Egypt joins the unfavorable list of eliminated hosts
Following their shock 1-0 defeat to South Africa at Cairo International Stadium on Saturday (6 July 2019), Egypt joined an unfavorable list of host teams that were eliminated from the first round of knockout stages. Since adopting the knockout stage (apart from the semifinal of...
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Assombalonga hopes to achieve more with DR Congo
Britt Assombalonga scored his first goal for DR Congo in their Total Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Egypt 2019 4-0 Group A win over Zimbabwe, slightly a year after he made his debut for the Leopards in a friendly match against Tanzania in March 2018....
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Benin Squirrels hope of shocking Morocco’s Atlas Lions
Morocco faces Benin as the curtain raises off the Round of 16 of the 2019 Total Africa Cup of Nations at Cairo based AL Salam stadium on Friday (5 July 2019) at 18:00 local time (16:00 GMT). Morocco topped Group D with maximum points to...
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Ghana down Guinea Bissau to top Group F
Second half strikes from Jordan Ayew and Thomas Partey handed Ghana a 2-0 win over Guinea Bissau in their Group F Day Three match on Tuesday in Suez and a place at the knockout stage of the Total Africa Cup of Nations Egypt 2019. The...
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Madagascar president charters plane for Africa Cup fans
Madagascan President Andry Rajoelina has chartered a 480-seater plane to take football fans to Egypt for the Africa Cup of Nations after the country unexpectedly qualified for the round of 16. Excitement has been building in the Indian Ocean island nation as the team emerged...
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Third draw takes Tunisia to next round
Tunisia joined Mali into the last 16 from Group E after playing out a barren draw with Mauritania in their ultimate group match on Tuesday in Suez. It was the third successive draw at the campaign as they finished second on three points, four shy...
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Angola and Mali search for qualification in Ismailia
Angola needs to win their final group match against Mali if they want to reach the knockout stage of the 2019 Total Africa Cup of Nations. The Match day 3 of Group E will take place in Ismailia on Tuesday (2 July 2019). After two...
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Mauritania aims to upset Tunisia
Debutants Mauritania are hoping to produce one of Africa Cup of Nations biggest shocks ever when they take on Tunisia in Suez on Tuesday (2 July 2019). Angola faces Mali in Ismailia in a simultaneous kickoff. Mali leads the Group E pack with four points,...
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Cote d’Ivoire humble Namibia into round of 16
Far from their usual level, the Ivorians still outperformed Namibia (4-1) at the June 30 stadium in Cairo for the third round of Group D of the 2019 Total African Cup of Nations. It was an unrecognizable team of Cote d’Ivoire that showed up on...
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Legends Eto’o, Diouf and Hassan impressed by AFCON 2019 turn out
After 24 matches across the four venues and six groups, the Total Africa Cup of Nations Egypt 2019 continues to gather momentum on and off the pitch. And in the eyes of iconic figures, Samuel Eto’o of Cameroon fame, Senegalese El Hadji Diouf and former...
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