The News Review:

- Europe Deals with Growing Cocaine Trade
- Marseille edges Lens 1-0; Nancy draws 1-1 with Sochaux
- African goals in Europe: 19 – 22 ct

Europe Deals with Growing Cocaine Trade
NPR – Oct 23, 2007
Queija says Spain is a natural European gateway because of its cultural ties to Latin America. But increasing crackdowns are forcing smugglers to diversify their routes he says. “What’s really hot now is West Africa Cape Verde Senegal and that area. “You get containers of drugs unloaded there and it’s brought to Europe. ” By transferring the drugs onto smaller boats the traffickers can skirt the patrols along the lengthy coastlines of Northwest Africa and the Iberian Peninsula. European law enforcement officials suspect that cocaine rings are working with hashish smugglers on the Moroccan coast.

Marseille edges Lens 1-0; Nancy draws 1-1 with Sochaux
China Post – Oct 23, 2007
Earlier Sunday second-place Nancy missed an opportunity to join Lyon in equal first place drawing 1-1 with Sochaux. Brazilian forward Kim put Nancy ahead in the 26th minute deflecting in a 30-meter free kick from Pascal Berenguer that wrong-footed Sochaux goalkeeper Teddy Richert. Sochaux almost equalized three minutes later when Senegal defender Guiranne N?Daw collected a free kick from Slovenia forward Valter Birsa to kick the ball into the net from close range. But the goal was disallowed for offside although video replays showed N?Daw had clearly beat the offside trap. Turkish striker Mevlut Erding equalized for Sochaux in the 57th chipping the ball over goalkeeper Gennaro Bracigliano off a pass from Mickael Isabey. Nancy is second with 23 points from 10 games. ?We scored two legitimate goals? Sochaux coach Frederic Hantz told Canal Plus television.

African goals in Europe: 19 – 22 ct
BBC News – Oct 23, 2007
The other African goal here was scored by the Ivorian striker Francois Zoko who equalised in the last minute in Mons-Bergen 1-1 draw with the league leaders Standard Liege. PortugalThere were some shock results in the fourth round of the Portuguese League Cup as Benfica drew thanks to a 90th minute goal by Ghana-born American Freddy Adu and Sporting Lisbon lost at home. But the only African goal was scored by Modu Sougou of Senegal. The striker pulled a late goal back for Uniao Leiria who were beaten 3-1 by Penafiel. TurkeyCameroonian Alioum Saidou gave Kayerispor the lead early in the second-half against Genclerbirligi but the game ended in a 1-1 draw. Trabzonspor could not maintain their 2-0 lead against Besiktas after goals by Gokdeniz Karadeniz and Guinean striker Ibrahima Yattara in the first six minutes. Besiktas fought back and won the game 3-2 finishing with 10 men.