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Mali head coach Éric Chelle says there are no concerns over Yves Bissouma and Moussa Diarra who contracted malaria ahead of the Bafana Bafana win. Despite realising Bissouma had contracted the mosquito-borne disease, common in West and East Africa - the Tottenham midfielder managed to last just under an hour. Meanwhile,...

Mali captain Hamari Traore has hailed the quality of the South Africa national team players and tipped them to advance to knockout stages of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. Traore opened the scoring on the hour mark in the 2-0 win over Bafana Bafana on Tuesday evening at the...

Mali hope to have Mohamed Camara fit for the Africa Cup of Nations opener against Bafana Bafana at Amadou Gon Coulibaly Stadium in Korhogo on Tuesday (22:00).   Camara, according to the FEMAFOOT, picked up an injury for his club Monaco when they lost 1-0 to Lyon at home on...

Bafana Bafana's Group E opponents, Mali and Tunisia had mixed results in Saturday's warm-up friendlies ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations. Tunisia are the highest-ranked team in the group, but they struggled to break down world number 105 Mauritania. The team coached by Jalel Kadri were held to a goalless...

Mali head coach Eric Sekou Chelle has named his 27-man squad set for the Africa Cup of Nations where they are grouped with South Africa, Namibia and Tunisia. The West Africans, who are based on the border of the host nation, Ivory Coast, will undoubtedly have strong home support in...

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...

After the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations was caught in disarray on Wednesday, Tunisia could be thrown out of the competition after refusing to come back on the pitch for their match against Mali. Africa’s fourth highest-ranked nation found themselves 1-0 down in the 85th of their match against Mali...