Tag Archives: Afcon

Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP | They may be out of the tournament, but the Democratic Republic of Congo’s footballers will be forever remembered by Africa Cup of Nations fans for their dance moves on the pitch. DR Congo players danced the “Fimbu” seven times at the CAN 2017 tournament …

The Independent reflects on his journey to being Africa’s best footballer Denis Masinde Onyango was on Jan.5 crowned the Confederation of African Football (CAF) African Player of the Year – Based in Africa. Uganda’s talismanic shot-stopper made history as the first goalkeeper ever to win CAF’s topmost honour; a prestigious …

FT: Ghana 2 DRC 1; Morocco 0 Egypt 1 Oyem, Gabon | Brothers Jordan and Andre Ayew scored for Ghana as they reached the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals Sunday with a 2-1 win over the Democratic Republic of Congo in Oyem. Jordan opened the scoring after 63 minutes of …

The Uganda national team – Cranes played its last game against Mali at the African Cup of Nations final in Gabon on Jan.25. But, this game had no consequence to the cranes as the team had already been beaten out of the competition first by Ghana and then Egypt both …

Cameroon 0 (5) Senegal 0 (4) Burkina Faso 2 Tunisia 0 Sunday Egypt vs Morocco DRC vs Ghana Franceville, Gabon | AFP |  Sadio Mane agonisingly missed from the spot to allow Cameroon to beat Senegal 5-4 in a penalty shoot-out in their Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final tie on …

Africa Cup of Nations quarters Saturday Burkina Faso v Tunisia 7pm; Senegal v Cameroon 10pm Libreville, Gabon | AFP |  Senegal coach Aliou Cisse insists Africa Cup of Nations opponents Cameroon are favourites to win the eagerly-awaited quarter-final in Franceville on Saturday. Pundits beg to differ, though, making the Senegalese Teranga Lions …

Uganda Cranes are back home after their historic return to the high table of African football – The African Cup of Nations finals. Uganda played three games, losing two and drawing their final game against Mali. They flew out of Gabon Thursday via Addis Ababa and arrived Entebbe Airport Friday …

FT: Mali 1 (Bissouma 73) Uganda 1 (Miya 70) ; Egypt 1 (Salah 11) Ghana 0 QUARTERS: Senegal vs Cameroon;  Burkina Faso vs Tunisia ; Morocco vs Egypt;  DR Congo vs Ghana Africa Cup of Nations Group D Egypt         3 2 1 0 2 0 7 …

Cranes will hope to wind up their return to the high table of African football with a goal, and win, when they take on Mali today. “We came here to play three Cup finals — the first we lost on a penalty to Ghana and the second we lost in the last …

Libreville, Gabon | AFP | Sporting agony in the shape of an early elimination from their own Africa Cup of Nations has only added to the other woes facing Gabon, a country already in the midst of a political and economic crisis. “The Africa Cup of Nations is not finished. …