualified for the World Cup, they have never advanced past the first stage of the African Nations Cup. Prior to gaining independence in 1960, the team were known as French Togoland. Togo lost their opening game of the World Cup, despite having taken the lead against South Korea through a goal by Mohamed Kader. In the second half, Jean-Paul Abalo was sent off after 55 minutes, and goals from Lee Chun-Soo and Ahn Jung-Hwan sealed a 21 defeat for Togo. Togo's next opponents in Group G were Switzerland, with the match scheduled for the afternoon of 19 June. However, the Togo squad and manager Pfitser threatened to refuse to fulfil the fixture and take strike action. The squad and manager had been quoted as requesting payments from the Fdration Togolaise de Football for participating in the tournament of around 155,000 (US$192,00...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1080720