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Morocco ‘Rejects’ Nations Cup Ban, Fine

 Moroccan authorities have accused the Confederation of African Football (CAF) of being against the development of the game on the continent...

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CAF To Change Rules To Allow Long Serving President Issa Hayatou To Stay Longer

Long-serving Confederation of African Football president Issa Hayatou is seeking to change his organisation's rules on age limits in ord...

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CAF Ban Referee For Six Months After Africa Cup Embarrassment

Ugly scenes marred the quarterfinals of the Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea. The referee involved in the melee and the Tunisian a...

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Equatorial Guinea Spark Joyous Celebrations By Reaching Quarters

Equatorial Guinea sparked jubilant celebrations around the country on Sunday as the hosts snatched an unlikely African Nations Cup quarter-f...

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AFCON 2015: Cameroon & Guinea Share Points

All four matches so far have been 1-1, meaning lots will be drawn to decide the qualifiers if Wednesday's matches are identical draws. ...

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Senegal Close In On Africa Nations Cup Last Eight Spot, Ghana Keep Hopes Alive

Senegal need a point from their last Group C tie to reach the African Nations Cup quarter-finals after drawing with South Africa while Ghana...

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AFCON 2015: Congo Victory Throws Group A Wide Open

Congo captain Prince Oniangue threw open the permutations in Group A at the African Nations Cup in Bata on Wednesday with the only goal of t...

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AFCON 2015: Algeria And Senegal Off To Winning Starts

Algeria and Senegal made winning starts to their African Nations Cup campaigns on Monday with dramatic come-from-behind victories in Group C...

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Hayatou’s Regret: Former Super Eagles Captin Jay-Jay Okocha Deserved CAF Awards

Confederation of African Football president, Issa Hayatou was of the view that Nigerian football legend, Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha deserved to...

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Yaya Toure Wins Fourth African Player Of The Year Title In A Row

Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has become the first player to be named Confederation of African Football African Footballer of the Ye...

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Cote d' Ivoire's Yaya Toure In The Running For Record Fourth African Award

Yaya Toure has a chance to become the first player to be named African Footballer of the Year four years in a row when the 2014 winner is an...

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[AFCON 2015 QUALIFIERS] Congo 0-2 Nigeria: Uche And Samuel Keeps Afcon Hopes Alive

The pair struck to ensure the Eagles still have a chance of reaching the finals heading into their last qualifier. Ikechukwu Uche and Sa...

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Angola Rejects 2015 Africa Cup Of Nations

Angola on Wednesday pulled out of the running to replace Morocco as hosts of the troubled 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. The oil-rich state...

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African Cup Hosts To Be Named Within Three Days

New hosts for the 2015 African Nations Cup will be named within three days after Morocco was ruled out amid fears of the spread of the deadl...

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Morocco Thrown Out Of African Cup, Dumped As Host

Morocco was thrown out of the 2015 African Cup of Nations and dumped as the host Tuesday after refusing to commit to the scheduled dates ear...

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Super Eagles Goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama Listed For BBC Footballer Of The Year Award

Super Eagles goalkeeper, Enyeama, is among the five players nominated for the BBC African Footballer of Year for 2014 as revealed by the org...

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Africa Cup Of Nations: Morocco Fails To Meet Deadline

Morocco have failed to meet the deadline to confirm it will host the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in January. The North Africans had reque...

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South African Slain Footballer Senzo Meyiwa Nominated For CAF's Africa-Based Player Award

The late Africa goalkeeper Senzo Meyiwa is one of the nominees for the Confederation of African Football's Player of the Year award base...

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Nigeria Could Host 2015 Afcon, Says NFF Vice President

Nigeria could host the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations if Morocco pulls out of staging the finals, according to the vice president of the Nigeria...

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Organizers Insist African Cup Of Nations Will Go Ahead Despite Ebola Fears

The dates for next year's African Cup of Nations will not be changed because of fears over the Ebola virus, according to the organizers ...

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