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Olympique Marseille 1 Chelsea 0 (Feb 29, 2000)

Chelsea did everything wrong in the Stade Velodrome and went from a poor first half showing in which Robert Pires scored the winner for Olympique Marseille to a truly dismal second half display that showed signs of tiredness. . . . more . . .

Kyiv Dynamo 2 Rosenborg 1 (Feb 29, 2000)

Kyiv Dynamo survived late pressure from Rosenborg to hold onto a narrow win in the Ukraine this evening. . . . more . . .

Gold Cup Final - Canada 2 Colombia 0 (Feb 28, 2000)

Canada won the Gold Cup in Los Angeles before a small crowd of less than 7,000 but the country still claimed its first ever football title at international level. . . . more . . .

Gold Cup - Canada 1 Trinidad and Tobago 0 (Feb 25, 2000)

West Ham goalkeeper Craig Forrest helped Canada to reach the CONCACAF Gold Cup final with an excellent penalty save. . . . more . . .

Gold Cup - Peru 5 Honduras 3 (Feb 20, 2000)

Match Abandoned after 87 minutes and awarded to Peru A highly entertaining game was ended by the farcical sight of Honduras fans invading the Miami pitch to see the match abandoned with three minutes remaining. . . . more . . .

Gold Cup - United States 2 Colombia 2 (Feb 20, 2000)

Colombia win 2-1 on penalties - 2-2 after extra time Hosts the US have been knocked out of the CONCACAF Gold Cup on penalties. . . . more . . .

Gold Cup - United States 1 Peru 0 (Feb 17, 2000)

The US are well on course for the second stage of the CONCACAF Gold Cup after a 1-0 win over Peru. . . . more . . .

Gold Cup - Colombia 0 Honduras 2 (Feb 17, 2000)

Colombia scraped into the last eight of the CONCACAF Gold Cup but found Honduras too quick for them in Miami. . . . more . . .

African Nations Cup final -- Nigeria 2 Cameroon 2 (Feb 14, 2000)

Cameroon win 4-3 on penalties Cameroon won the African Nations Cup to provoke violence outside the Lagos stadium as Nigerian fans clashed with riot police after their side lost a penalty shootout. . . . more . . .

Cameroon 3 Tunisia 0 (Feb 11, 2000)

Cameroon continued their impressive form in the African Nations Cup to sweep away the challenge of Tunisia and set up a Lagos final on Sunday against co-hosts Nigeria. . . . more . . .

Nigeria 2 South Africa 0 (Feb 10, 2000)

Tijani Babagida ended South Africa's hopes of an African Nations Cup final place as hosts Nigeria played their way into Sunday's final - their seventh appearance at that stage of the competition. . . . more . . .

Nigeria 2 Senegal 1 (Feb 08, 2000)

After extra time - full time score 1-1 An old fashioned pitch invasion caused a ten minute delay as Nigeria needed extra-time to beat outsiders Senegal 2-1 to set up a clash with South Africa on Thursday in the African Nations Cup semi finals. . . . more . . .

South Africa 1 Ghana 0 (Feb 07, 2000)

South Africa held their nerve after Eric Tinkler's red card in the 48th minute to dump co-hosts Ghana out of the African Nations Cup. . . . more . . .

Tunisia 1 Egypt 0 (Feb 07, 2000)

Egypt's reign as African champions has been ended by Tunisia after a 1-0 win in a close Kano game. . . . more . . .

Cameroon 2 Algeria 1 (Feb 07, 2000)

Cameroon took a two goal lead inside the first half hour of this Accra game to seal their place in the semi finals of the African Nations Cup. . . . more . . .

African Nations Cup Group A - Ghana 0 Ivory Coast 2 (Feb 01, 2000)

Accra saw the worst of co-hosts Ghana as they survived this defeat against Ivory Coast to make the last eight of the African Nations Cup on goal difference. . . . more . . .

African Nations Cup Group A - Togo 1 Cameroon 0 (Feb 01, 2000)

Cameroon qualified for the last eight of the African Nations Cup but flopped into the quarter finals with a 1-0 defeat to an unregarded Togo side. . . . more . . .