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As the African Cup of Nations gets closer, the complaining from Premier League clubs gets louder.
Chelsea are bracing themselves for the loss of Didier Drogba, Michael Essien, Salomon Kalou and
John Obi Mikel, while Portsmouth might struggle to field a team when they lose the likes of Kanu,
John Utaka, Sulley Muntari, Papa Bouba [.
The chorus of people against the African Cup of Nations schedule continues to grow.
Today, a significant article in the BBC about the wave of African players leaving English shores
for the Cup come mid-January.
Portsmouth assistant manager Joe Jordan made it clear what he wants.
There's been a clamour in Nigeria for Berti Vogts to recall playmaker Jay-Jay Okocha for the 2008
African Cup of Nations. But the German boss of the Super Eagles is having none of it: "He is not
playing regularly with [English Championship side] Hull City, which means he cannot even get a
place in the [.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is reluctant to splash out cash during the January transfer window.
The Gunners will be without first-choice center back Kolo Toure for large parts of January and
February due to the African Cup of Nations, and it was speculated that the Arsenal manager would
purchase a short-term replacement for the Ivorian in January.
Chris spent the weekend lining up a European XI and a South American XI, and that got me thinking
about Africa. What would an African XI look like, and how would they fair against their European
and South American counterparts? The standard of African football gets better every year. More and
more African players are [.
While Premiership managers like Harry Redknapp, Sam Allardyce and Avram Grant are sweating on their
players heading off to the African Cup of Nations in January, Blackburn boss Mark Hughes has no
such worries. Because Carlos Alberto Parreira has named his South Africa squad for the ACN, and
Benni McCarthy's name is nowhere to be [.
African countries will have to play their first four qualifying matches for the 2010 World Cup on
successive weekends, FIFA said last Friday.
The first group phase of the qualifiers begin at the end of May and conclude in September.
The four weekends of June will be used for the first four rounds of group matches, presenting a
potential logistical headache for teams having to criss-cross the continent.
The African Cup of Nations is coming soon (January 20th to February 10th 2008, in Ghana) and World
Cup Blog is excited. Plenty of big name players will be competing for the trophy and we want to
give the tournament the attention it deserves. To do this we need bloggers to captain the national
team [.
It's a common theme among big-name coaches in Europe:
Most are against the timing of the African Cup of Nations.
This is a good and bad thing.
Good in that it means more Africans are infiltrating the dressing rooms of top world football clubs
like Barcelona and Chelsea.
Bad in that it's annoying to hear these coaches biting the hand that feeds them.
Ah, the African Cup o Nations. Not only is it joyous to watch, it's even more joyous to see all the
rich European team squirm as they come to terms with losing their star African players. And none of
them are squirming quite like Chelsea right now. See, Chelsea need Didier Drogba. They need him
[...]
The Nigerian FA are a demanding bunch aren't they? Manager Berti Vogts has been told he has "no
excuses" for not winning the African Cup of Nations, which starts next month. Their argument seems
to be that they've done their job by offering the players $49,000 each to win the tournament, now
he has to [.
The shortlist for the 2007 African Player of the Year is out, and current holder Didier Drogba is
in contention again. The five players shortlisted are: Didier Drogba (Chelsea and Ivory Coast)
Michael Essien (Chelsea and Ghana) Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal and Togo) Frederic Kanoute (Seville
and Mali) Mahamadou Diarra (Real Madrid and Mali) The coaches of all 53 nations in the [.
Cameroon's Pierre Achille Webo had an operation on his right foot Tuesday and will be sidelined for
up to four months. This is bad news for the Cameroon squad ahead of next month's African Cup of
Nations.
Webo was injured during a game with his Spanish club side Real Mallorca, a goalless draw at home to
Athletic Bilbao on Sunday.
A graduate student using seismometers to trace earthquake activity in Cameroon was apparently
mystified by eight unexplained squiggles on his chart in late January and early February of 2006,
which occurred simultaneously around the entire country. Being a good student, Garrett Euler got
his girlfriend to do some Googling and she found the mysterious squiggles [.
The 2008 African Cup of Nations begins exactly one month from today people. To get you in the mood,
here are the top 10 goals fom the 2006 tournament. Unfortunately the goal-scorers names aren't in
English, but after a bit of research I can tell you that the brilliant lob at number 6 is [...]
El Hadji Diouf is back with the Senegal team after quitting a few months back.
Now, he's saying the 2008 edition of the African Cup of Nations will be the toughest one yet.
Can't say I disagree ...
"We have so many good teams in this year's tournament," he said.
"I think this is the hardest African Nations Cup ever to win because every team has good players.
The 2008 African Cup of Nations begins exactly one month from today people. To get you in the mood,
here are the top 10 goals fom the 2006 tournament. Unfortunately the goal-scorers names aren't in
English, but after a bit of research I can tell you that the brilliant lob at number 6 is [...]
Back from the holidays with some grim news from our friends in Ghana.
As the nation prepares for the 2008 Cup of Nations, it seems the Ghanaian government doesn't want
the visiting supporters and journalists to see the horrible poverty in their cities.
Their answer to getting rid of the poverty?
The good news today is that Didier Drogba could very well take part in the African Cup of Nations
next month. The Chelsea striker was named in Uli Stielike's preliminary 26 man Ivory Coast squad
today after his dodgy knee went under the knife over the weekend. Chelsea boss Avram Grant has
indicated Drogba will [.
While we're all excited about seeing big name players like Didier Drogba and Michael Essien at the
African Cup of Nations 2008, here's a little reminder that there's more to the tournament than the
Premier League players we're already familiar with. This is from the FIFA Club World Cup
third-place playoff between Tunisia's Étoile du Sahel [.
Most followers of world news know about Sudan's recent problems.
One avenue of entertainment and joy for the Sudanese people has been the football team.
Sudan wants to give even more joy to their people this January at the African Cup of Nations in
Ghana.
The Nile Crocodiles' appearance in Ghana will be their first in the Cup finals in 32 years.
Bad news for the Ghana team ahead of January's Cup of Nations.
Their captain Stephen Appiah will miss the tournament due to nagging knee injuries.
The Fenerbahce midfielder says he will be out of action for two months.
He's been in Italy for tests on his knee and to get a second opinion, but his doctors have
confirmed that he will not be fit.
Shocking news out of Zambia today as Namibia football coach Ben Bamfuchile has passed away. He was
47. The Zambian succumbed to illness on Thursday night in the nothern city of Kitwe.
Bamfuchile became an instant hero in September after Namibia snatched a 3-2 victory in Ethiopia to
qualify for the African Cup of Nations finals.
The Ghana football team is putting on a brave face in light of captain Stephen Appiah's injury.
Ghana coach Claude LeRoy insists his team's Cup of Nations hopes have not been ruined by Appiah's
injury blow.
The midfielder has been forced out of the tournament by a long-standing knee injury.
I've been slowly but surely getting very very excited for the 2008 African Cup of Nations in Ghana
this coming January. But excitement turned to anger last week when I read this story in The Times,
about the Ghanaian government "cleaning up" the area around the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi. That
doesn't mean picking [.
