Weekly Football News, January 28 2013
Liverpool and Spurs dumped out of the FA Cup
Seven times winners Liverpool and high flying Tottenham were among the Premier League casualties in the fourth round of this season's FA Cup competition in England.
Oldham, who reached the semi-finals in 1994, ensured their passage into the fifth round for the first time in 19 years with a 3-2 victory over a strong Liverpool side.
Meanwhile, Spurs were dumped out by Championship club Leeds United, who beat Everton and Southampton in the Capital One Cup earlier this season and sent Manchester United tumbling out of the FA Cup at Old Trafford in 2010.
Norwich City are also out of the competition after losing 1-0 to non-league side Luton Town, while European champions were Chelsea were held to a 2-2 draw by Brentford.
Manchester United, Manchester City and Arsenal all safely progressed to the fifth round.
Dream continues for Cape Verde
The Cape Verde Islands scored twice in the last 14 minutes to overcome Angola 2-1 and join hosts South Africa in the quarter-finals of the African Cup of Nations.
Having already impressed with draws against traditional African powerhouses South Africa and Morocco, the islanders came from behind in dramatic fashion against Angola to finish second in Group A with five points.
"We achieved our objective. We knew it was going to be difficult but we kept at it," said the Cape Verde Islands coach Lúcio Antunes.
"We knew what was happening in the other match between South Africa and Morocco [a 2-2 draw] and that's why I told the team to attack until the end and it paid off. It also started raining and that blessed our effort.".
Kosmina walks out on Adelaide
John Kosmina's second stint as coach of Adelaide United has come to an abrupt end.
Kosmina, the inaugural coach of the Reds in his first successful spell, returned to Adelaide in 2011 following a brief spell with Sydney FC.
However, he amazed the club on Monday by announcing his resignation with immediate effect.
"There is no vision. Decision-making at management level is reactive and impulsive at best, and there is no consistency in managerial procedure," Kosmina's statement read.
"There is far too much whispering in corridors and around corners.
"I feel sorry for (owner) Rob Gerard, and I also feel for directors Richard Noble and Phil Lounder - people I trust.
"But I simply cannot, and will not, work in an environment which otherwise lacks trust."
Kosmina has been linked in reports with a managerial return at Brisbane Roar next season.
China sojourns close to ending for former Chelsea pair
Shanghai Shenhua strikers Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka are closing to finalising deals to return to playing in Europe.
Galatasaray have made a formal bid to sign Drogba, who is currently on Ivory Coast duty at the African Cup of Nations, while Anelka has lined up a loan move to Serie A leaders Juventus.
Anelka scored only three goals in 22 games as Shenhua finished ninth in the 16-team Chinese Super League.
Compiled by Marc Fox
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