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Gabon: 2012 Afcon: Tunisia want to pay homage to Egypt victims
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Tunisia's players want to pay respect to more than 70 people who died at a league game in Egypt this week by wearing black armbands.
Tunisian Football Federation president Anouar Haddad said on Friday his body had asked for permission from tournament organisers the Confederation of African Football to wear the armbands against Ghana at Stade de Franceville on Sunday.
It was a sign of Tunisia's "brotherly" ties with Egypt, Haddad said.
"I want to say something. For us, Egypt and Tunisia are two brotherly countries," Haddad said at Tunisia's team base in Bongoville, near Franceville, in Gabon.
"We had the same difficulties but unfortunately what has happened the day before yesterday with the victims, the 74 victims that have died, it is not normal.
"We Tunisians have solidarity with the Egyptian people. We ask Caf to allow us to play with the black armbands against Ghana as a sign of respect for the people who died."
Haddad said he had not yet received a reply from Caf but expected the request to be considered at a meeting on Saturday.
Tunisia faces Ghana in the last of the African Cup quarterfinals. Before that, it's Zambia vs. Sudan and Ivory Coast vs. Equatorial Guinea on Saturday while the other co-host, Gabon, plays Mali in Sunday's first game.
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