Sudan have celebrated their biggest football achievement in over 40 years when they nabbed a spot in the Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinals.
Zambia is in the quaterfinals of the Africa Cup of Nations after beating Equatorial Guinea, possibly pitting the co-hosts against Côte d’Ivoire.
<b>Tutu Alicante</b> feels Equatorial Guinea’s plans for the Africa Cup of Nations will not benefit the country’s poverty-stricken population.
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/ 18 January 2012
Ghana hopes its gifted squad can finally end a run of near-misses at the Africa Cup of Nations and deliver a fifth title, 30 years after its last.
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/ 17 January 2012
English Premier League teams have to make-do without some of their star players, who have national duties to perform at the Africa Cup of Nations.
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/ 16 January 2012
Coach Pitso Mosimane has lashed out at the media for coverage of Bafana’s games, saying his weak team "held their own" against Ghana.
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/ 30 October 2011
The Africa Cup of Nations’ main contenders Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana avoided each other and the likes of Senegal, Morocco and Tunisia in a kind draw.
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula will deliver his views on the cricket and soccer governing bodies when he speaks to Parliament on Tuesday.
The African Nation’s Cup qualifiers have resulted in several historic moments — good as well as bad.
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/ 13 October 2011
SuperSport United’s coach is hoping the PSL will not consider playing matches during the Africa Cup of Nations, which SA failed to qualify for.
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/ 11 October 2011
The SA Football Association has officially protested to the body overseeing the Africa Cup of Nations after Bafana’s controversial elimination.
The Confederation of African Football says Bafana Bafana’s post-match celebrations are premature.
Two sporting events cradling our collective national pride fall on this weekend. By Monday we could either be in collective mourning or be celebrating
The SABC has agreed to pay R3-million in order to televise Saturday’s African Cup of Nations qualifier between Bafana Bafana and Sierra Leone.
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/ 27 September 2011
SA has been cleared to host the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in Libya’s stead, a Safa official has said, ahead of a formal announcement later this week.
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/ 3 September 2011
Bafana Bafana are confident they will hand Niger their first home defeat in more than three years in an African Cup of Nations qualifier on Sunday.
The Nigeria Football Federation has announced it agreed a rematch with Argentina in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on September 6.
Defending champions Egypt are on the brink of elimination from the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations while Côte d’Ivoire have secured a place at the finals.
SA will lack injured "hard men" Bongani Khumalo and Thanduyise Khuboni when they face Egypt in a crucial Africa Cup of Nations qualifier next month.
South Africa striker Katlego Mphela struck with the last kick of the match to secure a 1-0 win over Egypt on Saturday night.
Libya’s 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Comoros has been moved from Tripoli because of the country’s political turmoil.
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/ 29 January 2011
South Africa discovered on Saturday that delivering a first-class World Cup is no guarantee of first preference when hosting the Africa Nations Cup.
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/ 29 January 2011
Danny Jordaan will be part of SA’s bid team as last year’s World Cup host makes its final pitch to host the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday.
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/ 17 September 2010
Resurgent Botswana are on course to reverse Afcon finals drought.
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/ 5 September 2010
Bafana Bafana head coach Pitso Mosimane admitted there is plenty of room for improvement despite his side outclassing Niger 2-0 on Saturday night.
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/ 3 September 2010
Pitso Mosimane has so far managed to build on the relative success of the Fifa World Cup since he replaced Carlos Parreira as Bafana Bafana coach.
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/ 6 February 2010
Nigeria have sacked coach Shaibu Amodu following their third-place finish at the African Nations Cup and have begun the search to replace him.
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/ 31 January 2010
Substitute Mohamed Nagui scored a winner five minutes from time to hand Egypt an unprecedented third successive African Nations Cup title.
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/ 31 January 2010
Holders Egypt are favourites to win Sunday’s African Nations Cup final although they face a tough task breaking down Ghana’s accomplished defence.
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/ 30 January 2010
Togo, who pulled out of the Africa Cup of Nations after a terrorist attack on their team bus, have been banned for the next two competitions.
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/ 30 January 2010
Defending champions Egypt have steamrollered their way into Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations final where they must now overcome a youthful Ghana.
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/ 29 January 2010
Egypt crushed eight-man Algeria 4-0 in a foul-ridden African Nations Cup semifinal on Thursday to reach Sunday’s final against Ghana.