Cameroon 2-1 Comoros: AFCON hosts advance to the quarter-finals as minnows put in spirited effort

Cameroon 2-1 Comoros: 10-man minnows – who had an outfield player in goal and their captain sent off early on – put up a brave fight as hosts survive late scare to reach AFCON quarter-finals Cameroon are through to the quarter-finals after a 2-1 win against Comoros Comoros were forced to play the game with … Read more

Edouard Mendy treated like a hero by Senegal squad after winning FIFA’s Best Goalkeeper award

Edouard Mendy treated like a hero by his Senegal team-mates as wild celebrations ensue after Chelsea star wins FIFA’s Best Goalkeeper award while away at AFCON, becoming the first African to win the coveted prize Chelsea star Edouard Mendy won FIFA’s Best Goalkeeper award on Monday Mendy’s Senegal team-mates wildly celebrated after he won the … Read more

Cape Verde 1-1 Cameroon – AFCON: Host nation remain unbeaten after group stage

Cape Verde 1-1 Cameroon: Vincent Aboubakar strike ensures hosts remain unbeaten as they reach knock-out stage as group winners – but opponents now left sweating over progression after third place finish Vincent Aboubakar struck in the first half for Cameroon against Cape Verde Garry Rodrigues came off the bench at half-time before quickly equalising Result … Read more

AFCON: Sierra Leone goalkeeper Mohamed Kamara’s attempt to save Haller’s goal leaves fans baffled

‘He just didn’t fancy it did he’: Sierra Leone goalkeeper Mohamed Kamara’s attempt to save Sebastien Haller’s goal leaves fans baffled as the shotstopper’s howler allows the Ivory Coast forward to open the scoring in 2-2 draw Sierra Leone snatched a point against the Ivory Coast in their Group E clash  Forward Sebastien Haller opened … Read more

Ivory Coast 2-1 Sierra Leone: Nicolas Pepe and Sebastian Haller on target for The Elephants

Ivory Coast 2-2 Sierra Leone: Bizarre late equaliser ends Elephants’ winning start at AFCON after Nicolas Pepe and Sebastien Haller had twice given favourites the lead AC Milan’s Franck Kessie missed a penalty after Wilfried Zaha fouled in the box  Zaha set up former West Ham striker Sebastian Haller to open the scoring  Free agent … Read more

Gambia and Mali remain on track for knockout stage after 1-1 draw following late VAR penalty drama 

Gambia 1-1 Mali: Musa Barrow’s equaliser keeps AFCON debutants on track for knockout stage after late VAR penalty drama Gambia and Mali drew 1-1 in their second AFCON match on Sunday afternoon The two teams top Group F with four points, ahead of Tunisia and Mauritania  Ibrahima Kone scored from the spot for Mali with … Read more

Nigeria 3-1 Sudan: Super Eagles progress to the knockout stages with impressive win

Nigeria 3-1 Sudan: Super Eagles progress to the knockout stages with Samuel Chukwueze, Taiwo Awoniyi and Moses Simon all scoring By Associated Press Published: 15:00 GMT, 15 January 2022 | Updated: 18:56 GMT, 15 January 2022 Nigeria eased into the knockout stages of the African Cup of Nations with a comfortable 3-1 win over Sudan … Read more

Gabon 1-1 Ghana: Jim Allevinah equaliser rescues a point for the Panthers who frustrate Black Stars

Gabon 1-1 Ghana: Jim Allevinah’s late equaliser rescues a point for the Panthers to leave Black Stars, who led through Andre Ayew’s stunner, one more slip-up away from exiting AFCON at the group stages Ghana slipped up at the Africa Cup of Nations again with a 1-1 draw with Gabon Andre Ayew gave the Black … Read more

AFCON: Fans brand tournament ‘a shambles’ and ’embarrassing’ after Tunisia and Mali chaos

Fans brand the Africa Cup of Nations tournament ‘a shambles’ and ’embarrassing’ after Tunisia and Mali’s clash descended into chaos following farcical scenes involving the referee Tunisia vs Mali Africa Cup of Nations clash descended into chaos on Wednesday Janny Sikazwe first blew full time between Tunisia and Mali in the 85th minute The AFCON … Read more

Liverpool ‘tracking Oostende midfielder Kenny Rocha Santos’

Liverpool ‘tracking £8m Oostende midfielder Kenny Rocha Santos’ – who played in Cape Verde’s AFCON opener… and he could be a cheaper alternative to Brighton’s £50m-rated Yves Bissouma Liverpool are reportedly monitoring progress of midfielder Kenny Rocha Santos The 22-year-old played in Cape Verde’s 1-0 victory over Ethiopia at AFCON His club Oostende rate him at … Read more