Ties that bind: Closely-related players who made AFCON 2023 a family affair
IN the history of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), a number of closely-related players have graced the tournament with six siblings winning the trophy. Ethiopians Italo and Luciano Vassallo won it together in 1962, Congolese brothers Albert Bwanga and Robert Kazadi were part of the 1974 winning team, Cameroonians Andre and Francois Biyik claimed the crown in 1988 while Egyptians Hossam and Ibrahim Hassan triumphed together twice in 1986 and 1998. Most recently, Zambia’s Christopher and his brother Felix Katongo won the AFCON in 2012 before the Touré brothers of Yaya and Kolo claimed the trophy for Ivory Coast…