Ghana vs Egypt - African Cup of Nations Final

Filed in archive Africa by Stephen Lunn on January 29, 2010

Yesterday in the African Cup of Nations saw Ghana defeat Nigeria 1-0 in a tightly contested game of football and Egypt defeat Algeria in one that was rather less so. The bitter rivals battled it out o...

South Africa to Use World Cup 2010 to "Change World View of Africa"

Filed in archive Africa by Matt on March 13, 2009

Soccernews.com reports that the head of South African 2010 World Cup, Danny Jordaan, said he wants to "transform people's world view of Africa through the staging of a successful tournament....

Mido Banned For Six Months

Filed in archive Africa by daryl on February 9, 2006

source: itv-football.co.uk Egypt striker Mido (left) threw a tantrum after manager Hassan Shehata (right) dared to (place hand over mouth) substitute him during their African Nations Cup semifinal w...

Ivory Coast Establish New Order In Africa

Filed in archive Africa by daryl on February 6, 2006

source: eurosport.com World Cup bound Ivory Coast beat a jealous non-World Cup bound Cameroon on penalties to reach the African Nations Cup semi-final. A place in the last four was important enough b...

Diouf Insults African Nations

Filed in archive Africa by daryl on January 28, 2006

source: 123football.com Apparently tired of making enemies in North-West England, El-Hadji Diouf has decided to insult entire African nations. The Senegalese forward said"I think the wrong team...

African Nations Cup: Home Of The World's Best Nicknames

Filed in archive Africa by daryl on January 26, 2006

source: bbc.co.uk Is it just me, or do African teams have the best nicknames? Cameroon are "The Indominatable Lions", Ghana are "The Black Stars" while South Africa (pictured) ha...

African Nations Cup: Comedy Goalkeeping Is A Thing Of The Past

Filed in archive Africa by daryl on January 25, 2006

source: bbc.co.uk The African Nations Cup hasn't always gotten the respect it deserves. I remember tuning in to the 1994 tournament purely to enjoy the comical goalkeeping. Since then, both mysel...

African Nations Cup: An Overlooked Gem

Filed in archive Africa by Scott on December 18, 2005

Source: Socceragent.netThe Champions league, the UEFA Cup, Copa Libertadores, World Cup, European Championships. All of these major tournaments get copious international attention; even in the footie-...