Afcon 2021: Super Eagles land in Garoua with eyes on fourth African title
The Super Eagles of Nigeria have become the latest national team to arrive in Cameroon for the 33rd edition of the 2021 TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations. Coach Augustine Eguaveon and his team flew into Central African nation on a chartered aircraft, Air Peace on the evening of Wednesday, 5 January after a two-hours flight […]
AFCON 2021: Algeria thrashes Ghana 3-0 in a friendly match
The Black Stars of Ghana were thrashed 3-0 by the four-times African champions, Algeria in an international friendly match at the Education City Stadium in Qatar on Wednesday evening. The Desert Warriors of Algeria were given the lead by Adam Ounas in the 8th minute of the game. Ghana’s Jonathan Mensah, who is captain […]
AFCON 2021 – Gambia: Rough waters for newcomers
A truncated preparation, players affected by Covid and others injured, Gambia would have liked better at the dawn of its first ever participation at the AFCON. The Scorpions are in group F with Tunisia, Mali and Mauritania. A tough group for a first participation. The Gambian preparation is far from ideal. They had to cancel […]
AFCON 2021 – Gabon: Bonus rift could mare preparations
The Gabonese national team is still reeling from their refusal to travel to Cameroon, but Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Mario Lemina and other players have chosen this very moment to take part in a party in Dubai. The Gabonese bonus affair is far from being over. While they are due to fly to Cameroon on Wednesday 5 […]
We will fight to come back with AFCON trophy – Salah
In-form striker Mohamed Salah has this morning reported for training with the Egyptian national team ahead of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2021. Salah, also the team captain reported together with another England based player Mahmoud Hassan ‘Trezeguet’. The striker is fresh from scoring for Liverpool in an English Premier League match last […]
AFCON 2021: Team Ghana beef up technical team with four brains
The Ghana Football Association has made four additions to the Technical team of the Black Stars as requested by head coach, Milovan Rajevac to strengthen the Technical team ahead of the Africa’s flagship tournament which kicks off on Sunday, January 9, 2022 in Cameroon. The new additions include Mike Stankovic, an experienced Serbian/American football coach, Awal Salifu, a performance analyst of International repute […]
AFCON 2021: Mahachi injury not serious ahead of Zim opener
Zimbabwean winger Kudakwashe Mahachi looks set to be fit for the side’s opening Africa Cup of Nations match against one of the tournament favourites, Senegal. The winger, who plays his football for SuperSport United in South Africa, was taken off in the friendly match against Sudan on Sunday, 2 January, as the Warriors were preparing […]
Aubameyang scores in Gabon’s 1-1 draw to Mauritania
The national teams of Gabon and Mauritania have settled for a 1-1 draw in their pre-AFCON friendly match played today in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Skipper and Arsenal star Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang netted a 27th minute penalty to give the Panthers of Gabon a 1-0 half time lead. But the Mauritania team under new coach Didier Gomes […]
Liverpool’s Keita boosts Guinea camp ahead of AFCON 2021
Guinea’s Syli Nationale has been boosted by the arrival of experienced midfielder Naby Laye Keita. The midfielder who played in Liverpool’s 2-2 draw away to Chelsea in an English Premier League match last Sunday arrived last night at the Kanombe International Airport in Kigali. “ I am happy to join my team to prepare for the […]
