Category: Sports

Hero for the Pharaohs * To face fellow north Africans Morocco * Equatorial Guinea beat Mali to face Senegal * Gambia v Cameroun; Burkina Faso v Tunisia * AFCON is the most important competition to me—Mo Salah By Duncan Mlanjira Egypt’s Mohammed Salah — who prior to the Round of 16 match played on Wednesday said the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) was a trophy wants to win most — scored the all-important penalty to steer the Pharaohs into…

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The beautiful strike that counts as potential goal of tournament * Flames goalkeeper Charles Thom’s heroic saves kept his team in the game * In their third Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) appearance, Malawi had already written a history for themselves * They had nothing to lose facing Morocco but had everything to win against the 1976 champions By Duncan Mlanjira The Flames head of technical panel, Mario Marian Marinica has applauded the high performance of Gabadinho Mhango during…

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Ready for the battle tonight * We respect Morocco, but we don’t fear them—vice-captain John Banda * We played this opponent twice three years ago and I was present in all games * It is true that they are favorites, but we are here to play our game and pursue our goals Maravi Express In their third Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) appearance, Malawi had already written a history for themselves, going beyond the group stage for the very…

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The debutantes Gambia can celebrate  * To face hosts Cameroun who beat resilient Comoros in the other Round of 16 CAFonline Musa Barrow’s strike in the second half gave Gambia a historic 1-0 win over Guinea to qualify for the quarterfinals of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) on Monday as the Scorpions continue to send shockwaves in their debut appearance — who are without a loss in the competition so far. The Scorpions date hosts Cameroun in…

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CAFonline Cameroun coach Antonio Conceiçao has prepared his side with serenity taking cognizance that debutantes Comoros cannot and should not be taken lightly for their Round of 16 encounter this evening from 21:00hrs CAT. “We know that we are going against a good team from the Comoros,” Conceiçao said at a prematch press conference. “We have studied our opponent who remains difficult. “We must respect our opponent of the day even if they are playing their first AFCON. We…

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CAFonline Guinea will miss star player Naby Keita through suspension as they date Gambia in a west African derby that promises to light up the Round of 16 this evening from 18:00hrs CAT. The Liverpool midfielder has been orchestrating every move that the team makes at the tournament, as evident by his two Man of the Match awards in opening games against Malawi and Senegal. The Syli Nationale picked up 4 points, beating Malawi 1-0, having a a goalless…

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Tunisia to face Burkina Faso in quarterfinals  CAFonline Tunisia and Burkina Faso are through to the quarterfinal stage of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Cameroon 2021 after beating Nigeria and Gabon respectively. The Carthage Eagles of Algeria defeated 10-man Super Eagles of Nigeria 1-0 in the Round of 16 match played at the  Roumdé Adjia Stadium in Garoua on Sunday. After a goalless first half skipper Youssef Msakni gave Tunisia the lead two minutes after recess. Maskni beat…

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The Super Eagles of Nigeria CAFonline Giants Nigeria and Tunisia lock horns in Garoua for the account of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon 2021 Round of 16 this evening from 21:00hrs CAT. The two teams are meeting for the sixth time at the AFCON, four of the previous five matches being played in knock-out games — with Nigeria are unbeaten in all five (W3 D2, excluding shoot-outs). Tunisia’s only successful AFCON meeting with Nigeria came in 2004,…

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CAFonline Burkina Faso v Gabon have everything to play for when they face each other in the Round of 16 this evening from 18:00hrs CAT. This will be the third Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) encounter between the two sides with Gabon unbeaten in the previous two meetings — both in the group stages (2-0 in 2015 and 1-1 in 2017). Burkina Faso have only lost one of their last nine AFCON matches (W4 D4), winning as many games…

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