A late equalizer five minutes into injury time by Algeria’s Baghdad Bounedjah earned the Desert Foxes a 2-2 draw with Burkina Faso at the Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday. Mohamed Konate’s opening goal for Burkina Faso was cancelled out by a first Bounedjah equaliser, but a Bertrand Traore penalty put the Stallions back in…
Tanzania coach Adel Amrouche has been banned for eight matches after making insulting remarks about Morocco The suspension by the CAF disciplinary committee rules the Algeria-born coach out of the rest of the Africa Cup of Nations tournament in the Ivory Coast. Group F outsiders Tanzania lost 3-0 to Morocco on Wednesday and play Zambia…
Defending champions Senegal became the second qualifiers for the Africa Cup of Nations round of 16 as Ismaila Sarr, Habib Diallo and Sadio Mane scored in a 3-1 win over Cameroon on Friday. Sarr netted in the first half and Diallo and Mane in the second in Yamoussoukro to give the title-holders a maximum of…
Former Manchester United forward Bebe’s scored the goal of the tournament so far to set Cape Verde on the way to a 3-0 win over Mozambique at the Africa Cup of Nations on Friday as they became the first team through to the last 16. Bebe opened the scoring with a dead-ball strike from 40…
Egypt fought back twice to draw 2-2 with Ghana at the Africa Cup of Nations after a lively second half in Abidjan. Mohammed Kudus blasted in to put Ghana ahead in first-half stoppage time, a minute after Pharaohs captain Mohamed Salah was forced off through injury. Omar Marmoush levelled but West Ham’s Kudus quickly restored…
Guinea Bissau have crashed out of AFCON 23 tournament after they lost 4-2 to Equatorial Guinea in their group A encounter Defeat to host Ivory Coast on the opening day, means they are all but out of the competition They are currently on zero point from two games and will next play Ivory Coast in…
Ivory Coast midfielder, Seko Fofana has warned Nigeria’s Super Eagles that his team is ready to face them when both sides clash on Thursday at the ongoing 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. Fofana, who scored the tournament’s first goal last Sunday against Guinea-Bissau, noted that it would be up for Ivory Coast to work hard…
Super Eagles head coach, Jose Peseiro says Kelechi Iheanacho is fully recovered from his injury. Iheanacho missed Nigeria’s pre-2023 Africa Cup of Nations training tour in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates due to a muscular problem. The Leicester City star linked up with the rest of the squad on Sunday morning and was named among…
Ahead of the Make or Mar clash between Nigeria’s Super Eagles and Elephants of Ivory Coast Coach Jose Peseiro says the team needs divine intervention to remain in the competition Peseiro was reacting to the several missed opportunities in his team’s first game against Equatorial Guinea. That draw coupled with Ivory Coast opening day victory…
England midfielder Jordan Henderson is close to joining Ajax in a permanent move, with his contract at Saudi club Al-Ettifaq set to be terminated. Preparations are being made for his arrival in Amsterdam but no deal has yet been concluded. The midfielder signed a three-year contract worth a reported £700,000 a week with Al-Ettifaq when…
