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A number of African footballers, who play for Premier League sides, will miss their club games during the African Cup of Nations in January next year. The AFCON 2023 was earlier scheduled…

Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis says his club will not sign African players anymore unless they agree not to play in the African Cup of Nations Napoli president Aurelio De…

After Aurelio De Laurentiis, owner of Napoli, said that his club would not sign African players unless they skip the AFCON tournament, Napoli’s former Senegalese defender Kalidou Koulibaly…

Issued on: 07/02/2022 - 18:24Modified: 09/02/2022 - 13:07 Senegal won their very first Africa Cup of Nations title on February 6 in…

By ANI LONDON: Chelsea star Hakim Ziyech has revealed that he has no plans to return to the Morocco national team after a fallout with head coach Vahid Halilhodzic.…

Issued on: 27/01/2022 - 15:42 As the Africa Cup of Nations goes into the last 8 – starting with hotly tipped hosts Cameroon taking…

By IANS ACCRA: The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has terminated the contract of national men's football team coach Milovan Rajevac, a week after the team bowed out…

DOUALA: Mohamed Salah scored the decisive spot-kick as record seven-time champions Egypt beat the Ivory Coast 5-4 on penalties after a 0-0 draw in Douala on Wednesday to reach the Africa Cup…

A year later than planned, due to Covid-19, the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) has successfully kicked off in Cameroon. The opening match of the 33rd edition of Afcon took place in…

2022 is unusual for football because it will be bookended by the Africa Cup of Nations and the World Cup. It wasn’t supposed to be that way— continental championships and World Cups are…