Arsenal star Emmanuel Adebayor ended a one-month national team boycott by scoring four goals as Togo sank Swaziland 6-0 Saturday in a 2010 World Cup-African Nations Cup qualifier.
The striker told London newspapers he would shun the key Group 11 clash in neutral Accra to protest poor organisation of a team which defied the odds by reaching the 2006 World Cup in Germany.But Swazi hopes of not having to contend with the gangling goal poacher were dashed as he had a last-minute change of heart and struck once before half-time and three times in the second half.
Salifou Moustapha and Olufade Akekami also scored for the 'Sparrowhawks' as they spectacularly avenged a 2-1 loss in the tiny southern Africa mountain kingdom last June.
The result confirmed Zambia as winners of a mini-league reduced to three nations when Eritrea withdrew before it kicked off, but six-point Togo are likely to make the final round as one of the best eight runners-up.
Togo were forced to play in Ghana as they are serving a three-match ban imposed by world governing body FIFA because two Mali footballers were violently assaulted in Lome after a 2008 Nations Cup qualifier.
Arzouma Naman-Yerima, la présidente du RFUD, est à Madrid où elle participe à la Conférence des Nations Unies sur les changements climatiques COP25.
Profitant de sa visite de travail de 24h au Togo, le président sud-africain, Cyril Ramaphosa, a visité jeudi soir le Palais de Lomé.
56 personnes ont été victimes de la justice populaire depuis le début de l'année.
La maire d’Atakpamé, Florence Kouigan, a reçu mercredi la visite de l’ambassadeur d’Allemagne, Matthias Veltin.
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