Sentences with phrase «african cup tournaments»
Their elimination means they have now crashed out of two African Cup tournaments following their failure to make it into the group stages of the CAF Champions League, which led to their demotion to the Confederation Cup.
http://owngoalnigeria.com/ Not exact matches
A South African newspaper published Friday a cartoon depicting the prophet lamenting that his followers lack a sense of humor, drawing ire from the Muslim community and fear of reprisal attacks just ahead of the World Cup soccer tournament that is expected to draw thousands to South Africa next month.
With the best African goalkeeper of the current era, Nigerian's Vincent Enyeama, having failed to make the tournament, Algerian Rais M'Bolhi is the man to watch, with the MLS star looking to build on his fine displays in the World Cup.
It is just days until the 2015 African Cup of Nations kicks off in Equatorial Guinea, with the likes of Ivory Coast, Zambia, Senegal and Algeria the favourites to lift the trophy, with holders Nigeria having failed to qualify for the tournament.
To be fair to Ghana they didn't have an awful African Cup of Nations tournament, they did after all finish fourth, but expectation was such that the Black Stars were seen as one of the favourites to win the showpiece trophy.
The Confederation of African Football (Caf) insists it was right to ban Togo from the next two Africa Cup of Nations tournaments despite widespread criticism of the decision.
I plan to watch almost every game of the African Cup of Nations because I wanted almost every game of the 2008 and 2010 tournaments.
The African Cup of Nations kicks off in Equatorial Guinea next month and, with holders Nigeria shockingly having failed to qualify for the tournament, it could well be a wide open spectacle, with fans just happy to be getting down to the football after the farcial situation of Morocco pulling out as hosts.
Sadio Mane, the team's best player, missed all of January playing in the African Cup of Nations tournament, a couple of key pieces picked up injuries, and Liverpool went 0 — 3 — 1 against Sunderland, Swansea City, Manchester United, and Chelsea.
The 31st African Nations Cup begins on Saturday with hosts Gabon looking to start the tournament with a win.
The 31st African Nations Cup begins on the 14th with hosts Gabon looking to start the tournament with a win.
With Danny Ings out with a second serious knee injury in two seasons and Sadio Mane very likely to feature for Senegal in the upcoming African Cup of Nations tournament, Liverpool will be found wanting of players who those who can step upto the plate.
The Yaounde - born defensive midfielder has represented the Indomitable Lions at two World Cups, and also featured for the Central Africans at the 2008 and 2010 Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.
Despite the fact that this is the Frenchman's first time managing at an international tournament outside of Africa, the 49 - year - old is the only man to have won the African Cup of Nations with two different teams.
Yes, of course they bought the World Cup tournament, but so did the South Africans and the Germans, not to mention most scandalously of all the Qataris.
Cristian Atsu — bizarrely the player of the tournament at the African Cup of Nations, he has been a huge let - down for us.
He has represented his country 40 times, including three appearances at the 2014 World Cup, and was selected in the 2015 African Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament when the Ivory Coast lifted the trophy.
The President, who described the hard - earned victory as «very sweet, soothing and a 57th Independence Anniversary gift to the nation,» applauded the nation's senior men's football team for the feat of making Nigeria the first African country to qualify for Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup tournament, with a match left to play.
The former midfielder, who represented Ghana at the 1992, 1994 and 1996 African Nations Cup tournaments, secretly took samples from the three children and did a DNA test, which reportedly revealed that none of three girls were fathered by him.
LeRoy has coached at a record eight African Nations Cup finals, including winning the tournament with Cameroon in 1988.
FIFA will give Nigeria and four other African football federations a $ 2million advance each on World Cup prize money, to pay player bonuses before the tournament...
The Black Stars held their first training session at the Cape Coast Stadium on Tuesday afternoon ahead of Sunday's last African qualifier for the 2018 FIFA World Cup tournament in Russia.
The film focuses on the 1995 Rugby World Cup and how South African president Nelson Mandela used the country's national team — and its success in the tournament — to unite a fragile nation emerging from apartheid.