Tunisia to stage match after 53-day break

AFP, Thursday 3 Mar 2011

Competitive football will resume Friday in Tunisia when Club Africain host APR of Rwanda in the African Champions League after a 53-day break triggered by an anti-government revolt

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Supporters will be permitted to attend the match at the 60,000-capacity national stadium in Rades on the outskirts of capital Tunis, local media reports said.

Football was suspended after domestic league fixtures on January 9 as a popular uprising against then president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali spread throughout the country and he eventually fled to Saudi Arabia.

The reports said government authorities would decide whether to resume the 14-club national championship after observing the the second leg of the Champions League first round tie.

APR twice came from behind to force a 2-2 first-leg draw during January and are expected to be eliminated by the 1991 African champions. Egyptian giants Zamalek visit the winners in mid-March.

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