By Duncan Mackay
January 5 – The six South African cities that hosted matches during the 2010 World Cup are bidding to be involved in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.
By David Gold
January 3 – Swaziland have withdrawn from qualifiers for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations ahead of this month’s first round tie with Seychelles, and now risk being thrown out of the 2015 tournament.
By David Gold
December 27 – Gabon has completed construction of two new stadiums in Libreville and Franceville for the 2012 African Cup of Nations, which gets underway on January 21, a Gabonese member of the Organising Committee told insideworldfootball.
By David Gold
December 26 – Ahead of next month’s African Nations Cup, Group A rivals Senegal and Equatorial Guinea, who co-host the tournament with Gabon, are in turmoil due to political disputes over their national coaches.
By Declan Warrington
November 13 – African stars Samuel Eto’o and Yaya Toure were present as Puma announced a feature at the Design Museum in London to mark the unveiling of 10 new football kits for some of Africa’s biggest football nations.
By David Gold
October 29 – One of the favourites for the 2012 African Nations Cup, Côte d’Ivoire, will be confident of making progress from the group stage of the tournament after being drawn in Group B with Sudan, Burkina Faso and 2010 hosts Angola.
By David Gold
October 9 – South Africa are appealing to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) over their elimination from the 2012 African Nations Cup after they mistakenly played for a draw in their final qualifying game with Sierra Leone.
By David Gold
October 3 – The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) is to protest to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) after reports emerged alleging that Liberia was close to agreeing to lose the crucial African Nations Cup qualifier with Mali this weekend.
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By David Gold
September 28 – South Africa will host the 2013 African Nations Cup, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed after an Executive Committee meeting in Cairo.
By David Gold
September 3 – Libya won their first game since the overthrow of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi with a 1-0 win over Mozambique in neighbouring Egypt to put them in with a great chance of qualifying for next year’s African Nations Cup, being held in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.
By David Gold
September 1 – The South African Football Association (SAFA) has denied claims that it will host the 2013 African Nations Cup, insisting that the final decision would be taken by the African Football Confederation (CAF) next month.
By David Gold
August 25 – South Africa will host the 2013 African Nations Cup instead of Libya after their respective football federations agreed a deal.
By David Gold
July 8 – Algeria has thrown its hat into the ring to host the 2013 African Nations Cup, which seems set to be taken away from war torn Libya.
By David Gold
June 16 – Egypt is considering putting itself forward to host the 2013 African Nations Cup due to concerns over Libya’s ability to host the tournament with violence continuing to affect the war-torn country.
January 29 – Morocco was today awarded the 2015 African Cup of Nations, defeating its only rivals South Africa, who will stage the 2017 tournament.