🇸🇳:✅✅❌✅✅ 🇨🇮: ✅✅✅✅✅ IVORY COAST | CAFONLINE | Hosts Cote d’Ivoire pulled off a monumental upset by defeating defending champions Senegal 5-4 on penalties after extra time to advance to the TotalEneriges CAF Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals. In front of a raucous home crowd at the Stade Charles Konan …
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Penalties after 1-1 tie 🇪🇬: ✅❌✅✅✅✅✅✅❌ 🇨🇩: ✅❌✅✅✅✅✅✅✅ IVORY COAST | CAFONLINE | D.R Congo have knocked out Egypt from the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Côte d’Ivoire 2023 after defeating them 8-7 on penalties in the round of 16 Sunday. Stade Laurent Pokou was blazing throughout the …
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It’s also having dramatic repercussions ANALYSIS | Chuka Onwumechili | By the end of the group stage, the 34th Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) was one of the most exciting and memorable Afcon tournaments in recent memory. This was particularly true of the performances of the continent’s best players on the field. …
Read More »Ghana sacks coach Hughton after AFCON exit
ACCRA, GHANA | Xinhua | Chris Hughton, coach of Ghana national football team, has been relieved of his duties after the team’s group stage exit from the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cote d’Ivoire, the Ghana Football Association (GFA) said on Wednesday. The GFA said in a statement that …
Read More »Cameroon FA cautions against fake news about team at AFCON
YAOUNDE, CAMEROON | Xinhua | Cameroon Football Federation (FECAFOOT) on Wednesday refuted the rumors on social media about the national football team that is currently competing in Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cote D’Ivoire. In a statement, FECAFOOT secretary general Blaise Djounang said there was no quarrel between FA …
Read More »‘Prioritise construction of Akii-Bua stadium for 2027 AFCON’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Construction of Akii-Bua Stadium as one of the arenas to support the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) games should be prioritized. Legislators on the Budget Committee made this demand as they received the report of the Committee on Education and Sports on the Budget …
Read More »Ugandans rooting for neighbors Tanzania in Africa Cup of Nations
KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), the biggest football tournament in Africa, kicked off on January 13 in Cote d’Ivoire. Tanzania will start their campaign on January 17 with a Group F match against 2022 FIFA World Cup semifinalists Morocco, and later play Zambia …
Read More »Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania to host AFCON 2027
East Africa Pamoja Wins Bid Cairo, Egypt | THE INDEPENDENT | The East Africa Pamoja consortium, comprising Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania, has been awarded the privilege of hosting the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations. Patrice Motsepe, the president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) made the announcement following a CAF …
Read More »East African sports ministers preparing joint AFCON 2027 bid
Dar es salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Sports ministers from Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda convened here on Friday to discuss their joint bid to host the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). A statement from Tanzania’s Ministry of Culture, Arts and Sports indicated that the ministers’ meeting came ahead of the …
Read More »Uganda Cranes: Was Micho the sole team issue?
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On Thursday, the Federation of Uganda’s Football Association (FUFA) made the announcement of parting ways with former Cranes Head Coach Milutin Micho Sredojevic after a disappointing AFCON qualifying campaign that saw Uganda finish third in the group and miss out on qualification. Uganda’s AFCON journey …
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