It began in terror and ended in outrage. When history comes to judge the 2010 African Cup of Nations I imagine it will not do so too kindly - a tournament which promised so much but, thanks to a fatal mixture of politics, terror and head-bangingly insensitive executive decisions, became less about the spectacle on the pitch and more about affairs off it. Click to continue reading...

O segundo jogo das Quartas-de-Final da Copa da África de 2010, na cidade de Luanda, jogaram as seleções de Angola (88º do ranking da FIFA) e a seleção de Gana (27º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Eliminatórias Copa da África
1998Luanda 22/06/1997 ANG1:0 (1:0)GHA Group matches1998Kumasi 06/10/1996 GHA2:1 (2:1)ANG Group matches
Amistoso
2009Luanda 18/11/2009 ANG0:0GHA 2004Accra 28/04/2004 GHA1:1 (0:0)ANG 1980Luanda 11/11/1980 ANG1:2GHA
O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Mohamed Benouza (Algeria)
O único gol do jogo, foi de Asamoah Gyan, aos 15 minutos do primeiro tempo, ele que é jogador do Rennes-FRA. Click to continue reading...

Unlike previous tournaments, this Africa Cup of Nations was not so much a 'football festival' and far more, it often seemed, a three-week advert for hosts Angola. After the final, I asked the local organising committee's executive director whether the 2010 Nations Cup would be remembered for the football or the deadly attack on Togo, to which Antonio Mangueira replied 'the football and we had some wonderful fireworks too'. Click to continue reading...

Como comentábamos en el último podcast (el del 31 de enero) reservábamos un espacio en el blog para comentar la final de la Copa Africa celebrada en Angola y que finalizó este domingo con la victoria de Egitpo sobre Ghana por 1-0 después de que Geddo, volviera a romper un partido saliendo desde el banquillo. Click to continue reading...

The 2010 Africa Cup of Nations is over. Though I usually love the tournament, I won't be remembering this edition fondly. For several reasons.

First and foremost, Angola 2010 will mostly be remembered for the attack on the Togo team bus, in which three people died and many more thought they were going to die.

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Egypt won the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations yesterday, beating Ghana 1-0 in the final with the above 85th minute goal form Mohamed Nagy, a.k.a Gedo, a.k.a the world's greatest super sub. Why is the 25 year old Al-Ittihad Al-Sakndary player the world's greatest super sub? Here's why:

Gedo didn't start any of Egypt's six games at Angola 2010, and yet somehow finished the tournament as top scorer with five goals.

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With J Hutcherson -- Is it even worth discussing the Confederation of African Football's latest indignity towards Togo? Holding up FIFA's concept of no government involvement, Togo won't be allowed to participate in the next two Cup of Nations. Why? Because their government encouraged the National Team to return home rather than bow to pressure to play days after they were attacked at the Angola border. Click to continue reading...

By Ollie Irish

Not a classic game by any means, but it was very, VERY tight and so I couldn't take my eyes off it. Either side could have won, but in the end Mohamed Gedo's excellent curling shot, scored in the 85th minute, earned Egypt their third ACN title in a row, and a record seventh overall.

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With all the hype of the Togo team attack, the African Cup of Nations in Angola was overshadowed by accusations and fear, but a fantastic final provided Egypt their third African Cup of Nations in a row, and their seventh of all time.
After beating their ultimate rivals Algeria 4-0 in the semifinal, they went on to play a weakened Ghana side. Click to continue reading...

Egipto volvió a retener el título africano al vencer a Ghana 1-0 en la final disputada en Luanda, Angola. Los Faraones conquistaron así la XXVII Copa Africana de Naciones y redondearon el hepta.
Fue una Copa manchada de sangre por el atentado a la delegación de Togo, antes de comenzar la competición. Click to continue reading...

Afrika Uluslar Kupası 2006: Şampiyon Mısır (Mısır'da düzenlendi)
Afrika Uluslar Kupası 2008: Şampiyon Mısır (Gana'da düzenlendi)
Afrika Uluslar Kupası 2010: Şampiyon Mısır (Angola'da düzenlendi)
Bulunduğu kıtanın en büyük kupasında bu kadar başarılı olup da bir türlü Dünya Kupası göremeyen başka bir ülke milli takımı var mıdır acaba? Click to continue reading...

O atacante Emmanuel Adebayor, da seleção de Togo e do Manchester City, afirmou neste domingo que o presidente da Confederação Africana de Futebol (CAF), Issa Hayatou, deveria pedir demissão e deixar o cargo depois de tomar a decisão de suspender a equipe togolesa das duas próximas edições da Copa Africana. Click to continue reading...

Egypt take on Ghana today in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations, with the Pharaohs going for their third successive victory in the tournament. On their way to the final, Egypt have beaten three teams that have qualified for this summer's World Cup – Nigeria, Ivory Coast, and Algeria – while they will be absent from South Africa.

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Togo have been banned from taking part in the next two African Cup of Nations tournaments in 2012 and 2014 for sitting out the tournament this year after the attack on their team bus.
The Confederation of African football (CAF) have imposted this ridiculous penalty on the team because of "government inteference" in the game.

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Issa Hayatou, presidente da Confederação Africana de Futebol (CAF), anunciou a suspensão da seleção togolesa das duas próximas edições da Taça de África das Nações (CAN).
Segundo o líder da CAF, "as interferências governamentais que resultaram na retirada da seleção togolesa provocaram a decisão". Click to continue reading...

FIFA and its confederations take political interference into sporting affairs pretty seriously. Perhaps too seriously, given certain circumstances.

The decision of CAF to ban Togo from the next two Africa Cup of Nations because of the decision of the Togolese government to withdraw the team from the current tournament is defended by the confederation as follows:

The Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football met on 30 January 2010 and examined the withdrawal of Togo national team from the Orange Africa Cup of Nations 2010.

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John Barnes hopes Rafael Benitez rejects any overtures from Juventus and stays at Liverpool.
The former Reds winger does not blame Benitez for Liverpool's current struggles, saying that the club over-achieved last season with the players he had available.
Barnes also insists that it will not be a disaster for Liverpool if they do not qualify for next season's Champions League. Click to continue reading...

I guess most of us were worried about losing Song to the Africa Cup of Nations. Now that he is back and I am assuming he will play against United, it is worthwhile taking a look at just how badly did we miss the Cameroon hard-man.

Song left for Angola after helping us win the Cup tie at West Ham.

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I was unable to watch Ghana-Nigeria in the semifinal of the African Nations Cup, but sitting in my office in Caracas I followed the match online. And I was delighted about Ghana's victory, wishing I was back in Ghana! As an old Ghanaian friend used to say, I was "happy like a Christmas Chicken!"The 1-0 victory on a goal by Asamoah Gyan (who after also scoring the winner against Angola is turning Click to continue reading...

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Thursday, 28th January 2010
Kick Off : 16:00 GMT
Venue : Estádio 11 de Novembro, Angola

This match for the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of nations will be played on Thursday 28th January at 5:00 PM (local time) in the Estádio 11 de Novembro of Luanda.

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A Confederação Africana (CAF) estuda mudanças na Copa Africana de Nações. Issa Hayatou, presidente da entidade, cogitou a hipótese de realizar o torneio em anos ímpares.
Hoje, o torneio continental é disputado a cada dois anos. A mudança não afetaria a competição em 2012, que será organizada em conjunto por Guiné Equatorial e Gabão. Click to continue reading...

The final round of the group games saw several well fancied sides struggling for form and in danger of going out, but Group B's final game saw Ghana edge it 1-0 to progress with Ivory Coast in to the quarter finals. It had certainly been a weird group with Mali pulling out but eventually, the two major sides got through, though Burkina Faso can be proud at their efforts.

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Omar Cummings will not be at DSG Park much of this week as the Colorado Rapids players report back for preseason duty. Like fellow Rapids' striker, Conor Casey at the weekend, the frontman is on international duty this Sunday as the Reggae Boyz turn out in Kingston to play Canada in a friendly. Click to continue reading...

Team captain Ahmed Hassan led the way with a brace as Egypt defeated Cameroon 3-1 after extra-time in quarter-finals of the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola earlier today. The Pharaohs will now meet archrivals rivals Algeria in the semi-finals of the competition on Thurday. Les Fennecs booked a spot at FIFA World Cup 2010 [. Click to continue reading...

Issa Hayatou, dirigente máximo da Confederação Africana de Futebol, é contra a competição ser jogada a cada quatro anos Trivela.com
O presidente da Confederação Africana de Futebol (CAF), Issa Hayatou, afirmou que não gosta da ideia de jogar a Copa Africana de Nações a cada quatro anos, ao invés de a cada dois, como é hoje. Click to continue reading...

Drogba's dream of being king of Africa will have to wait again.In 2006 Ivory coast lost the finals to Egypt in a penalty shootout,in 2008 they lost 4 -1 in the semis to the Egyptians again and in 2010 they fell to a late,late injury time winner.Three times unlucky.
The Ivory Coast press have been less kind in their headlines.

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Angola 0-1 Ghana: Blackstars Dump Hosts Out Of AFCON
Cote d'Ivoire 2-3 Algeria: Fennecs Oust Elephants In Thriller
Zambia vs. Nigeria: Preview
Egypt vs. Cameroon: Preview
Jonathan Wilson: Ahmed Hassan and Rigobert Song set for legacy-defining battle
Sad Ivory Coasters. Click to continue reading...

Ancora sorprese nella Coppa d'Africa 2010.
Sembrava davvero fatta per la Costa d'Avorio di Didier Drogba. 2 a 1 il risultato all'89' grazie al gol prezioso di Keita. Ma non per gli avversari che con Bougherra, esattamente sessanta secondi dopo, trovano il 2 a 2 e si regalano i supplementari.
E all'overtime ci pensa Bouazza a condannare definitivamente la Costa d'Avorio e a spedire la nazionale di Saadane in semifinale. Click to continue reading...

So much for Algeria being a walkover in the World Cup, right?
That was surely the opponent USMNT fans were most optimistic about in the W.C. draw aftermath. Now considering a 3-2 defeat of tournament-favorite Cote d'Ivoire in the quarterfinals, that confidence is waddling (widdling? wavering? Click to continue reading...

No era de extrañarse pero para las estadísticas y la lógica los resultados de este día pudieran ser tomados como sorprendentes.

En el primer encuentro de los cuartos de final se enfrentaban el anfitrión Angola y la selección de Ghana donde por una muy leve ventaja se hacía favorito a Angola, obviamente por su localía.

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No era de extrañarse pero para las estadísticas y la lógica los resultados de este día pudieran ser tomados como sorprendentes.

En el primer encuentro de los cuartos de final se enfrentaban el anfitrión Angola y la selección de Ghana donde por una muy leve ventaja se hacía favorito a Angola, obviamente por su localía.

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Cuartos de Final
Domingo 24 de enero de 2010
0 Angola vs Ghana 1
2 Costa de Marfil vs Argelia 3
Lunes 25 de enero de 2010
Egipto vs Camerún
Nigeria vs Zambia
Quedó fuera el gran favorito, Costa de Marfil, en un trepidante juego en el que el 1 a 1 parecía definitivo pero al 89 vino Keita a poner el 2 a 1 en favor de Costa de Marfil. Click to continue reading...

Ainda pela última rodada do grupo C, da Copa Africana de Nações, Angola 2010, foi jogado na cidade de Lubango, jogaram as seleções da Nigéria (22º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção de Moçambique (72º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo e Copa da África
2010Abuja 11/10/2009 NGA1:0 (0:0)MOZ Third stage2010Maputo 29/03/2009 MOZ0:0NGA Third stage
O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Koman Coulibaly (MLI). Click to continue reading...

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 Click to continue reading...

A última rodada do grupo C, da Copa Africana de Nações, Angola 2010, foi realizada no dia 20-01-2010 e na cidade de Benguela, com um público de 12.500 pessoas, jogaram as seleções do Benin (59º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção do Egito (24º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo
2006
04/09/2005 EGY4:1 (2:0)BEN Second stage2006Cotonou 04/07/2004 BEN3:3 (2:0)EGY Second stage
Amistosos
2008Cairo 19/11/2008 EGY5:1 (4:0)BEN
O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Daniel Bennett (África do Sul). Click to continue reading...