Cape Verde and Malawi joined them with four points apiece in the round of 16. So, keep your eyes peeled on the remaining third-place finishers, because some thrilling battles are brewing for those last four precious slots in the AFCON knockout stage! Source: Graphic ...
Cape Verde and Malawi joined them with four points apiece in the round of 16. So, keep your eyes peeled on the remaining third-place finishers, because some thrilling battles are brewing for those last four precious slots in the AFCON knockou...
He scored 31 goals last season and he has 22 already this time around, including 15 in the league. Only Alan Shearer, Thierry Henry and Harry Kane have won three Premier League Golden Boot awards,but it would be a surprise if Salah has not added his name to that lost come May...
They drew all three group games but still finished second behind Morocco in Group F and then after a 1-1 stalemate with Egypt, won on post-match penalties in the last 16 at the weekend. DR Congo, who won the last of two Cup of Nations titles in 1974 wh...
Image:Emerse Fae (right) had never managed a senior game before taking charge of the Ivory Coast's last-16 game with Senegal He had experienced plenty of pain with his country as a player. He was part of the golden-era side beaten in the ...
In the last few decades, African football has made remarkable progress, with notable achievements on the global stage. Cameroon, Senegal and Ghana made their mark by reaching the quarterfinals of the FIFA World Cup, while Morocco's remarkable journey led them to the semifinals of the 2022 tour...
“We are professionals as well, so while the result is important, the health of our players doesn’t go above the importance of the results.” Brain injury association Headway was just one organisation that accused Senegal and the Confederation of African Football of putting Mane's healt...
This year's competition is officially named AFCON 2023 since it was initially scheduled to take place last year but was postponed until January-February 2024. Group A Jean-Louis Gasset (French, 70 years old), coach of Ivory Coast Before taking the job in 2022, Jean-Loius Gasset had no ex...
Gambia weren’t there to merely make up the numbers, though. Ranked 151st in FIFA’s rankings before the tournament kicked off, the Scorpions drew with Mali and beat Tunisia on the way to topping their group, before getting past Guinea in the last-16 to set up a quarter-final tie with...
The three players notably participated together in the last AFCON where Senegal was eliminated in the round of 16 by Côte d’Ivoire of… Wilfried Singo. Before that, Lamine had scored twice against Gambia in the group stage, notably with a sublime strike into the top corner....