Preview & Predictions for the AFCON Round of 16

Ivory Coast Ghana AFCON

The African Cup of Nations (AFCON) group stages ended in dramatic fashion, with defending champions Algeria dumped out and favorites Ghana among the teams shockingly eliminated. These two of Africa’s eight highest ranked teams failed to make it out of the group stage, alongside Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, and Mauritania. This leaves sixteen … Read more

Four Players Whose Stock Rose After Round Two of AFCON

Selim Amallah Morocco

The action continues to pick up at the African Cup of Nations, with new stars emerging every match. Several of Africa’s top teams were unable to find victories, with Ghana, Algeria, and Senegal among the teams who failed to find wins the second match day. This saw some of the players with the highest rise … Read more

A Look Ahead at the African Cup of Nations

African Cup of Nations

After two postponements, the not-really-2021 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) is finally set to take place in early January. Originally postponed due to concerns about the rainy summer season in Cameroon, the tournament was then pushed back for another year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Despite further worries about the coronavirus pandemic, the Confederation of … Read more

Analysis: African World Cup Qualifiers (Part 1 of 2)

Nigeria soccer team 2018 World Cup

FIFA has officially announced the 2022 FIFA World Cup’s start date, which will be November 21, 2022. The tournament will take place in late fall to early winter, since the tournament will take place in the heat of Qatar. This means that World Cup Qualifiers need to get underway quickly, and qualifiers all around the … Read more

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