The second round of group games get under way on Thursday, with hosts Ivory Coast taking on Nigeria in a highly anticipated Group A encounter after Equatorial Guinea face Guinea Bissau earlier in the day. In Group B, Egypt and Ghana will both be looking to get their first win when they meet in Abidjan….
Zambia and DR Congo drew 1-1 as the opening round of group games at the Africa Cup of Nations came to a close. Against the run of play, Kings Kangwa made the most of a defensive mix-up to put Zambia ahead in the 23rd minute. Just four minutes later, the Leopards were level in the…
Tournament favourites Morocco began their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations campaign with a convincing 3-0 win over 10-man Tanzania in Group F. The Atlas Lions took the lead on the half hour before two second half goals put Tanzania out of the contest Tanzania had Novatus Miroshi sent off with 20 minutes left. Morocco won…
Mali took advantage of an early let-off to beat South Africa 2-0 in the Africa Cup of Nations on Tuesday and take the lead in Group E. After Percy Tau missed a penalty for South Africa, Mali captain Hamari Traore broke the deadlock after an hour and Lassine Sinayoko added a second six minutes later…
There has still not been a scoreless draw at AFCON 2023, as matchday four delivered another round of surprises and late-game heroics as the underdogs continued to ruffle the feathers of more top teams in Cote d’Ivoire. Two of the games decided on Tuesday were looking destined to end in barren draws before goals came…
The ongoing AFCON today produced another huge upset as Namibia beat Tunisia by a line goal in their opening group match Deon Hotto’s 88th-minute header secured victory over Tunisia The Brave Warriors – ranked 115th in the world and without a victory in any of their previous nine Afcon matches – were worthy winners in…
Burkina Faso on Tuesday defeated Mauritania 1-0 in their opening match at the Cup Of Nations in Ivory Coast in a group D game The game was heading for a draw until a penalty was awarded to Burkina Faso in the sixth minute of added time Betrand Traore made no mistakes as he sent the…
Spain will host Brazil in an international football friendly at Real Madrid’s Bernabeu stadium on March 26 to raise awareness of racism. The Spanish and Brazilian football federations announced plans for the match in June, a month after Real Madrid’s Brazilian forward Vinicius Junior, who is black, was racially abused by Valencia fans in an…
Premier League chief executive Richard Masters says a date has been set for the hearing into Manchester City’s alleged breaches of financial rules. Everton, already appealing against a 10-point deduction for a previous charge, and Nottingham Forest were charged for breaching league profit and sustainability rules on Monday. Premier League champions City were charged with…
An Israeli footballer is expected to face faces prosecution in Turkey and an outright sack by his club for showing solidarity with hostages taken in the 7 October Hamas attacks during a goal celebration. Sagiv Jehezkel, a player for Antalyaspor, held up a bandaged hand that read “100 days. 7/10”. The attacks triggered Israel’s bombardment…
