Blackburn star facing up to two years in jail »
Blackburn and former Liverpool striker El-Hadji Diouf is look at a potential two year prison sentence after an alleged assault. The arrest apparently happened in Senegal according to The Mirror, Diouf was attending a charity event when the police nabbed him. The accuser is Khady Sy and she alleges that Diouf and a companion assaulted her [...]
Egypt V Cameroon Preview »
Egypt have an undeniable supremacy over Cameroon in their H2H meetings. In fact, Egypt is the only North African Nation to have beaten Cameroon more than they have lost to them. The two have met twice in the WC 2006 qualifiers, with Egypt winning 3-2 at home and drawing 1-1 in Cameroon. They also met twice in the CAN 2008 finals in Ghana, and [...]
Ivory Coast V Algeria Preview »
It’s crunch time in the African Cup of Nations. Some even say the competition only begins starting the knock-out stages, as there is no room for mistakes and no 2nd chances. Algeria qualified as the group A runners-up, despite them having scored only once in 270 minutes. They finished level on points with Mali and with a worse goal [...]
Essien back in London this week »
Whether or not Ghana will reach the final 8 in the current African Cup of nations is yet to be seen. They play their 2nd (and final) match in the group stage later today, and only a win would take them through, after having lost by 1-3 to Cote d’Ivoire in the 1st game. But no matter what happens with the Ghanaian squad today, Chelsea’s [...]
Zaki back in EPL »
It was announced yesterday in Cairo that Amr Zaki, the international Egyptian and former Wigan Athletics striker will off to England on Saturday for a medical at Hull City who are interested in signing him on loan for the rest of the season. Zaki was left out of the Egyptian squad currently defending their 2 back-to-back continental title in [...]
Mali V Algeria Preview »
As seen in round one, Algeria were overrated and were soundly beaten by the group’s underdog Malawi. Now they’re up against one of the better teams in the tournament, and the way their defense and keeper have played they’re bound to receive an even bigger defeat here. The Algerian camp is boiling with internal fights. The Algerian media [...]
Zambia V Tunisia Preview »
A tight game that could go either way. Neither side is considered a serious title challenger, but both would –at least- try to reach the final 8. Theoretically, Tunisia are the better side, as they have more experience in their ranks, but had you watched them play that game in Mozambique (the one they lost and lead to their exclusion from [...]
Cameroon V Gabon Preview »
These two were in the same group in the qualifiers, and Cameroon managed 6 points from the two games having won 2-0 in Gabon and 2-1 in Cameroon. Overall, they have met a total of 15 times since 1976. Cameroon won on 6 occasions, and Gabon won only once, with 8 games ending in draws in 90 minutes. The most significant pair of games –of [...]
Nigeria to lose, claims sorcerer! »
A few hours ahead of the Nigeria national team opening game in CAN vs Egypt, a local sorcerer claimed he was the reason why Nigeria qualified for the World Cup, and predicted they would lose to Egypt and also to Benin in their next game. The sorcerer ‘spokesman’ told the Nigerian newspaper ‘Next’ this was because manager Amodu went to [...]
Wenger questions why managers want African players »
A few media outlets have quoted Arsene Wenger questioning why some managers have called for players to come home after the recent rebel attack on the African Nations Cup. "It wouldn't be fair, let's say that," said Wenger. "What is behind things like that? Is it a selfish motivation or is it a real issue over security? We, here, are not in the [...]
Official: Adebayor has left the African Nations Cup »
Man City have released an official club statement stating that their Togolese Striker Emmanuel Adebayor The statement reads Manchester City can confirm that striker Emmanuel Adebayor has left the African Cup of Nations in Angola and is on a plane back to Togo where he will be reunited with his family. Club officials and manager Roberto [...]
Adebayor and team mates told its your own fault you »
What a farce. You get shot at “like a dog” and the next thing you know is that you are to blame! Indeed that’s what appears to be CAF’s (African Nation Cup committee) stance on the incident of the Togolese bus convoy being ambushed by Angolan Cabinda rebels, resulting in the death of a bus driver and 9 injuries including 2 [...]
