Proving that jazz hands really do make the world a better place, take a look at Cameroon captain Samuel Eto'o and Nigerian NT player Chinedu Obasi. They're modeling the first-ever continental football kit during what seems to be A Chorus Line rehearsal breaks.

The kits were created to raise awareness of the International Year of Biodiversity.

There were two major surprises in the African Cup quarterfinals today.In the first one, the home side of Angola were surprisingly eliminated by Ghana, who without their star Michael Essien managed a somewhat fortunate and hard-fought 1-0 victory on a goal by Stade Rennais' Asamoah Gyan. Ghana is set to play the winner of Zambia-Nigeria, and a match against their West African rivals Nigeria would

Ok, we just dropped two points at home against Everton, a team we thought, or rather I thought we would put to bed early on in the game, a team who hasn't been firing on all cylinders this season but recently have a bit of change in fortune.

Saturday wasn't a change in fortune for them; maybe they were even robbed of three points, certainly David Moyes thinks they were!

Georges Ambourouet (Gabon) v Somen Tchoyi (Cameroon)

Well, isn't this just so considerate? The fine footy folk taking part in the African Cup know how busy our schedules are with Facebook-stalking, online shopping and other such necessities. To help out, they made sure to stay in the same photo frame for ease of judgment/appreciation in our Thigh-Off competition today.

Georges Ambourouet (Gabon) v Somen Tchoyi (Cameroon)

Well, isn't this just so considerate? The fine footy folk taking part in the African Cup know how busy our schedules are with Facebook-stalking, online shopping and other such necessities. To help out, they made sure to stay in the same photo frame for ease of judgment/appreciation in our Thigh-Off competition today.

photo credit: Reinante El Pintor de Fuego

1) Barcelona

It shouldn't be a surprise that Barcelona is the top rated offense. Not only has the club led the league in total goals scored so far this season, but the treble winners from last year added one of the best strikers in the world this season just to guarantee that Barca would remain the best amid all the transfer moves their rivals at Madrid were making.

With the African players away on national duty oh! How? ooh! How? Would Chelsea manage to stay adrift? I mean look at that line up it "only" starts – Cech, Ivanovic, A Cole, Carvalho, Terry, Belletti, Lampard, J Cole, Ballack, Malouda, Anelka. In way I guess it explains how they managed to score "only" 7 eh?

Salomon Kalou (Ivory Coast) and his Chelsea team-mate Michael Essien (Ghana) star in the all-important (to us, anyway) shirt exchange after their African Cup game on Friday. The Ivorians won 3-1. Image via AP Photo. Thx ME!

Salomon Kalou (Ivory Coast) and his Chelsea team-mate Michael Essien (Ghana) star in the all-important (to us, anyway) shirt exchange after their African Cup game on Friday. The Ivorians won 3-1. Image via AP Photo. Thx ME!

Proving that jazz hands really do make the world a better place, take a look at Cameroon captain Samuel Eto'o and Nigerian NT player Chinedu Obasi. They're modeling the first-ever continental football kit during what seems to be A Chorus Line rehearsal breaks.

The kits were created to raise awareness of the International Year of Biodiversity.

So with Ghana through to the Semi-Final, I'm here with the second of todays African Cup of Africa Cup of Nations Cup, or whatever you like to call it, liveblog this time Ivory Coast taking on Algeria, two teams we'll get to know even better by South Africa in the Summer.

If you're following any other games going on (apparently there is an important one in Milan) you're welcome to join me, i'll have half an eye on that game in Serie A in case it turns out to be a cracker.

As is the case so many weeks of the season, the top match to watch this weekend features a pair of EPL heavyweights.

Arsenal takes on Manchester United on Sunday with a precious three points on the line for both clubs. The Gunners sit a point behind United in the race for second place behind Chelsea and a defeat at home would deal a painful blow to Arsenal's title hopes.

The African Football Confederation has suspended Togo from participating in the next two African Cup tournaments due to governmental interference following the terrorist attacks that caused the death of their assistant coach, bus driver and press officer, injuring up to six others in the process. You read that correctly.