Mali made a miraculous recovery to hold Angola to a 4-4 draw in the opening game of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday.

The deluge of goals in the first week at the Africa Cup of Nations has been matched only by the flood of scandals and dramas off the pitch. Ahead of the decisive round of opening round games starting in Accra on Monday, Didier Drogba's Côte d'Ivoire are the only one of the 16 teams to have secured their place in the quarterfinals.

South Africa's position as frontrunner to host the 2010 World Cup was confirmed on Tuesday after the publication of Fifa's inspection report into the five African nations vying to host the competition. World football's governing body concluded that South Africa has the potential to organise "an excellent" World Cup.

Guinea go into their must-win African Nations Cup game against Namibia on Monday rocked by star player Pascal Feindouno's two-match ban. Namibia's own build-up has been overshadowed to this make or break Group A match by the players' claims they were offered $30 000 each to throw the game.

Côte d'Ivoire are out to finally do justice to their reputation when they take on Zambia in a compelling Africa Cup of Nations final.

Nigeria are sweating over the fitness of two of their best players, Emmanuel Emenike and Victor Moses, ahead of Sunday's Africa Cup of Nations final.

The 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, which will go down as the year the underdog bit back, concludes on Sunday with Burkina Faso facing Nigeria.

Mali made a miraculous recovery to hold Angola to a 4-4 draw in the opening game of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday.