LAGOS: Two-time CAF Confederation Cup winners CS Sfaxien will defend a slim lead against Sudan's Al Hilal in the second leg of their semi-final tie on Sunday.
Two weeks ago, Sfaxien scraped a 1-0 win over Al Hilal in Tunisia.
Sfaxien prevailed (...)
LAGOS: Al Hilal of Sudan will this weekend welcome Libya's Al Ittihad in a CAF Confederation Cup Group A match likely to decide the overall winner of this mini-group stage of the competition.
Both teams have recorded nine points from four matches (...)
LAGOS: Six-time winners Ahly as well as defending champions TP Mazembe are amongst the teams trying to qualify for the African Champions League group stage this weekend.
Mazembe, who last year clinched their third African Champions crown after a (...)
BENGUELA: Nigeria pipped Algeria 1-0 to claim the third place honors at the Africa Cup of Nations here on Saturday.
Obinna Nsofor scored the match winner in the 55th minute when he sprinted through a crowded Algerian defense before slotting past (...)
BENGUELA: The die is cast for the Africa Cup of Nations semi-final between fierce regional rivals Egypt and Algeria here less than two months on from when two qualifying matches for a World Cup ticket left a long trail of bitterness and (...)
BENGUELA: Aided by a brace from skipper Ahmed Hassan, Egypt defeated 10-man Cameroon 3-1 after extra-time in an Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final match here on Monday.
Egypt s prize is a mouth-watering last-four showdown on Thursday against (...)
BENGUELA: Revenge will be in the air on Monday when Cameroon battle champions Egypt for a place in the semi-final of the Africa Cup of Nations here.
In what is arguably the pick of the four quarter-final matches of Angola 2010, the Indomitable (...)
BENGUELA: Six-time champions Egypt defeated Benin 2-0 on Wednesday to extend their unbeaten run in the Africa Cup of Nations to 15 games and qualify for the last eight.
The victory also meant that the Pharaohs finished top of Group C with a (...)
BENGUELA: The Africa Cup of Nations Group C game between Egypt and Benin here on Wednesday will match the continent s heavyweights up against the underdogs, who are fired-up to get their first-ever win in the competition.
The Squirrels are third (...)
BENGUELA: Six-time champions Egypt hope to have a foot into the next round of the Africa Cup of Nations with a win over Mozambique in a Group C fixture at the Ombaka Stadium here on Saturday.
The Pharaohs got off to a winning start in Angola (...)
BENGUELA: Everton striker Yakubu Aiyegbeni has lashed out at critics who have questioned his place in the Nigeria team at the Africa Cup of Nations.
Yakubu rounded on his detractors after Nigeria s 3-1 opening defeat to Egypt, insisting that the (...)
BENGUELA: Mozambique held Benin to a 2-2 draw here Tuesday night to deny the west Africans their first-ever victory at the Africa Cup of Nations.
Angola 2010 is Benin's third Nations Cup appearance after they debuted in the competition at the (...)
BENGUELA: Nigeria coach Shuaibu Amodu faces an uncertain future and he may well again not take the team to the World Cup unless they bounce back from their opening Africa Cup of Nations loss to Egypt and at least progress to the semi-finals.
On (...)
BENGUELA: Defending champions Egypt defeated Nigeria 3-1 in their opening Africa Cup of Nations Group C match at the Ombaka Stadium on Tuesday.
Egypt coach, Hassan Shehata, said some inspired second-half substitutions helped his team to a (...)
BENGUELA: Defending champions Egypt defeated Nigeria 3-1 in their opening Africa Cup of Nations Group C match at the Ombaka Stadium here on Tuesday.
The six-time champions brought to an end a 23-year-old winless run they have endured against the (...)
BENGUELA: Defending champions Egypt and Nigeria clash in the Africa Cup of Nations Group C curtain raiser under the scorching afternoon sun at the brand-new Ombaka Stadium here on Tuesday.
Both teams are expected to progress to the knockout of (...)
LAGOS: The Confederation of African Football (CAF) picked Egypt coach, Hassan Shehata as Africa s Coach of the Year, and the team he led to successfully defend the Nations Cup in Accra last year were picked as the best national team on the (...)
KUMASI, Ghana: Defending champions Egypt took aim at a sixth African Nations Cup title on Thursday when they defeated Ivory Coast 4-1 in the semi-finals to set-up a final showdown on Sunday against Cameroon.
Cameroon, the four-time champions, (...)
KUMASI: Ivory Coast striker Salomon Kalou has said the Elephants are the best team of the 2008 Africa Nations Cup semi-finalists and no team can stop them in their quest to land their second continental crown.
The Ivorians clash with five-time (...)
KUMASI: Champions Egypt continued their march towards a possible sixth Africa Cup of Nations crown courtesy of a 1-1 draw with Zambia in a final Group C match here Wednesday.
The Pharaohs finished top of Group C on seven points and now await the (...)