Ivory Coast’s strength is in depth
vory Coast stars YayaToure and SouleymaneBamba believe that the depth of quality and experience in the Elephants’ squad will be enough to see them through until the tournament’s end.
Zambia expel Clifford Mulenga
Zambia midfielder Clifford Mulenga has been expelled from the Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea by coach HerveRenard for disciplinary reasons.
Sudan in historic qualification
Sudan won their first match at the Africa Cup of Nations for 42 years, beating Burkina Faso 2-1 in Bata to reach the quarter-finals.They made it to the last eight thanks to Ivory Coast’s 2-0 win over Angola in the other Group B match in Malabo.
Morocco bow out with Niger win
Morocco bowed out of the 2012 Orange Africa Cup of Nations on a high note after beating Niger 1-0 in their Group C encounter on Tuesday in Libreville.
Gabon maintains a perfect record with victory over Tunisia
Co-host Gabon overcame Tunisia 1-0 in an entertaining match to finish top of Group C in the Orange Africa Cup of Nations. The match played in Franceville was fast and lively straight from kick-off.
Awful Black Stars crawl to quarter-finals
Ghana put up a nondescript performance to draw 1-1 with 10-man Guinea, but topped Group D for a quarter-final clash against Tunisia.
BLACK STARS TO DELIVER VICTORY -Against the Syli National of Guinea
Apart from the Zebra of Botswana, who appear to have already booked their flight home after this evening’s showdown in Franceville and Libreville, all the three other nations in Group D, have a mathematical chance of qualifying for the knock-out phase of the 28th African Cup of Nations.
John Mensah suffers hamstring injury
Ghana captain John Mensah suffered a hamstring injury while playing in their opening 2012 Africa Cup of Nations match against Botswana. The France-based defender could not train with the Black Stars on Wednesday morning because of the setback. He will undergo further tests on Wednesday before they will know how long he will be out [...]
Botswana coach wants more money for his boys
Botswana coach Stanley Tshosane has asked for a special cash bonus to galvanise his team to victory in a must-win Nations Cup Group D match Saturday against Guinea. Each player was paid 20,000 Pula (about $3,000) for grabbing the country’s first-ever Nations Cup finals ticket, with the officials getting half that amount. MTNFootball.com has specially [...]
Senegal fan feels pressure before tie against co-hosts
“I’ll be at the game and I’ll be supporting the Senegalese,” he said. “I think they’re going to win. “I’m sorry for my brothers, but I think Senegal are going to go very far.” Amadu himself has come far to get here – having spent time in Cameroon before moving to Bata a couple of [...]