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Mahrez warns Algeria to raise game for Cup of Nations title defence
The 30-year-old Manchester City winger skippered his country to victory against Senegal in the 2019 final in Egypt, and Djamel Belmadi’s team are unbeaten in competitive action…
Motsepe confirms Afcon is on despite ‘enormous challenge’ of Covid surge
The 2021 tournament dates have changed twice, first because of fears that torrential seasonal rains could affect the tight schedule, and then because of the pandemic.
The Premier League returns: Strange times, stranger football
English football is set for (another) defiant return, bringing with it several bizarre subplots
Politics stole the show in 2019 Afcon
The expanded and new-look Africa Cup of Nations was supposed to be a celebration of football in the cradle of civilisation