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Fifa announces Madiba line-ups

ZURICH - Pele and Samuel Eto'o headed the list of international stars yesterday when Fifa announced the line-ups for a match to honour Nelson Mandela's 89th birthday in Cape Town on Wednesday.

ZURICH - Pele and Samuel Eto'o headed the list of international stars yesterday when Fifa announced the line-ups for a match to honour Nelson Mandela's 89th birthday in Cape Town on Wednesday.

Africa: Goalkeepers - Ezaki Badou (Morocco), Jacques Songo'o (Cameroon)

Defenders - Owen Augustine Eguavoen (Nigeria), Mark Fish (), Stephen Keshi (Nigeria), Doctor Khumalo, David Obua (Uganda), Stephen Tataw (Cameroon), Okechukwu Uche (Nigeria)

Midfielders - Abedi Pele (Ghana), Daniel Amokachi (Nigeria), Kalusha Bwalya (Zambia), Rabah Madjer (Algeria), Pedro Mantorras (Angola), Phil Masinga, Francois Oman Biyik (Cameroon), Dennis Oliech (Nigeria), Samson Siasia (Nigeria)

Forwards - Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon), Hossam Hassan (Egypt), Lomana Lualua (Congo), George Weah (Liberia)

Rest of the World: Goalkeepers - Andoni Zubizarreta (Spain)

Defenders - Zoubaier Baya (Tunisia), Christian Karembeu (France), Gary Mabbutt (England), Patrick Mboma (Cameroon), Santos Muntubile (Congo), Lucas Radebe

Midfielders - Emilio Butragueno (Spain), Youssouf Fofana (France-Ivory Coast), Julen Guerrero (Spain), Ruud Gullit (Netherlands), Kim Joo-sung (South Korea), Leonardo (Brazil), Fernando Redondo (Argentina)

Forwards - Ali Daei (Iran), Stephane Chapuisat (Switzerland), Pele), Ivan Zamorano (Chile), Wynton Rufer (New Zealand). - Sapa-AP

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