6 moments in African football in 2022 that will be talked about for years to come
2022 was a significant year for African football. It was a benchmark for the women’s game and a year that
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Afcon
South Africa defeat Nigeria in WAFCON opener
SOUTH Africa got off to a flying start following a 2-1 win over nine-time record African champions Nigeria in their
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Afcon demands global respect, opens a new chapter for African football
Author CHUKA ONWUMECHILI, Professor of Communications, Howard University AS the whistle blew on the final match, it was clear that
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AFCON 2022: Senegal celebrates being “Kings of Africa”
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER THEY sang and danced in the streets of Dakar, the capital of Senegal, and elsewhere in the
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AFCON on its way to a billion views on TikTok
THE ongoing Africa Cup of Nations 2021 (#AFCON2021) is on course to break the record set by its predecessor in 2019 as the tournament’s most-watched edition in its 65-year history –– thanks in part to a deal between social media behemoth TikTok and the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
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Afcon group stage: a stride forward for the African game despite low scoring
UNTIL tragedy struck in the form of a stadium crush killing eight people at the start of the knock-out round
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Cup of Nations heads into knockout round
MARK GLEESON THE Africa Cup of Nations finals head into the knockout stages from Sunday, lifting the stakes and adding
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Behind concerns over Afcon is a culture of disdain
European clubs and media that wanted the tournament postponed amid a rise in Covid cases were serving their own selfish interests and repeating the old narrative of ‘darkest Africa’.
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Drama, delays and domestic unrest: why hosting Afcon is so important for Cameroon
A year later than planned, due to COVID-19, the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) has successfully kicked off in
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AFCON WRAP: Senegal pips Zim, Gabon’s winning start, Ghana loses to Morocco
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER AFRICAN superstar Sadio Mane scored a late penalty to guide tournament favourites Senegal to a 1-0 win
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