LUANDA: Veteran goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary hailed Egypt s golden generation on Sunday after a third consecutive Africa Cup of Nations title.
Egypt, winners of the continental crown in 2006, 2008 and now again in 2010 after Sunday s 1-0 win over (...)
LUANDA: Not for the first time Didier Drogba and his Ivory Coast teammates turned up at the Africa Cup of Nations wearing the mantle of favorite only to flatter to deceive.
In 2006 the Elephants suffered a shattering 4-2 penalty defeat to Egypt (...)
LUANDA: Zambia belied their lowly world ranking to emerge as surprise Group D winners ahead of continental giants Cameroon as the Africa Cup of Nations first round came to a nerve-jangling climax on Thursday.
With a superb 2-1 win over Gabon, (...)
LUANDA: The five leading cast members at the Africa Cup of Nations suffered varying degrees of stage fright during Act I of the competition.
Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Ghana and Algeria all eventually made it into the quarter-finals but each (...)
LUANDA: Seldom does a player languishing in the backwaters of the French second division hog the international headlines but then Andre Ayew is no average player.
Dede Ayew sent Ghana into the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals with his first (...)
LUANDA: Ghana defeated 10-man Burkina Faso 1-0 here on Tuesday to reach the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals.
The World Cup qualifiers and four-time continental champions will now face hosts Angola here at the November 11 Stadium on Sunday (...)
LUANDA: Angola and Algeria became the latest teams to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals after a 0-0 draw here on Monday.
The split result suited both teams perfectly, with Angola going through as Group A winners on five points (...)
LUANDA: Angola registered their first win at the Africa Cup of Nations to edge closer towards the quarter finals but Thursday s victory over Malawi may have come at a high price.
The 2010 hosts lost two key players - Flavio and Gilberto - during (...)
LUANDA: Algeria gave their hopes of qualifying for the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals a significant shot in the arm here Thursday with a 1-0 win over Mali.
It moved the World Cup qualifiers on to three points in Group A, level with Malawi (...)
LUBANGO: Tunisia, the 2004 champions, were held to a 1-1 draw by spirited Zambia in Group D of the Africa Cup of Nations here on Wednesday.
Jacob Mulenga put the Copper Bullets into an early lead only for Zouhaier Dhaouadhi to level for the north (...)
LUANDA: For Mali and Algeria, Thursday s second Group A run out gives them a second chance to prove their true worth after indifferent starts to their Africa Cup of Nations campaigns.
In the case of Mali a miraculous fight back to grab a point (...)
LUANDA: Malawi, who claimed the scalp of World Cup qualifiers Algeria on Monday, are intent on dishing out the same treatment to Angola when they meet the Africa Cup of Nations' hosts here on Thursday.
In only their second ever appearance in the (...)
LUBANGO: Zambia are out to continue the tradition this Africa Cup of Nations is fast gaining of producing shocks against Tunisia in their Group D clash here on Wednesday.
Tunisia turned up in Angola wounded from missing out on a World Cup berth (...)
LUANDA: The form book was shredded on day two at the Africa Cup of Nations as Algeria crashed to minnows Malawi and favorites Ivory Coast stuttered against Burkina Faso.
It was going to be a tall order to follow up Sunday's sensational curtain (...)
LUANDA: Mali made a miraculous recovery to pull back from a four goal deficit to hold Angola to a 4-4 draw in the opening game of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations here on Sunday.
The hosts appeared set for the best possible start when a first half (...)
ACCRA: It was sometimes hard to know where to focus at the 2008 African Nations Cup with a feast of drama both on and off the pitch.
The battle for the African crown has been generally acclaimed as the best yet, a view supported by a record (...)
ACCRA: In 2006 Mohamed Zidan chose club over country and missed out on Egypt's African Nations Cup win in Cairo.
Fast forward two years to Accra on Sunday and the Hamburg striker was right in the thick of the Pharoahs' successful title (...)
ACCRA: Egypt retained their African Nations Cup crown Sunday when Mohamed Abou Trika scored the only goal in a 1-0 win over Cameroon which also delivered a record sixth title.
The defending champions ensured they held on to the trophy when, after (...)
ACCRA: Hosts Ghana overcame the expulsion of skipper John Mensah to make it into the African Nations Cup semi-finals with Ivory Coast securing the other last-four spot from Sunday s quarter-finals.
Ghana did not buckle under the weight of a (...)
ACCRA: Nigeria bounced back from the brink to sneak into the African Nations Cup quarter-finals on Tuesday but the door to the last eight closed on Mali.
The two countries were scrapping for the honor of finishing runners-up to Ivory Coast in (...)
KUMASI: Manchester-United new recruit Manucho and surprise-package Angola face five-time defending champions Egypt today in an intriguing African Nations Cup quarter-final.
Angola have never progressed so far in the biennial competition, the (...)
ACCRA: Ghana need only a draw against Morocco on Monday to guarantee their quarter-final berth at the African Nations Cup after Nottingham Forest striker Junior Agogo earned the hosts a 1-0 win over Namibia on Thursday.
Namibia s second straight (...)