Friday 02 February | Olympic Stadium of Ebimpe | 22:00 This AFCON must be the best we have seen in a long time. We are down to the last eight of this prestigious tournament and with all the ‘favourites’…
SATURDAY 03 FEBRUARY | STADE BOUAKE | 19:00 Mali booked a quarter-final meeting with hosts Ivory Coast by holding on to beat Burkina Faso. The Eagles have reached the last eight for the first time since 2013 and…
Going undefeated against South Africa and Tunisia in Group E, Mali had already placed one foot in the AFCON round of 16. The Eagles will square off with a Burkina Faso side who were left licking their wounds, after…
A repeat of the Africa Cup of Nations qualifying fixture, but this time in the Round of 16 as North African giants Morocco takes on Southern side South Africa. With that one ending in favour of Bafana Bafana, I…
A late penalty from Ryan Mendes sent Cape Verde into the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations with a 1-0 win over Mauritania 1-0 in Abidjan on Monday night. Cape Verde captain Mendes struck the decisive spot kick…
Franck Kessie converted from the penalty spot to eliminate defending champions Senegal from the Africa Cup of Nations and ignite jubilant scenes in Yamoussoukro. Kessie had given hosts Ivory Coast hope when he coolly dispatched an 86th-minute spot-kick past…
The hosts face the favourites in the round of 16! Ivory Coast, who snuck into the knockouts face off agaisnt the red-hot Senegal on a Monday evening with a quarter-final place on the line. Nigel Naicker previews.AFCON 2023 Match…
Two of AFCON’s surprise packages go head to head for a spot in the quarter-finals. Siphesihle Soni previews Cape Verde v Mauritania. AFCON 2023 Match 41 – Cape Cerde v Mauritania Monday 29 January | 19:00 A quarter-final spot…
Guinea secured their place in the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations with a late 1-0 victory over 10-man Equatorial Guinea on Sunday. A poor-quality game looked destined for extra time in Abidjan when Mohamed Bayo headed home…
Egypt suffered more Africa Cup of Nations shoot-out heartache as goalkeeper Lionel Mpasi scored the winning penalty to send DR Congo through to the quarter-finals. All four of the Pharaohs' knockout games in the 2021 tournament required additional time,…