“CAF has taken action but we can’t certify 100 percent it will not happen again. Even CIA servers are hacked.” — Junior Binyam, the Confederation of African Football’scommunications director, on action CAF took to protect its web site after a Russian group called New World Hackers took it down to protest against the dictatorship of […]
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African Nations Cup: Champions face must-win situation
Defending champion Ivory Coast is in danger of not making the quarterfinals of the African Nations Cup after its 2-2 tie with the Democratic Republic of Congo. The draw and Morocco’s 3-1 win over Togothat followed put the Ivorians in a must-win situation against Morocco on Tuesday.
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African Nations Cup: Senegal moves into quarterfinals
Senegal became the first team to reach the African Nations Cup quarterfinals when it beat Zimbabwe, 2-0, to clinch a berth in the final eight for the first time in more than a decade. Both Senegalese goals from Liverpool’s Sadio Mane and Henri Saivet (on a brilliant free kick) came within the first 15 minutes. […]
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African Nations Cup: Host Gabon draws again, Cameroon rallies for win
Host Gabon played to its second 1-1 tie at the African Nations Cup, leaving it in need of a result from its last group game against Cameroon. The Indomitable Lions rallied to beat Guinea Bissau,2-1. Borussia Dortmund’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang equalized with a first-half penalty after Prejuce Nakoulma had put Burkina Faso ahead. Sebastien Siani andMichael […]
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Ghana's Andre Ayew breaks father's record
Andre Ayew‘s penalty kick gave Ghana a 1-0 win over Uganda in their Africa Cup of Nations opener and broke the record of his father Abedi Pele‘s six Nations Cup goalsfor Ghana.
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Just one goal in two games at African Nations Cup
Cautious play continued at the African Nations Cup as the Monday’s two games produced just one goal, scored by Democratic Republic of Congo in its 1-0 win over Morocco. Ivory Coast’s 0-0 tie with Togoincreased to four the number of ties in the first six games. DR Congo’s Kazakhstan-based Junior Kabanang had the only goal […]
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Ghana keeper Kwarasey denies he needs surgery
Former Portland Timbers goalkeeper Adam Kwarasey says he pulled out of the Ghana team for the Africa Cup of Nations because of a minor back injury that just needs treatment — denyingreports he’ll undergo surgery. He now plays for champion Rosenborg in his native Norway but has been linked to MLS expansion team Minnesota United.
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Oyongo named to Cameroon team for Africa Cup of Nations
Montreal Impact defender Ambroise Oyongo has been included in Cameroon’s 23-player team for the Africa Cup of Nations, which starts in Gabon on Jan. 14. The team will be without seven playerswho said they did not want to play in the tournament. Oyongo, who began his MLS career with the New York Red Bulls, has […]
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Cameroon players don't want to play at African Nations Cup
Seven Cameroon players on a preliminary list of 35 for the 2017 African Nations Cup finals don’t want to play in the tournament in Gabon and face a possible ban from playing for their clubs inEngland, France and the Netherlands while the tournament is on. The seven are Joel Matip (Liverpool) Andre Onana (Ajax), Guy […]
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Crowd Count: Copa Centenario averages more than 46,000
The Argentina-Chile final at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, drew 82,026 fans, pushing the average attendance for the 32 games at the Copa Centenario to 46,411 fans a game. That’shigher than the average attendance for any confederation championship played in 2015 or 2016, though there are seven games left at Euro 2016, which […]