South Africa were scheduled to face Angola in their final warm-up match on Wednesday afternoon in Cairo but the Sable Antelopes pulled out hours to kick off.According to reports, Angola cited a lack of training since arriving in the Egyptian capital.Bafana Bafana Team manager Barney Kujane explained that all was set for the match to go ahead on Tuesday afternoon after meeting with Angolan officials to map out the rules of the friendly.''We are disappointed and frustrated.
African Cup of Nations record:Previous appearances in finals: (1) 2017Best performance: Group phaseDrawn in Group F with Benin, Cameroon and Ghana.Coach: Baciro CandeHomegrown coach Cande has become a national hero in the former Portuguese colony for engineering back-to-back qualification for the African Cup of Nations after decades of being one of the continent’s whipping boys.The 52-year-old won nine titles in the small west African country with Sporting Bissau, five of them
African Cup of Nations record:Previous appearances in finals: (9) 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2015Best performance: Winners 1996Drawn in Group D with the Ivory Coast, Morocco and Namibia.Coach: Stuart BaxterThis is a second spell in charge for the 65-year-old Englishman but the first time he has taken them to a major tournament.He was appointed in 2004 with an eye on the 2010 World Cup, which the country was to host, but after blowing a strong position in the
African Cup of Nations record:Previous appearances in finals: (14) 1965, 1968, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2015, 2017Best performance: Runners-up 2002Drawn in Group C with Algeria, Kenya and Tanzania.Coach: Aliou CisseHe captained Senegal at the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea, where they beat holders France in the opening game and reached the quarter final.His club career took in spells at Lille and Paris St Germain before playing in the
African Cup of Nations record:Previous appearances in finals: (6) 1962, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1978, 2017Best performance: Runners up 1978Drawn in Group A with Egypt, DR Congo and Zimbabwe. Coach: Sebastien DesabreThe 42-year-old has had a whirlwind round of coaching posts since moving to Africa in 2010, with stints at clubs in Algeria, Angola, Cameroon, Egypt, the Ivory Coast, Morocco and Tunisia.Uganda is his first national team job after being appointed to the post in December
African Cup of Nations:Previous appearances in finals: (23) 1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2017.Best performance: Winners 1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010Drawn in Group A with DR Congo, Uganda and Zimbabwe.Coach: Javier AguirreThe 60-year-old Mexican took over from Hector Cuper after last year’s World Cup finals and has the unenviable task of satisfying rabid home expectations.
African Cup of Nations Cup record:Previous appearances in finals: (3) 2004, 2006, 2017Best performance: Group PhaseDrawn in Group A with Egypt, DR Congo and Uganda.Coach: Sunday ChidzambwaThe 67-year-old is a revered figure of the game in Zimbabwe, having featured in defence in their first-ever post-independence international in 1980, and he has coached the national team now on four separate occasions.He took Zimbabwe to a maiden Cup of Nations finals appearance in 2004
African Cup of Nations record:Previous appearances in finals: (10) 1972, 1994, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017Best performance: Runners up 1972Drawn in Group E with Angola, Mauritania and Tunisia.Coach: Mohamed MagassoubaMagassouba has been ‘interim coach’ for more than two years since the departure of Alain Giresse but with the national federation in crisis no decision on a permanent appointment has been made.The 61-year-old from Nara in the north of Mali made
African Cup of Nations record:Previous appearances in finals: (3) 2004, 2008, 2010 Best performance: Group phaseDrawn in Group F with Cameroon, Ghana and Guinea Bissau - - - Coach: Michel Dussuyer The 60-year-old is a Cup of Nations veteran having taken Guinea to the quarter-finals in 2004, then worked as deputy to fellow Frenchman Henri Michel when the Ivory Coast were runners-up in Egypt in 2006. In 2010 he coached Benin at the tournament in Angola.He was back
African Cup of Nations record:Previous appearances in finals: (18) 1962, 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017. Best performance: Winners 2004Drawn in Group E with the Angola, Mali and Mauritania. - - -Coach: Alain GiresseThe Frenchman coaches a country at the Nations Cup for a fifth time after Gabon (2010), Mali (2012), Senegal (2015) and Mali again two years ago. He has also coached at club level in Morocco on top
African Cup of Nations record:Previous appearances in finals: (7) 1996, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013 Best performance: Quarter-finalists in 2008 and 2010Drawn in Group E with Mali, Mauritania and Tunisia. - - - Coach: Srdan VasiljevicThe 46-year-old Serbian was a surprise appointment by Angola at the end of 2017. He had little playing or coaching pedigree save for a spell as an assistant with the Serbian national side under Vladimir Petrovic.But since arriving the
Two African football fans had their road trip to Cairo, Egypt for the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations cancelled after been denied visas to pass through Ethiopia. South African Bafana Bafana football supporter Botha Msila and his Zimbabwe traveling partner Alvin Zhakata were stranded at the Kenya-Ethiopia boarder town of Moyale for three days after being denied visas by the Ethiopian authorities.Msila and Zhakata had covered almost two thirds of their 11,000km (6,800 miles) road
African Cup of Nations record:Previous appearances in finals: (21) 1963, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017. Best performance: Winners 1963, 1965, 1978, 1982Drawn in Group F with Benin, Cameroon and Guinea Bissau. Coach: Kwesi AppiahThis is the third stint in charge of Ghana’s national team for Appiah, an international defender in his playing days with Asante Kotoko. He was a member of
African Cup of Nations record:Previous appearances in finals: (18) 1970, 1972, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2017 Best performance: Winners 1984, 1988, 2000, 2002, 2017Drawn in Group F with Benin, Ghana and Guinea Bissau Coach: Clarence Seedorf The former Dutch international had a glittering club career but has struggled in the coaching ranks and was a surprise selection to head the 'Indomitable Lions'
Ghana and Manchester City midfielder Thomas Agyepong, has disclosed that he had always wanted to play in the Africa Cup of Nations growing up. According to the 22-year old he is expected on the opportunity given him by the coach and is looking forward to a good tournament.Thomas Agyepong who was on loan to Hibernian in the Scottish League miraculously made the final 23-man squad for the Black Stars after getting some few minutes of action at club level.Agyepong was injured for
African Cup of Nations qualifiers Ivory Coast: African Cup of Nations record:Previous appearances in finals: (22) 1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017 Best performance: Winners 1992, 2015Drawn in Group D with Morocco, Namibia and South Africa. Coach: Ibrahim Kamara The 53-year-old has worked his way through the coaching ranks at the Ivorian federation, previously taking the under-17
African Cup of Nations record:Previous appearances in finals: (2) 1998, 2008Best performance: Group phaseDrawn in Group D with the Ivory Coast, Morocco and South Africa. Coach: Ricardo MannettiMannetti might sound Italian but is Namibian-born and played most of his career in neighbouring South Africa, where as a creative midfielder he won a league title with Cape Town club Santos.He started coaching almost as soon as he hung up his boots, first at club level in Windhoek,
Newly-signed FC Tambov midfielder Muniru Sulley has disclosed that the lure of playing in the same league long-time friends Rabiu Mohammed and Aziz Tetteh played a major role in his move to the Russian Premier League outfit.On Tuesday, Ghana's leading football portal, GHANASoccernet.com exclusively reported that the attacking midfielder has penned a one-year contract with an option for another year.Sulley signed for newly-promoted Russian Premier League side just hours after
Bayern Munich defender Jerome Boateng has been offered to Italian side SS Napoli in the ongoing transfer window.The Germany international has been told he can leave Bayern this summer.According to Italian website, Corriere dello Sport, Boateng's agents have now offered their client to Napoli.The defender is keen on a move to Italy - and to Naples.Boateng's brother Kevin-Prince Boateng is currently on the books of Sassuolo.
The Black Stars of Ghana are on a mission to win the 32nd Africa Cup of Nation (AFCON) and their fans expect the golden generation of players with the likes of Asamoah Gyan and the Ayew brothers to finally deliver on the big stage.Once a force in African football, the Black stars have been underachievers in recent years despite boasting of highly talented stars such as Sulley Muntari, Asamoah Gyan, Thomas Partey, Jordan Ayew, and his brother Andre. The Black Stars have won the AFCON
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