Super Eagles coach, José Santos Peseiro, has insisted that despite looking good for a spot in the Round of 16 following their victory against hosts Cote d’Ivoire on Thursday, his boys will not take their feet off the pedal when they battle Guinea Bissau this evening in their final group A match. “We defeated Cote d’Ivoire, but that is already …

Baghdad Bounedjah headed home five minutes into injury time to earn Algeria a 2-2 draw with Burkina Faso at the Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday, forcing their opponents to wait to secure a place in the last 16. Mohamed Konate’s opening goal for Burkina Faso was cancelled out by a first Bounedjah equaliser, but a Bertrand Traore penalty put …

Group B giants Egypt and Ghana played a 2-2 draw in their second matchday in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) holding in Cote d’Ivoire. Egypt was forced to make a last-minute substitution substitution towards the end of the first half as star player Mohamed Salah felt uneasy. Ghana opened the scoring with a long shot by midfielder Mohammed Kudus …

Namibia produced the first major upset at the ongoing delayed 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cote d’Ivoire by beating Tunisia 1-0 to record their first-ever win in the history of the tournament. Deon Hotto popped up with an 89th-minute header from close range in an entertaining Group E opener to hand Namibia a shock 1-0 victory over 2004 …

Mohamed Salah scored a stoppage-time penalty to help Egypt salvage a 2-2 draw with Mozambique in their opening Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) match on Sunday. The seven-time champions took an early lead through Mostafa Mohamed, only for Mozambique to turn the game on its head with two goals in four second-half minutes through Witi and Clesio. Mozambique’s hopes of …

Former Nigeria international, Sunday Oliseh has admitted that he is worried about the Super Eagles midfield without Wilfred Ndidi heading into the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). The Leicester City star was originally named in the Super Eagles squad for the AFCON which starts in Ivory Coast on Saturday. Ndidi was forced to pull out of the squad after …

For some Nigerians, the 34th African Cup of Nations (AFCON) begins tomorrow (Sunday), Côte d’Ivoire. As far as these section of fans are concerned, any competition begins and ends with their national team. So the last AFCON, in their minds, took place in South Africa. Inspired by coach Stephen Keshi and captained by Mikel Obi, the Super Eagles lifted the …

In a game-changing partnership, Unilever Personal Care brands Rexona, Axe and Dove have been announced as the official sponsors of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Côte d’Ivoire 2023 and TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2024. The partnership with CAF was spearheaded by Unilever International, Unilever’s Global Business Unit and Unilever’s Personal Care Business Group. The …

The Gambian national football team made a quick U-turn to Banjul a few moments after their flight took off for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. Sports Brief reports that the team’s departure had to be delayed after reportedly losing oxygen on the flight carrying the entire Gambian squad en route to Abidjan. The Scorpions will face defending champions, Senegal; …

SuperSport channels on DSTV and GOtv will now air all 52 matches of the 2023 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament in Côte d’Ivoire. This was confirmed in a tweet on Wednesday night. It simply read: “No gree for anybody! Watch all 52 matches of the #afcon2023 on @supersports.” Last week, Multichoice had said DSTV would not be able to …