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...
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...
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...
The tournament slowly expanded thereafter. From four nations in 1962, six competed in 1963 and 1965, but soon eight became the norm. One of the many beauties of AFCON is its unpredictability. That remains as much the case now as it was when just eight nations played in the tournament...
The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations is over, and we have a first-time winner with Senegal picking up their first title after disappointment in 2002 and 2019. The tournament had its fair share of shocks, with reigning Champions Algeria and traditionally strong
Mikel, 32, announced his retirement from international football a day after Nigeria won the bronze medal at the ongoing African Cup Of Nations (AFCON) tournament in Egypt. He played his first official championship as a Super Eagles player in Egypt at AFCON 2006 and called it quit at the same...
Moreover, the Chinese technological firm TECNO, also the official sponsor of the tournament, has embarked on a campaign to renovate 100 football fields in underprivileged communities across 12 African countries to make football accessible to everyone and unleash the potential of young football enthusiast...
The tournament escaped any major incident in Buea and Limbe, but there were reminders of what daily life is like in the region. The Mali team abandoned a training session at a Buea stadium and were rushed to their hotel under armed guard as gunfire rang out in the area. ...
CAF has unveiled Ghana’s 55-man provisional squad for the forthcoming 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament in Ivory Coast. The squad is notably composed of several players who featured at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, where Black Stars suffered
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...