Sentences with phrase «cup of nations»

Alex Song played his final match for Arsenal against West Ham before heading off to join up with the Cameroon squad for the African Cup of Nations in Angola.

With Chamakh and Gervinho leaving for the African Cup of Nations Wenger won't be able to wait for him until the summer and will need to transfer sooner rather than later.

The 26 - year - old lit up the Africa Cup of Nations in 2015 with his swashbuckling forward displays helping Ghana into the final.

It's semi-final time in this thrilling and intriguing Africa Cup of Nations.

The forward was part of the Leopards squad that finished third in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea.

The Senegalese attacker has returned from African Cup of Nations duty to take his place in the first team back.

If the gesture was not enough, Drogba requested the then president of Ivory Coast Laurent Gbagbo to shift the venue of the next African Cup of Nations qualifier against Madagascar from Abidjan to Bouaké, the centre of power of the rebels who had been fighting Gbagbo's regime.

Liverpool's season kind of fell apart when Sadie Mane went away for the African Cup of Nations.

These attacking issues could surely not be solely attributed to the loss of Sadio Mane to the African Cup of Nations, could it?

While Elneny was left delighted, there were contrasting emotions for his club teammate Alex Iwobi as Nigeria's defeat to Egypt meant that the Super Eagles failed to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Equatorial Guinea's appeal hearing seeks to annul a ban from the 2018 and 2020 Women's Africa Cup of Nations.

The performances of Klopp's youngsters will be very encouraging for the German manager, who lost Coutinho for the rest of the year and is set to lose Sadio Mane to the Africa Cup of Nations in January.

How many of the coaches at the Africa Cup of Nations are black?

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.

It would be easy to point to a lack of activity in the January transfer window to explain this poor form, especially with Sadio Mane away at the African Cup of Nations representing Senegal, realistically though the current squad should have been more than good enough to continue the challenge at the top of the table.

His willingness to remain in England helped Wolves snatch the 23 year old who has won the Africa Cup of Nations with Nigeria, and also played at the 2014 World Cup.

Joseph Yobo's involvement in the African Cup of Nations in January 2008 provided an opportunity for Jagielka and he grasped it with both hands.

Mohamed Elneny helped Egypt qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations.

In January of 2012 Arsenal brought back Henry on a two - month loan deal to provide cover for Marouane Chamakh and Gervinho who were representing their countries at the African Cup of Nations.

Liverpool's vaunted attack was setting the pace for all of the top teams in Europe until Mane's departure for the African Cup of Nations coincided with injuries across the front, leaving the Reds a broken team through January and February.

If you really want to think about it with no emotion it is very simple to see why it was done late and why it was not done at the start of the transfer window, and that my friends is a small thing called the African Cup of Nations and therefore the loss of Gervinho.

Nabil Bentaleb is on African Cup Of Nations duty with Algeria, so therefore, he is out.

Egypt's dream return to the Africa Cup of Nations continues as they made the semi-finals after edging out a slightly unlucky Morocco...

With no African Cup of Nations this season we can expect Salah and Sadio Mane to torment defences without letting up, which should make a massive difference.

Liverpool were five points off the top of the Premier League at the start of the New Year following their 2 - 2 draw at Sunderland prior to Sadio Mané joining up with the Senegal national team for the African Cup of Nations.

In his first season, the 25 year old scored 13 league goals and provided 5 assists in 26 games; we can only speculate how impressive his statistics would have been if not for Mané getting injured near the end of the season, and being called up to the Senegal national team for the African Cup of Nations.

Burkina Faso's midfielder Prejuce Nakoulma (C) challenges Gabon's midfielder Didier Ibrahim Ndong and Gabon's forward Serge Kevyn (R) during the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations group A football match between Gabon and Burkina Faso at the Stade de l'Amitie Sino - Gabonaise in Libreville

Ghana's defender Baba Rahman is carried off the pitch during the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations group D football match between Ghana and Uganda in Port - Gentil

Liverpool lose Sadio Mane next week to the African Cup of Nations and could be without the Senegal international until February 5.

The injured are still injured, Andre Ayew is busy scoring penalties at the African Cup of Nations and Cheikhou Kouyate continues to queue at Heathrow immigration.

The last meeting between the two sides came in 2006 in the Africa Cup of Nations group stage.

Three years ago Emenike was regularly linked with moves to clubs in the upper echelons of the English game — Arsenal, Chelsea — as he led Nigeria's Super Eagles to Africa Cup of Nations glory in South Africa, ending a 19 - year wait for African football's premier competition.

Kouyate and Ayew have now set sail for the Africa Cup of Nations while Mark Noble, Reece Oxford, Sam Byram and James Collins may be available.

Egypt's forward Abdallah Said celebrates after scoring a goal during the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations group D football match between Egypt and Uganda in Port - Gentil

Brazilian midfielder Ramires is out injured while Didier Drogba remains on international duty at the African Cup of Nations.

Ivory Coast's midfielder Franck Kessie (C) challenges Democratic Republic of the Congo's midfielder Merveille Bokadi and Democratic Republic of the Congo's defender Chancel Mbemba (R) during the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations group C football match between Ivory Coast and DR Congo in Oyem

Osimhen was also part of the Nigeria side that won the Under - 23 Africa Cup of Nations in Senegal in November, which also qualified them for the Rio Olympics next year.

Chairperson of the Local Organizing Committee for the hosting of the Africa Women Cup of Nations in Ghana, Madam Freda...

Despite beating Congo 3 - 2 last night, Alex Song's Cameroon missed out on African Cup of Nations qualification, coming second in

Matip had not appeared for Liverpool since early December first because of an ankle injury and subsequently because of uncertainty over his eligibility following his withdrawal from Cameroon's squad for the Africa Cup of Nations.

Speaking of Eboue, he's one of three players we'll be «missing» for the African Cup of Nations; Eboue, Song, and of course Toure.

Crystal Palace flew out of the traps and almost took the lead in spectacular fashion after just three minutes when Wilfried Zaha, returning to first - team duties following his short spell at the Africa Cup of Nations, struck the post.

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.

Egypt's goalkeeper Ahmed El - Shenawy (C) reacts as he walks off the pitch due to an injury during the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations group D football match between Mali and Egypt in Port - Gentil

The defender impressed at the African Cup of Nations, and will have a period of time to impress the Gunners staff.

West Ham say they used an independent medical expert who declared that Sakho had a back injury and could not fly to the African Cup of Nations.

Togo's midfielder Lalawele Atakora (C) heads the ball with Morocco's midfielder Karim El Ahmadi and Morocco's forward Aziz Bouhaddouz (R) during the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations group C football match between Morocco and Togo in Oyem

Ghana's goalkeeper Brimah Razak (R) tries to block a shot on goal by Cameroon's forward Jacques Zoua during the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations semi-final

Wiyaala, Grace Ashy and Asamoah Gyan are to collaborate on the Women's 2018 Cup of Nations song for the tournament...

No disruption by the African Cup of Nations for them.