Super Eagles great Augustine ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha has hailed the importance of Kaizer Chiefs goalkeeper Daniel Akpeyi to the Nigerian national team set-up.<
Catch up with Sunday’s action at the Africa Cup of Nations as Equatorial Guinea inflicted a first defeat in 36 games on Algeria to leave the reigning champions in serious danger of a group-stage exit after an astonishing goalkeeping blunder cost the Ivory Coast victory against Sierra Leone.
Reigning Afcon champions Algeria are in danger of an early exit from the Africa Cup of Nations after a shock 1-0 defeat at the hands of outsiders Equatorial Guinea in Douala on Sunday, while Ivory Coast and Mali were held to draws by Sierra Leone and Gambia respectively.
Catch up with Saturday’s action at the Africa Cup of Nations where Mohamed Salah opened his account in Egypt’s 1-0 win over Guinea-Bissau while Nigeria cruised into the 1-0 win over knockouts with a 3-1 win over Sudan.
Mohamed Salah is up and running at the Africa Cup of Nations as his goal in the second half handed Egypt a 1-0 win over Guinea-Bissau, while Nigeria cruised to a 3-1 over Sudan to book their spot in the knockouts.
Morocco eased into the knockout phase of the Africa Cup of Nations on Friday but fellow title contenders Senegal again laboured in front of goal as they were held by Guinea, while chaotic scenes followed Ghana’s 1-1 draw with Gabon.
Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang returned to training with the Gabon squad ahead of Friday's Africa Cup of Nations clash with Ghana after testing negative for Covid-19.
There was finally goals at the Africa Cup of Nations as Hosts Cameroon became the first team to qualify for the knockout stages of Afcon with a 4-1 demolition of Ethiopia while Burkina Faso edged Cape Verde. Catch up with the highlights here.
Hosts Cameroon became the first team to qualify for the knockout stages of the Africa Cup of Nations on Thursday as captain Vincent Aboubakar and Karl Toko-Ekambi both scored twice in a 4-1 demolition of Ethiopia in Yaounde.
Tunisia coach Mondher Kebaier said he had "never seen anything like it" after the referee in his side's Africa Cup of Nations opener against Mali on Wednesday blew the final whistle before the game had been completed.