Africa Cup Of Nations

Africa Cup of Nations: Congo knocks out Egypt on penalties, to play Guinea in quarter-finals

Egypt goalkeeper Mohamed Abou Gabal struck the crossbar with his spot kick before Congo counterpart Lionel Mpasi stepped up to send the Leopards into the quarterfinals.

Africa Cup of Nations: Morocco win takes Ivory Coast into AFCON last-16 amid coach sackings

Hakim Ziyech scored the only goal of the game late in the first half and Morocco will stay in San-Pedro for a last-16 clash with South Africa

Africa Cup of Nations: Mauritania stun Algeria to send them packing, Cameroon qualify for last-16

Mauritania, who had lost their opening two matches at AFCON and had never won in eight previous attempts in competition history, ran out 1-0 winners

Mohamed Salah injury worse 'than first thought', to return to Liverpool for treatment

After initially ruling Salah out for two games, Egypt said the hope was that the 31-year-old would return for the AFCON semi-finals, should the team make it

Africa Cup of Nations 2023: Equatorial Guinea crush Ivory Coast in huge shock, Salah-less Egypt through

Ranked 39 places lower than their rivals in the world, Equatorial Guinea ripped the Ivory Coast defence apart in 4-0 mauling

Africa Cup of Nations: Mohamed Salah to leave Egypt squad and return to Liverpool for injury rehab

The Egyptian FA had initially hoped Salah would be back for an eventual quarter-final, but now appear resigned to being without him

Africa Cup of Nations: Mohamed Salah rescues Egypt as Nigeria draw and Ghana lose

Three nations - Egypt, Nigeria and Ghana - with 14 AFCON titles between them all failed to get off to winning starts at this year's tournament

Africa Cup of Nations: Seko Fofana sets hosts Ivory Coast on way to victory in opener

Ivory Coast were the better team, albeit against one of the tournament's minnows Guinea, as they look to make the most of home advantage to win a third AFCON crown

Sadio Mané scores on return to action with Senegal

Mané darted behind the defence to poke home a pass by Youssouf Sabaly with his left foot for the reigning African champion's second goal in Dakar

African Cup 2025: Guinea removed as event host owing to inadequate infrastructure

Guinea's hosting of the African Cup had been under scrutiny for weeks after an inspection committee made a visit in early September and determined that Guinea wouldn't be ready.