AFCON 2021 Latest News

Ghana forward Benjamin Tetteh has received a three-match ban by the Confederation of African Football for “assaulting” a Gabonese player. CAF confirmed on Sunday that the 24-year-old, who was sent off in the melee that happened after the full-time whistle of the match between Ghana and Gabon. The game ended 1-1...

Ghana's Benjamin Tetteh will miss three games for the Black Stars after his after-the-whistle punch on Gabon's Aaron Boupendza at the Africa Cup of Nations. In ugly scenes after the 1-1 draw, Tetteh was shown a red card for the incident, which would have seen him miss his team's...

An upset Ghana captain Andre Ayew has slammed the antics of Group C opponents Gabon during their Africa Cup of Nations clash on Friday. The Ghanaians were visibly enraged after the match as players and officials from both teams clashed following the final whistle of their 1-1 stalemate. Gabon had scored...

Orlando Pirates and Malawi striker Gabadinho Mhango has reacted to winning the Man of the Match honour in their 2-0 win over Zimbabwe at the Africa Cup of Nations. Prior to his arrival in Cameroon with the Flames, Mhango played just 132 minutes of DStv Premiership football due to injuries...

Ivory Coast forward Max-Alain Gradel has explained that his emotional goal celebration against Equatorial Guinea was for his late father, who passed away last week. Gradel, who is also the captain of the Elephants, was unable to attend his father's funeral on 8 January because of Covid-related issues. The 34-year-old explained...

Malawi have received a major boost ahead of their crucial clash against Zimbabwe on Friday, with all 28 players testing negative after they only had 15 players available for their group opener. The Flames lost their opener against Guinea 1-0, but were massively handicapped after six players, including Orlando Pirates...

Kaizer Chiefs midfielder Bernard Parker has tipped the 'golden generation' of Egypt to win the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. The two-time AFCON participant feels the Pharoes and Nigeria are amongst the two leading candidates to be crowned the champions of Africa but feels the North Africans will have the...

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has made a final decision on the chaos around Wednesday’s Africa Cup of Nations clash between Mali and Tunisia. Mali were leading the tie 1-0 when match official Janny Sikazwe blew the full-time whistle in the 85th minute. However, after noticing his mistake the game...

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has responded to the chaos around Wednesday’s Africa Cup of Nations clash between Mali and Tunisia. Mali were leading the tie 1-0 when match official Janny Sikazwe blew the full-time whistle in the 85th minute. However, after noticing his mistake the game continued until minute...

Nigeria legend Jay-Jay Okocha has praised Kaizer Chiefs goalkeeper Daniel Akpeyi for his role in the Super Eagles squad. The 35-year-old shot stopper is part of Nigeria’s squad for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations even though he has been replaced as the country’s Nr. 1 by Maduko Okoye. Okocha, though,...