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Senegal's President Macky Sall declared Monday a public holiday to celebrate the national football team's first ever African Cup of...

Sadio Mane-inspired Senegal have succeeded Algeria as Africa Cup of Nations champions after a drama-filled tournament spanning 29 days in...

Sadio Mane made up for missing from the spot in normal time to score the decisive penalty as Senegal overcame...

Forget Mohamed Salah or Sadio Mane, because the most prolific strikers at this Africa Cup of Nations are the two...

Kamou Malo's Burkina Faso face Senegal in the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals on Wednesday with a young team that...

Mohamed Salah-captained Egypt face a "third final before the final" this week when they confront hosts Cameroon in an Africa...

Dango Ouattara scored on the stroke of half-time as 10-man Burkina Faso completed a hat-trick of Africa Cup of Nations...

Samuel Eto'o left for Europe to become one of the greatest African footballers of all time but it was in...

The Cameroonian government wants to "improve" access to the Olembe Stadium in Yaounde after the deadly stampede that killed eight...

Kenyans are mourning the death of the country's best known football fan, a colorful former newspaper vendor who was found...

A young Egyptian man scored an own goal by pretending to take a university exam for professional footballer Mostafa Mohamed,...

Former captain Quinton de Kock hit a sparkling century to set up a four-run win for South Africa in the...

Having benefited from playing under Steven Gerrard at Rangers, Joe Aribo is starring for Nigeria at the Africa Cup of...

Temba Bavuma and Rassie van der Dussen hit centuries and enabled South Africa to recover from a slow start in...

Ivory Coast coach Patrice Beaumelle on Wednesday railed against the state of the pitch in Douala where his team must...

Four-time champions Ghana were eliminated from the Africa Cup of Nations after crashing 3-2 to minnows Comoros in Group C...

Two deposed captains, Virat Kohli and Quinton de Kock, could play significant roles in a three-match one-day international series between...

In Augustine Eguavoen, Nigeria are relying on an interim appointment to lead them at the Africa Cup of Nations in...

Equatorial Guinea inflicted a first defeat in 36 games on Algeria on Sunday to leave the reigning champions in serious...

Tunisia's protest over their bizarre Africa Cup of Nations defeat to Mali in which the referee blew the final whistle...

Egypt will expect more from star man Mohamed Salah against Guinea-Bissau as the record seven-time champions attempt to bounce back...

There were chaotic scenes at the Africa Cup of Nations on Wednesday as Mali beat Tunisia in a game marred...