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[SCOREBOARD] This weekend’s quarterfinal pairings at the Africa Cup of Nations are set: Zambia vs. Sudan and Ivory Coastvs. Equatorial Guinea Saturday and Gabon vs. Mali and Ghana vs. Tunisia Sunday. Barcelona midfielder Seydou Keita scored with 15 minutes left to give Mali a 2-1comeback win over Botswana to claim the last berth. For all […]

[SCOREBOARD] Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored his third goal in three games to give co-host Gabon a 1-0 win over Tunisiaand the Group C title at the Africa Cup of Nations. Morocco’s 1-0 victory over Niger followed defeats in its first two games. Tunisia joins Gabon in the final eight. For all the results and thecomplete schedule […]

[SCOREBOARD] Mudather Tayeb scored two goals to give Sudan a 2-1 win overBurkina Faso, its first win at the African Cup of Nations in 42 years. The win sent it to the quarterfinals ahead of Angola on goal difference. Angola fell to Group B winner Ivory Coast, 2-0. For allthe results and the complete schedule […]

[SCOREBOARD] Guinea tied Ivory Coast’s 42-year-old record for goals in a game at the Africa Cup of Nations with a 6-1win over Botswana on Saturday. The lone goal for the losers was scored by former U.S. college and MLS player Dipsy Selowane. Ghana won its second game with a2-0 win over Mali. Zambia took the […]

[SCOREBOARD] Ivory Coast moved into the quarterfinals of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations with a 2-0 win over Burkina Fasoon Tuesday. The loss eliminated Burkina Faso. In the other game in Malabo, Sudan and Angola played to a 2-2 tie. Ahmed Bashir‘s goal in the 33rd minute wasSudan’s first in the competition in 36 […]

[SCOREBOARD] Bouna Coundoul‘s Senegal is shockingly out of the Africa Cup of Nations after only two games. The formerMLS keeper out of the Bronx was helpless as Kily scored from 25 yards in the 90th minute, only a minute after MoussaSow‘s equalizer, to give co-host Equatorial Guinea a 2-1 win over the Lions of Teranga. […]

[SCOREBOARD] Defender John Mensah scored the lone goal in the 25th minute for Ghana, then got sent off in the secondhalf of the Black Stars’ 1-0 win over newcomer Botswana in their Africa Cup of Nations opener. Mali also prevailed, 1-0, over Guinea on a first-half goal by BakayeTraore. The first eight games of the […]

[SCOREBOARD] French-born Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of St. Etienne scored one goal and helped set up another as co-hostGabon opened play at the Africa Cup of Nations with a 2-0 win over Niger on Monday.  In a battle of North African rivals, Tunisia jumped out to a 2-0 lead and held on to beat Morocco, 2-1. Forthe […]

[SCOREBOARD] Didier Drogba‘s goal late in the first half was enough to give co-favorite Ivory Coast a 1-0 win over Sudanin their opening game at the Africa Cup of Nations. Angola beat Burkina Faso, 2-1, in Sunday’s other Group B game. For the complete schedule as well as television information on the tournament … (The […]

[SCOREBOARD] For former MLS keeper Bouna Coundoul and his Senegalese teammates, they could not have gotten off to aworst start at the Africa Cup of Nations, falling behind Zambia, 2-0, after 20 minutes and losing, 2-1. Former Real Madrid youth player Javier Balboa, one ofmany foreigners brought in by oil-rich Equatorial Guinea to reinforce in […]