Sports and Media

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The most popular sport in Tunisia is football and the Tunisian national team 'the Carthage Eagles' , is among the strongest ones in Africa that has been qualified for the World Cup finals in 1978 , 1998 , 2002 and 2006 . Tunisia has hosted the 2004 African Cup of Nations and it won the tournament (2-1 against Morocco) .

Concerning the domestic competitions in Tunisian , Tunisia's club teams are among the best on the continent . The Es¬perance Sportive de Tunisie (Tunis) and Etoile Sportif du Sahel (Sousse) are the most popular and often dominate the domestic competitions as well as regularly reaching the final of the continent-wide club competitions . The domestic com¬petition start in early October until the end of March , with matches played on Saturday and Sunday afternoon starting at 3pm .

The Tunisian media is generally under government auspices , including TV , radio and newspapers . The TV has only two (Arabic-language) channels that are both controlled by the government . Most Tunisians get around this heavy censorship by hooking satellite dishes (often smuggled from Algeria) . Newspapers have more variety , however equally censored , and there are both French and Arabic newspapers . There are some music radio stations which are for entertaining . Internet is controlled in Tunisia and numerous political and pornographic internet sites are blocked .