History Made In African Football As VAR Takes Off, Ahmad Success Continues
History was made in African football on Saturday when the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) was used on the continent for ...
Tag: the Cup of Nations
Why CAF Chose Morocco To Replace Kenya
CHAN 2018 Hosts -The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced that next year’s CHAN, will be hosted by Morocco. Morocco ...
A Case Made For A Change of AFCON Timing
There are those who believe the Cup of Nations is perfectly placed at the beginning of the year while others ...
CAF ‘think Tank’ To Mull Africa Cup of Nations Changes
New-look Africa Cup of Nations and CAF Champions League competitions could emerge this week from discussions in Morocco that will ...
Black Stars Players Receive $5,000 As Bonuses For Ethiopia Win
Players of the Black Stars team will receive $5,000 each as winning bonuses for the victory over Ethiopia, deputy Sports ...
Gyan Must Win A Trophy To Be Regarded Ghana’s All-Time Great
Ex-Ghana international George Alhassan reckons Asamoah Gyan must win a trophy with the Black Stars to be considered all-time great. ...
Champions Cameroon Pick ‘rebels’ For Friendlies
Cameroon have chosen two stars who shunned the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations-winning campaign for their first match since defeating ...
Nations Cup Winner Broos, Mancini Want S. Africa Job
Belgian Hugo Broos, who guided Cameroon to a shock Africa Cup of Nations title 11 days ago, has applied for ...
Crunching the Numbers of Avram Grant’s 2 Year Tenure
Ghana coach Avram Grant has left the Ghana job after 2 years in charge. How did the Israeli fare in ...
Asamoah Gyan Saddened By Constant AFCON Failure
Ghana skipper Asamoah Gyan has revealed his pain after the Black Stars crashed out of the Africa Cup of Nations. ...
Cameroon’s Road To AFCON Glory
Vincent Aboubakar scored a brilliant late goal to hand unfancied Cameroon a 2-1 come-from-behind victory over Egypt and their fifth ...
Here Are Very Important Facts You Must Know
Although the Black Stars once more failed to lift the Cup of Nations, it is indisputable that everything about Ghana ...
A To Z of AFCON 2017
An A to Z of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon... A (Algeria) Once again touted as potential ...
Top Quotes From AFCON 2017
Top quotes from the Africa Cup of Nations tournament: "I had a feeling that I was going to save the ...
FIFA Confederations Cup Fixtures
Updated group fixtures for 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia after Cameroon qualified Sunday to represent Africa by winning the ...
Egypt Vs Cameroon
After three weeks of pulsating football and great goals, the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations is down to two teams ...
El Hadary Takes Egypt Into Cup of Nations Final
Veteran goalkeeper Essam El Hadary’s save from Bertrand Traore’s spot-kick allowed Egypt to beat Burkina Faso 4-3 on penalties on ...
AFCON Semifinals
Egypt has gone six games — more than nine hours of soccer — without conceding a goal, and its formidable ...
Resurgent Cameroon Stand Ghana’s Path
Ghana, the nearly men of African football in recent years, go into a sixth consecutive semi-final at the Cup of ...
Ayews Put In Stupendous Performance As Ghana Seal Semifinal Berth
An improved second half performance accompanied with a magisterial display by Andre Ayew ensured a sixth straight semifinal appearance for ...