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Africa

CAF gets shirty with Comoros and issues fines

January 28 – The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has fined Comoros $5,000 for “not respecting shirt numbers” and $2,000 for delaying kick-off in their last-16 match against Cameroon at the Africa Cup of Nations. 

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Africa

Salah’s penalty puts Egypt into last eight; Equatorial Guinea win shoot-out

January 27 – Equatorial Guinea upset Mali 6-5 on penalties after a goalless draw to complete the last-eight field at the Africa Cup of Nations along with Egypt, who also needed a shoot-out to defeat Ivory Coast.

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Africa

AFCON headaches: Mane plays on to set Senegal on quarter final path but is later hospitalised

January 26 – Liverpool’s Sadio Mane suffered a head injury during Senegal’s last-16 match with Cape Verde in the Africa Cup of Nations but still scored in a 2-0 victory before he was taken off.

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Africa

AFCON tragedy: Motsepe says tournament will continue but opens investigation

By Samindra Kunti

January 26 – African football boss Patrice Motsepe has said that the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and local organisers bear “collective responsibility” for the deaths of eight supporters in a crush outside Yaounde’s Olembe Stadium at the last-16 match between Cameroon and Comoros.

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Africa

Tragedy at AFCON as 8 killed in crowd crush at Cameroon’s last 16 match in Yaoundé

January 25 – At least eight people died and another 38 were injured in a crush outside the Olembe Stadium in Yaoundé at the Africa Cup of Nations last-16 match between hosts Cameroon and Comoros.

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Africa

AFCON: Gambia maintain first timer momentum to set up Cameroon clash

January 25 – Debutants Gambia are making their own history at the Africa Cup of Nations with their latest feat being the elimination of Guinea 1-0 to claim a quarterfinal spot against hosts Cameroon, who broke the hearts of first-timers Comoros 2-1. 

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Africa

AFCON: Tunisia knock Nigeria out; Gambians double up, literally

By Samindra Kunti

January 24 – The Super Eagles of Nigeria are on the way home from the Africa Cup of Nations after ten-men Tunisia and a strike from the inevitable Youssef Msakni proved too much for the Nigerians. They became the third of Africa’s powerhouse football nations – after Ghana and current champions Algeria – to depart the tournament early.

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Africa

African final qualifying draw pitches Salah vs Mane for a place at Qatar 2022

January 23 – Egypt vs Senegal and Nigeria vs Ghana will headline Africa’s World Cup playoffs to decide the continent’s five representatives at the finals in Qatar. 

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Africa

Champions Algeria crash out of AFCON winless, Gambia and Comoros make last 16

By Samindra Kunti

January 21 – Defending champions Algeria exited the Africa Cup of Nations after a lacklustre 3-1 defeat at the hands of Ivory Coast. With a single point from three matches, the North Africans finished bottom of Group E.

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Africa

AFCON: Comoros surprise win ends Ghana’s tournament

January 19 – Comoros stunned Ghana 3-2 with their first-ever win at the Africa Cup of Nations to eliminate the Black Stars from the continental finals in the group stage.

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Africa

Is Infantino losing Africa? CAF furiously questions FIFA ‘partnership’ over Gueye ban

By Paul Nicholson

January 19 – Cracks look to be appearing in FIFA’s suffocating dominance of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), divisions that could signal a weakening FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s powerbase within his core support.

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Africa

AFCON: CAS overrules FIFA and allows banned Papa Gueye back into Senegal team

January 18 – In a snub to FIFA, the Court of Arbitration for Sport has overturned a decision to suspend Pape Gueye from the African Cup of Nations with the Marseille midfielder now free to play for Senegal.

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Africa

Heart trouble: Arsenal’s Aubameyang leaves Gabon squad

January 18 – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang insists he departed the Africa Cup of Nations due to medical reasons and played down speculation of a disciplinary breach.

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Africa

AFCON: Algeria slip but Cameroon, Morocco and Nigeria progress

January 17 – Equatorial Guinea stunned Algeria 1-0 to leave the defending champions in danger of exiting the Africa Cup of Nations in the first round. Hosts Cameroon and powerhouses Morocco and Nigeria have all ensured their passage to the knockout phase. 

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Africa

AFCON: Tough day in the sun for referee Sikwaze, CAF and Tunisia

January 14 – The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed Mali’s 1-0 Africa Cup of Nations victory over Tunisia, rejecting the North Africans’ appeal about the match ending before full-time.

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