Egypt Celebrates, Puts Baby on Roof of Car

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Deadspin found this 2/12/2008 on www.sportingnews.com [flag]
By Spencer Hall Egypt stunned African powerhouse Cameroon 1-0 to win the African Cup of Nations for their record-breaking sixth AC title this past Sunday in Accra, Ghana. The Celebrations paralyzed central Cairo as soccer celebrations usually do, what with all the people waving flags, dancing, singing, and of course...um... driving through the city with a baby on the roof of your car? ... [link]

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Inevitably, This Celebration Will Someday Take Place In Ohio [Babies On Cars]
Published 2/12/2008 by Leitch at Deadspin
... So here's something that's impossible not to respect: After Egypt upset Cameroon to win the African Cup Of Nations, they celebrated by driving around babies on the top of their cars. ...

Daily Dose 2.15.08
Published 2/15/2008 by Daryl at World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010
Football links from World Cup Blog, The Offside and beyond. Roger Lemerre is a lam duck (Tunisia Blog) Azzurri emmigration (Italy Blog) Is David Beckham: footballer or celebrity (The Offside) Here’s one way to celebrate an Africa Cup of Nations win (Sporting News) A footballing map of Argentina (click to enlarge) (Hasta El Gol Siempre) It’s not all about the numbers (Jakarta Post) Rosenberg going green (Reuters Environment Blog)

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