Do we really need to be LiveBlogging the third place playoff? Maybe not. But today’s game should be better than most, with two teams who probably maybe sort of expected to meet in the final instead of a day earlier. Ghana are still the hosts so they’ll want/need to finish on a high for the [...]

Cote d’Ivoire 1-4 Egypt FINAL Keita 63′; Fathy 12′, Zaky 62′ 67′, Aboutreika 90′ Cup of Nations semi-final Date: Thursday 7 February Kick-off: 2030 GMT Venue: Kumasi Sports Stadium THAT’s THE GAME! Ivory Coast 1-4 Egypt. Cameroon had better watch out in the final, because Egypt is on fire. Ivory Coast had a good tournament, but [...]

It’s the first Africa Cup of Nations semi-final, with The Black Stars taking on the Indomitable Lions. Ghana 0-1 Cameroon ——————–Nkong 70′ Semifinal Date: Thursday, February 7th Venue: Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra Kick-off: 17:00 GMT -Laurie will be LiveBlogging the second semi-final in an hour so, when Cote d’Ivoire take on Egypt to see who joins Cameroon in the Africa Cup of [...]

We know who three of our semi-finalists are (Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt) and now we find out who joins them. It’s Cameroon vs Tunisia, Indomitable Lions vs Carthage Eagles. Cameroon 3-2 Tunisia AET Mbia 18′, 92′ - Ben Saada 33′ Geremi 26′ - Chikhaoui 80′ Quarterfinal Date: Monday, February 4th Kick-off: 2030 GMT (1530 EST) Venue: Tamale Stadium, Tamale Thanks to everyone for [...]

Egypt 2-1 Angola FINAL Hosny 23′ (pen), 38′ Zaky; Manucho 26′ What: African Cup of Nations Quarter-Finals Who: Egypt vs. Angola When: Monday, 4 February 2008, 17:00 GMT, 12:00 Eastern, 9:00 Pacific Where: Baba Yara Sports Stadium Ground, Kumasi That’s the game. Egypt will face Cote d’Ivoire in the semis. Angola gets to go home with heads held [...]

It’s Cote d’Ivoire (or Ivory Coast, if your prefer) vs Guinea in our second Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinal. Cote d’Ivoire 5-0 Guinea Kader Keita 24′ Drogba 70′ Kalou 72′, 82′ B. Kone 85′ Quarterfinal Date: Sunday, February 3rd Kick-off: 2030 GMT (1530 EST) Venue: Essipong Sports Stadium, Sekondi - Thanks to everyone for reading and commenting, it’s been another good day of Africa Cup [...]

We kick off the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals today with the big one. Ghana vs Nigeria, Black Stars vs Super Eagles, for a place in semi-final and a big bagful of West African bragging rights. Ghana 2-1 Nigeria Essien 45+ - Yakubu (pen) 34′ Agogo 82′ Quarterfinal Date: Sunday, February 3rd Kick-off: 1700 GMT (1200 EST) Venue: Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra - [...]

It’s the end of Africa Cup of Nations Group D today, with top two Angola and Tunisia meeting. Though they’ve vowed not to, Angola and Tunisia can do each other a favour by taking it easy, as a draw would send them both through no matter what happens in Senegal vs South Africa. Angola 0-0 Tunisia Group [...]

Senegal 1-1 South Africa FINAL 36′ Camara — 13′ Van Heerden Group D Date: Thursday, 31 January Kick-off: 1700 GMT Location: Kumasi Sports Stadium Okay, the whistle blows and that’s the game. 1-1. Both teams are out of the tournament, because Tunisia and Angola drew as well. S. Africa was the better team, and got moreso as the [...]

Cameroon 3-0 Sudan FINAL 28′ Eto’o (pen), 92′ , 34′ Ali Khadir (o.g.) Group C Date: Wednesday, 30 January Time: 1700 GMT Location: Tamale Sports Stadium Cameroon deserves the win, if not the 3-0 scoreline. Sudan had a good second half and at least made the game interesting. 90 + 2 Okay, NOW it’s over. The whistle [...]