A brief glance at the scoreboard may suggest that Nigeria cruised to victory, with Mozambique rarely threatening the ‘Super Eagles’ defence. But, in reality, Mart Nooij’s side dominated the first half, with only a combination of Nigeria ‘keeper Vincent Enyeama and some poor defending eventually seeing Shaibu Amodo’s side through.
The ‘Mambas’ started tentatively, with the [...]

The situation facing Mozambique coach Mart Nooij is simple. A win against Nigeria will see them qualify – bar a shock result for Benin against Egypt – whilst a draw or defeat will send them home. But can the ‘Mambas’ pull off one of the victories of the tournament against the ‘Super Eagles’?
Why not? Shaibu [...]

Angola and Algeria are confirmed as qualified from the knock out stages, Angola won Group A and Algeria squeezed past Mali for 2nd place, even though the had an worse goal difference, thanks to their better head to head record, having defeated Mali 1-0. This year is the first that the African Cup of Nations [...]

MINNOWS Malawi can “shock the world” according to coach Kinnah Phiri, after his side thrashed a woeful Algerian team 3-0 in their opening match of the African Nations Cup.
‘The Flames’, who are ranked 99th in the world, stunned a near empty Estádio 11 de Novembro with three goals in 50 minutes to despatch of ‘The [...]

Over the years football has encountered it’s share of tragedies. In 1958 seven Man Utd players died in the Munich air disaster, in 1968 74 people were crushed during a Superclásico match at River Plate, in 1989 the Hillsborough disaster occurred and in 1994, Andres Escobar was murdered. This week’s tragic shooting of the Togo [...]

Chelsea and Ivory Coast star Didier Drogba has been crowned the 2009 African Fooballer of the Year. Ths striker beat off competition from fellow teammate Michael Essien, Samuel Eto’o and Yaya Toure on his way to the title.
The poll was voted for by football fans all around the world before the results were announced live in [...]

Shocking news coming out of Africa prior to the Cup of African Nations starting on Sunday. The Togolese national team have been attacked by Angolan rebels on the border with the Congo. The attack happened just after players entered Cabinda, one of the four tournament host venues.

Kodjovi Obilalé, goalkeeper, one of the shot
Two players are [...]