1. Victor Osimhen (Nigeria): The 2023 CAF Men's Player of the Year is not only Nigeria's best player but also one of the best in the tournament. He scored the most goals in the qualification campaign and hope of the Super Eagles doing well in this game and the tournament lies heavily...
Edouard Mendy was named as the tournament's top goalkeeper after keeping five clean sheets in Cameroon. Prior to the final, captain Kalidou Koulibaly expressed Senegal’s desire to emerge as African champions after losing the final of the 2019 edition to Algeria. “This is my first Afri...
TheCAF Africa Cup of Nations Cote d'Ivoire 2023,being held in January 2024, is the 34th edition of Africa's biennial national men's teamfootballcompetition. The tournament has come to capture the imagination like few others. Its vibrancy unmatched. Its stage helping catapult careers into ...
Fans took to social media to react to the West African Derby clash with many lauding Mane as the best player in this year's competition, while some backed him to win the Afcon 2021 Player of the Tournament accolade. Senegal now await the winner between tournament hosts, Cameroon and...
The much-anticipated tournament kicked off with a spectacular opening ceremony on Saturday night in Abidjan, the commercial capital of Cote d'Ivoire, where the spotlight is on the continent's premier football talents.The photo taken on Jan. 13, 2024 shows the AFCON 2023 opening ceremony. (Xinhu...
We have won one cup outside (Four Nations tournament in Malawi in March), and I try to explain to the players that if we want to continue growing, then we have to set bigger targets and have to be ready against big teams like Cameroon,” said Firat on Wednesday. Buoyed by Harambee ...
AFCON 2024, which will take place from 13 January to 11 February 2024 in Ivory Coast, will see the participation of 24 teams.
The final triumph is Egypt’s most recent to date – somethingMohamed Salahwould like to put straight – with Hassan at the heart of that victory as the player of the tournament. In a memorable quarter-final against Cameroon, captain Hassan headed past a stranded El-Ha...
Only three nations: Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia, participated in the first tournament in 1957. South Africa was originally scheduled to join, but was disqualified due to the apartheid policies of the government then in power. Since then, the tournament has expanded greatly, making it necessary to...
Ghana striker Antoine Semenyo is prepared to face the challenges of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) and is ready to embrace the pressure of the tournament.Semenyo played a key role in Ghana's qualification for the competition, contributing with an