Following the last round of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Côte d’Ivoire 2023 preliminary stage qualifiers this week, six countries have confirmed their place in the Group stages. The date and time of the group stage draw will be announced in due course. 46 nations will participate in the group stage, which kicks off next June. The teams will ...
The Parliamentary Committee on Youth, Sports and Culture will on Wednesday, February 16, 2022, begin its inquiry into Ghana’s poor performance at the recently ended Afcon in Cameroon. Ghana’s Black Stars recorded their worst performance at the competition which resulted in a Group stage exit. Ghana finished bottom of Group C while failing to win a single game. The Committee ...
Mayor of the Senegalese region of Sedhiou, Abdoulaye Diop, has confirmed plans to name the city’s new stadium after Liverpool star Sadio Mane as a reward for his performances at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. The Liverpool forward played a starring role in leading the West African country to claim their maiden continental glory The 29-year-old scored the winning ...
ZAMBIA goalkeeper Hazel Nali Official says the team’s target is to qualify for the Morocco 2022 Africa Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) final tournament without involving any mathematics. “So far so good and the morale among us players is high. We are excited ahead of the qualifiers and truth is we expect a tough game against Namibia as they have ...
Egypt goalkeeper, Abou Gabal “Gabaski” has made a name for himself at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations as a bit of a penalty saving wizard. The 33-year old Zamalek shotstopper was only introduced into the tournament in the last 16 against Cote d’Ivoire, following injury to first choice goalie El-Shenawy. Gabaski went on to save from Eric Bailly in ...
Ivorian football legend, Didier Drogba, has aimed a subtle dig at Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp after Senegal won the 2021 AFCON. Klopp, in an interview before the AFCON described the tournament as a “little tournament” – a statement he later clarified as being sarcastic. However, it doesn’t appear Drogba bought that explanation by virtue of his recent tweet. In response ...
Senegal goalkeeper, Edouard Mendy, believes Egypt goalkeeper Mohamed Abou Gabal “Gabaski” was the best goalkeeper of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. Mendy was crowned the best goalkeeper of the competition for providing a safe pair of hands for the Teranga Lions’ march to glory. But many believe Gabaski should have won the award, following heroic performances throughout the competition ...
Egypt goalkeeper, Mohamed Abou Gabal was almost the hero yet again for Egypt in the 2021 AFCON Final penalty shootout. Following his exploits against Cameroon in the semi-finals where he saved two penalties, Gabaski was in fine form again in Sunday’s final, saving Sadio Mane’s fifth-minute spot-kick. He also saved a penalty from Bouna Sarr in the shootout that kept ...
Egypt called on Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) organisers to delay their 2021 final against Senegal to give them more time to prepare after overcoming hosts Cameroon on penalties in Thursday’s semifinal. The Pharoahs per the tournament schedule, face the Lions of Terangal at 19:00 GMT at Olembe Stadium on Sunday. February 6. “I want to state to all Caf ...
The Africa Cup of Nations third-place play-off has been brought forward a day from Sunday to this Saturday, 5 February, the Confederation of African Football said on Wednesday. The match will now be played on Saturday at 8pm local time having initially been scheduled to start just three hours before the final on Sunday. Both matches will be played in ...