Kadhafi's son leads Libya on tour
MELBOURNE, Australia -- Al-Saadi Kadhafi, the son of the Libyan leader, will captain his country's soccer team on a two-match tour of Australia next month.
Kadhafi, who played for Italian club Perugia last season, will be in the Libyan team to play matches against a New South Wales "All-Stars" selection on February 9 and NSW Premier League club Sydney United on February 13.
NSW Soccer spokesman Kyle Patterson said the 31-year-old midfielder's friendship with Perugia and Australian national team goalkeeper Zeljko Kalac,a former Sydney United player, had helped bring about the tour.
Kadhafi was banned for three months last year after testing positive to the steroid nandrolone and only played 15 minutes of first-team soccer during the season.
He is also chairman of the Libyan Football Federation and was involved in a failed bid to have the 2010 World Cup finals played in Libya.
Libya will use the two games at Edensor Park in Sydney as match practice for their 2006 World Cup qualifying campaign.
Libya are still in contention to qualify, sitting second in African Group Three and needing to win the group to go to Germany next year.
