West Ham look to bring Rennes defender Nayef Aguerd to the London Stadium in planned £15m deal

West Ham step up efforts to bring Rennes and Morocco defender Nayef Aguerd to the London Stadium in a planned £15m summer deal West Ham are looking to add depth to their squad after an encouraging season They finished seventh in the Premier League and reached a European semi final The Hammers have been badly … Read more

Samuel Eto’o hits out at Cameroon government over future of head coach Antonio Conceicao

Samuel Eto’o hits out at Cameroon government as he writes letter to the Sports Minister warning he has NO right to decide future of Antonio Conceicao after he appeared to confirm the head coach would stay on after their third-place finish at AFCON Cameroon finished third in AFCON on home soil earlier this month  Antonio … Read more

Crystal Palace’s AFCON champion Cheikhou Kouyate receives rousing reception and guard of honour

Crystal Palace’s AFCON champion Cheikhou Kouyate receives rousing reception and guard of honour from team-mates – as Senegal star returns to training following triumph in Cameroon and ‘best day of his life’ Cheikhou Kouyate was part of Senegal’s squad which won AFCON in Cameroon The Senegalese won their first continental title on penalties against Egypt  The midfielder … Read more

Mo Salah is in contention to play for Liverpool against Leicester on Thursday, confirms Jurgen Klopp

Mo Salah IS in contention to play for Liverpool against Leicester on Thursday, telling Jurgen Klopp ‘I’m ready’ despite AFCON heartbreak – but Sadio Mane has ‘no chance’ of featuring after Senegal’s triumph Mohamed Salah was on the losing side in Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations final   Senegal secured their first ever AFCON title by … Read more

Furious Mo Salah repeatedly waved away by AFCON referee Bakary Papa Gassama in angry confrontation

Furious Mohamed Salah is repeatedly waved away by AFCON referee Bakary Papa Gassama during angry confrontation at the end of normal time in Egypt’s semi-final penalty shootout win over hosts Cameroon Egypt qualified for the AFCON final after beating Cameroon on penalties  The Pharaohs however had boss Carlos Queiroz sent off deep in the second … Read more

Cameroon striker Vincent Aboubakar refuses to speak after controversial comment about Mohamed Salah

Cameroon striker Vincent Aboubakar ignores waiting journalists and refuses to speak after controversial comment about Mohamed Salah not ‘impressing’ him backfires during his side’s AFCON semi-final defeat by Egypt Vincent Aboubakar’s Cameroon were knocked out of AFCON by Egypt  The Al Nassr striker criticised Mohamed Salah just hours before the semi-final  He claimed the Liverpool … Read more

Hot-headed Egypt manager Carlos Queiroz is SENT OFF in his side’s AFCON clash with Cameroon

Furious Egypt boss Carlos Queiroz is SENT OFF in the closing stages of AFCON clash against Cameroon, after he lost control when appearing to claim one of his players was punched and confronting the referee Carlos Queiroz was sent off during Egypt’s AFCON clash against Cameroon  The veteran manager furiously claimed to the referee that … Read more

AFCON: Senegal face more controversy as Nampalys Mendy plays on despite being stretchered off

Senegal suffer more concussion controversy at AFCON as Nampalys Mendy is allowed to play on despite being stretchered off following a collision of heads with Burkina Faso’s Cyrille Bayala after Sadio Mane’s injury was widely criticised By Kieran Gill for the Daily Mail Published: 22:24 GMT, 2 February 2022 | Updated: 01:56 GMT, 3 February … Read more

AFCON: Furious Malawi boss Mario Marinica alleges unfair treatment for smaller nations

‘You WOULDN’T see Sadio Mane washing his own underpants!’: Furious Malawi boss Mario Marinica alleges smaller nations at AFCON are treated differently as his players are made to wash their own clothes – and he is planning to lodge a formal complaint Malawi have been one of the surprises of the Africa Cup of Nations … Read more

Referees are ‘SPOILING’ the Africa Cup of Nations and have turned it into an ‘absolute JOKE’

Referees are ‘SPOILING’ the Africa Cup of Nations and have turned it into an ‘absolute JOKE’ as fans are left furious at the number of red cards… with 13 sending offs as many as the last four tournaments COMBINED! There has been a number of contentious red cards given at Africa Cup of Nations So … Read more