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CAN 2008 : Egyptians in a festive mood
Egyptians celebrated late into Thursday night after their national team, the Pharaohs, cruised into the final of the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations in...
Nigeria Soccer: Premier League Table / Week 24
Niger Tornadoes of the central city of Minna has overtaken Enyimba in the Nigeria Premier League. Tornadoes, led by coach John Obuh, travelled to...
CAN 2008 semi-finals: Cameroon promises to oust Ghana
Ahead Thursday’s first semi -final clash against the Black Stars of Ghana, the captain of the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon , Rigobert Song, has...
CAN 2008: Tunisia 2-3 Cameroon : the Lions roar on
It was the Tunesians against the scoreline, Monday, as they fought to get back into the race wtih Cameroon during the quarter finals of...
CAN 2008 : Ghana gives Nigeria the boot
In a hot afternoon weather, the Nigerian Super Eagles and The Ghanaian Black Stars batteld their way to the semi finals in a spicy...
CAN 2008: Ivory Coast 5 Guinea Nil
The Ivory Coast one of the favourites of the 2008 African Cup of Nations were under not-so-much-pressure to satisfy everybody’s expectations as they met...
CAN 2008 : Tunisia and Angola end in a draw and qualify
Tunisia and Angola encounter Cameroun and Egypt, next Sunday, in the quarter finals of the African Cup of Nations. The two group D leaders...
CAN 2008: Ghanaians nickname Nigerian Team ‘Super Chicken’
The Ghanaian football fans, realising the enormous task their team will face Sunday against the Super Eagles of Nigeria in the quarter-final of the...
Enyimba takes over Nigeria League
Organisers have shelved their plan to suspend the league till the end of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana, saying it would...
CAN 2008: Ghana coach, Le Roy, to be dragged to Disciplinary Committee
The chief coach of the Black Stars of Ghana, Claude Le Roy, may face sanctions from the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) if he...
CAN 2008: Ghana coach, Le Roy, to be dragged to Disciplinary Committee
The chief coach of the Black Stars of Ghana, Claude Le Roy, may face sanctions from the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) if he...
CAN 2008 : Victory for Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria, Mali Fails
Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), beat Mali with cheeky ease 3-0, on Tuesday, and will be meeting Guinea in the quarter finals of the African...
CAN 2008: Nigerians euphoric about Sekondi ‘miracle’
Nigerian football fans quickly moved from anger and disappointment to a pleasant surprise and happiness, after the national team's qualification for the quarter-finals of...
Flavors from Ghana
From our correspondent in Accra, Aboubacar Laouali
CAN 2008 : Senegal’s coach resigns
The coach of Senegal's national team, Henri Kasperczak has given up his job after the humiliating game they lost against Angola on Sunday afternoon...
African Nations Cup / CAN 2008 : Score table
Follow the African Cup of Nations 2008 and the ranking table of the competition, group by group, team by team, on a daily basis.
Group...
CAN 2008: Angry Nigerians slam Eagles’ performance, want Vogts sacked
Shocked that a country rated the best in African football has yet to win a match in the current Nations Cup in Ghana, Nigerian...
CAN 2008: Guinea stun Morocco
Guinea defeated Morocco 3-2 in the second Group A game played at the Ohene Djan Stadium in Accra on Thursday . It was a...
CAN 2008 : Senegal and Tunisia in a draw : 2-2
Senegal and Tunesia shared their scoreline right in the middle, Wednesday, when they entered into the 2008 African Nations Cup battlefield. The Carthage...
Groupe B : Ivory Coast and Mali lead their group
The Ivory Coast dominates Nigeria (1-0) while Mali overpowered Benin with the same score. Both The Ivorian Elephants and the Mali eagles won their...
CAN 2008 : Morocco brushes Namibia aside 5-1
Morocco easily dominated a weak Namibian team by 5 goals to 1, Monday afternoon in Accra, during its first match of the African Cup...
CAN 2008 : Previous editions’ scores
Since the first edition in 1957, 13 countries won the trophy. One won it five times, that is Egypt. Two won it four times...
South Africa is making headlines in the international press again as powercuts increase
Power cuts in Hospitals, traffic jams clogging cities like Johannesburg and Cape Town , as traffic lights stopped working, the torching of six trains...
Vogts ‘not under pressure’ as Nigeria takes on Cote d’Ivoire
Nigeria's coach Berti Vogts maintained a calm mien Sunday, as he dismissed fears he is under pressure ahead of Monday's match between his team,...
Ghana 2 – Guinee 1 : host nation’s big scare
Ghana got a big scare in the opening match of the African Cup of Nations, this Sunday, against the Guinea National Team, Syli National....
Essien, three UK-based players arrive in Black Stars camp
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) on Monday announced the arrival of four-UK-based players to the camp of the team in Abu Dhabi.
GFA said at...
Ghana Black Stars players off to Emirates for training
A team of 12 players accompanied by a dozen backroom and administrative staff left Accra Wednesday night aboard a Fly Emirates airliner to the...
Drogba operated : The Ivorian hopes to get better for the CAN 2008 kick-off
Didier Drogba was finally operated upon last saturday for recurrent pains in his knee. The Ivorian international hopes to get better before the beginning...
CAN 2008 : Nigeria wants its footballers in time…
The Nigerian Football Association (NFA) has asked foreign clubs to release Nigerian players selected to represent the country during the 2008 African Cup of...
Can 2008 : 30 candidates for the Benin Ecureuils
Benin has just completed the recruitment of international footballers wishing to play to uphold the country’s pride during the African Cup of Nations, which...