It’s racing day in Asmara, and the whole city has come out to watch: lining the streets, packing the grandstands, expertly studying the cyclists as they whoosh past, wildly cheering the front-running Eritreans and sportingly encouraging the lagging Nigerians. This is the launch of the Africa Cup, a new cycling championship, but it’s nothing at…
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The football in Eritrea was started during colonial times in Italian Asmara,[2] when the Italians ruled the country. The first championship (amateur) was in 1936:[3] the most important teams were “Gruppo Sportivo Cicero” (later Asmara Calcio and in the late 1940s renamed “GS Asmara”), “Gruppo Rionale Neghelli”, “GS Zuco”, “GS Melotti”, “GS Ferrovieri”, “GS Marina’ and the “GS Decamerè”. In December 1936…
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