Sports News of Thursday, 4 March 1999

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Soccer- Guinea and Zambia have received more cards

Accra (Greater Accra), 4 March '99 -

Guinea and Zambia have picked more yellow cards, seven apiece, than any of the teams in the eight-nation Africa Under-20 Youth soccer championships in Accra. A technical report of the championship released in Accra yesterday showed that Ghana and Angola are the next offenders with six each followed by Cameroon with five. Nigeria and Mali have received three yellow cards each with Malawi picking only one. According to the report, 20 players in group A were shown the cards, an average of five a match while 18 players in group B had the cards, an average of 4.5 per match. Feindouno Pascal of Guinea and Ghana's Abdul Razak will miss their next matches for receiving two yellow cards each.