✳ Gambia vs Mali 4pm ✳ Tunisia vs Mauritania 7pm ✳ Algeria vs Equatorial Guinea 10pm ✳ Ivory Coast vs Sierra Leone 7pm Yaounde, Cameroon | THE INDEPENDENT | After disappointing identical 1-0 defeats to Mali and Gambia respectively, Tunisia and Mauritania go to TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Group F Match Day …
Read More »Salah saves Egypt, Super Eagles progress to the last 16
✳ Egypt 1 Guinea-Bissau 0 ✳ Nigeria 3 Sudan 1 Yaounde, Cameroon | THE INDEPENDENT | A goal from captain Mohamed Salah (69′) gave Egypt victory over Guinea-Bissau in the second round of Group D of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon 2021. The Pharaohs can still hope to advance to the …
Read More »Egypt – No room for more AFCON failures
✳ Egypt vs Guinea-Bissau 10pm Yaounde, Cameroon | THE INDEPENDENT | Egypt is seeking an important victory over Guinea-Bissau on Saturday in order to achieve their first three points that revive their hopes in the ongoing AFCON tournament. The Pharaohs lost with a lone goal to Nigeria in the opening match, which …
Read More »Ghana held, crucial wins for Malawi and Morocco
✳ Ghana 1 Gabon 1 ✳ Morocco 2 Comoros 0 ✳ Zimbabwe 1 Malawi 2 Yaounde, Cameroon | THE INDEPENDENT | Ngowet Allevinah scored a late equaliser to earn Gabon an important 1-1 draw against Ghana in a TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations match in Yaoundé on Friday. The Black Stars came into the match …
Read More »Sadio Mane strikes as Senegal sink Zimbabwe
✳ Senegal 1 Zimbabwe 0 ✳ Morocco 1 Ghana 0 ✳ Guinea 1 Malawi 0 Yaounde, Cameroon | THE INDEPENDENT | A late penalty from talisman Sadio Mane helped Senegal beat Zimbabwe 1-0 in their opening TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon match at the Kouekong Stadium in Baffoussam. The Teranga Lions started …
Read More »Cameroon’s Lions roar on first day of AFCON
✳ DAY ONE Cameroon 2 Burkina Faso1 Ethiopia 0 Cape Verde 1 (HT) Yaounde, Cameroon | THE INDEPENDENT | Indomitable Lions captain Vincent Aboubakar scored twice to give host nation Cameroon a 2-1 victory over Burkina Faso in the opening match of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon 2021. …
Read More »KICK OFF: The Africa Cup of Nations
✳ 9 January 2022 17:00 Cameroon v Burkina Faso 20:00 Ethiopia v Cape Verde ✳ 10 January 2022 14:00 Senegal v Zimbabwe 17:00 Guinea v Malawi 17:00 Morocco v Ghana 20:00 Comoros v Gabon First COVID-era African tournament set for Cameroon Yaounde, Cameroon | THE INDEPENDENT | After several fears and …
Read More »All set for AFCON kick-off after CAF president arrives
✳ 9 January 2022 17:00 Cameroon v Burkina Faso 20:00 Ethiopia v Cape Verde ✳ 10 January 2022 14:00 Senegal v Zimbabwe 17:00 Guinea v Malawi 17:00 Morocco v Ghana 20:00 Comoros v Gabon Yaounde, Cameroon | Xinhua | The Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Patrice Motsepe arrived in …
Read More »Cameroon separatists set off bomb in AFCON host city
Yaoundé, Cameroon | Xinhua | Separatist fighters in Cameroon’s restive English-speaking region of Southwest have set off an improvised explosive device (IED) in the town of Limbe which will host matches of the Africa Cup Nations (AFCON), according to local police. No one was injured in the explosion which went off …
Read More »Cameroon strengthens COVID-19 measures ahead of AFCON kick-off
Yaoundé, Cameroon | Xinhua | Cameroonian authorities said on Tuesday stricter anti-COVID-19 measures will be applied before, during and after the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) which begins in the Central African nation on Sunday. More staff and equipment have been deployed to entry points, lodging facilities, competition sites and fan …
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