A fourth-minute own goal by Senegal’s Saliou Ciss was enough to give Egypt a 1-0 win in the first leg of their World Cup play-off in Cairo. Ciss was incredibly unlucky when a shot from Mohamed Salah was pushed on to the bar by Edouard Mendy before striking the...
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Sadio Mane made up for an earlier penalty kick miss with the decisive kick on Sunday in Yaounde as Senegal claimed their first Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title. They claimed the title with a 4-2 penalty kick shootout win over Egypt at the Olembe Stadium in the final match of...
Diaa Elsayed, Egypt Assistant Coach has expressed joy over his team’s victory over host Cameroon. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Egypt scaled through to the final of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) after defeating hosts Cameroon 3-1 in a penalty shootout following a goalless...
Cameroon national team manager Antonio Conceiçao has expressed sadness at his team’s failure to reach the finals of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), admitting however that his team lost to a better side. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that hosts Cameroon were knocked out of...
Egypt beat Cameroon 3-1 on penalties to reach the Africa Cup of Nations final on Thursday after their last-four tie in Yaounde finished goalless at the end of extra time. Egypt goalkeeper Mohamed Abou Gabal saved two spot-kicks in the shoot-out before Cameroon’s Clinton Njie missed, sending the record...
Coach of Egypt, Carlos Queiroz has said the goal of his team is to offer the world a pleasant match when they face hosts Cameroon in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) semifinals. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Pharoahs of Egypt will be seeking a...
Senegal reached a second consecutive Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final on Wednesday after goals from Abdou Diallo, Idrissa Gueye and Sadio Mane secured a 3-1 win over Burkina Faso. Aliou Cisse’s side were denied a first AFCON title by Algeria back in 2019, but they will now have...
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has suspended several Egyptian and Moroccan players and dished out fines after their Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final ended in a “fight”. The sanctions fell Wednesday, on the eve of Egypt’s date with hosts Cameroon in the semi-finals after a locker room brawl...
Mohamed Salah inspired Egypt to a place in the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals on Sunday as the record seven-time champions came from behind to defeat Morocco 2-1 in extra time in Yaounde. Sofiane Boufal’s early penalty put Morocco in front in the last-eight tie but skipper Salah equalised...
Eric Bailly missed from the penalty kick spot as Egypt progressed to the quarter-finals of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) by knocking out Côte d’Ivoire after a shootout. The most frequently contested match in the tournament’s history —- this was the 11th time these sides have met...
Super Eagles winger Moses Simon on Friday said Nigeria’s opening match in the ongoing 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) against Egypt was his best game ever. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria defeated their Egyptian counterparts 1-0 in their AFCON Group D clash in Garoua,...
Kelechi Iheanacho thirtieth minute stunner was enough to seal victory for the Super Eagles. The match which was slated as the biggest game of the Group D heavyweights clash of the Africa Cup of Nations so far took place in Garoua. All eyes were on Egypt’s talisman, Mohamed Salah,...
Super Eagles captain, Ahmed Musa, says the team is prepared to take on record-holders, Egypt, in their first game of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) on Tuesday. The former Leicester City man spoke after a training session of the three-time African champions on Saturday in Cameroon. “Today’s...
Super Eagles interim coach Austin Eguavoen has admitted he is under pressure to win the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. Eguavoen, a member of the 1994 Eagles squad that won the AFCON for a second time in Tunisia, was appointed as Gernot Rohr’s replacement in December. He also managed...