Articles tagged with "african-cup-of-nations"
The "Rock of Gibralter" In Lyon.
By John | July 22nd, 2008My second favorite signing of the season- and I'm sure Cris' favorite- was realized on Monday. John Mensah is officially Lyon's new left-center back. ...
Tuesday, slow news day...
By Magnusson | July 22nd, 2008A lot has happened in the last four days. Once Bakary Koné was signed from Nice, Pape Diouf told the press that the Mercato was ...
Controversial Footballers #3 Samuel Eto'o
By Rob | July 22nd, 2008As part of our occasional series on divisive footballers (See previous entries Here and Here) we turn to Barcelona (for the time being) striker Samuel ...
Saturday morning MEGA update...
By Magnusson | July 11th, 2008I promised myself I wouldn't make this a habit but a lot happened this week IRL (In Real Life for all you World of Warcraft ...
The Offside Euro 2008 Champion: Charles Snyder
By Dave Martinez | July 11th, 2008Over three weeks of tournament action and only one country stood tall: Sweden. Ibrahimovich proved to be unstoppable in the virtual world, earning ...
6+5 and why we have to stop it
By Rob | May 30th, 2008Sepp Blatter got one step closer to getting his controversial 6+5 policy implemented by 2012, after a FIFA congress voted a landslide in favour of ...
Google Wants Everyone to Know...
By Laurie | February 22nd, 2008Google would like you to know that, contrary to rumor, they do not censor images for political content. Even explosive little hot potatoes like ...
Episode 10
By Ian Rose | February 13th, 2008This podcast is brought to you by the Roman numeral X. We venture into the unknown world of double digits with our tenth podcast, expanding our ...
Photo of the Day: Ominous
By chris | February 11th, 2008This photo was taken the day before Cameroon faced Egypt in the ACN final. The dark clouds in the background didn't just forecast the weather, ...
Africa Cup of Nations Final at World Cup Blog
By Daryl | February 10th, 2008After three weeks of brilliant attacking football, long range goals, Samuel Eto'o breaking records and Nigeria not being very good, it's the Africa Cup of ...
Photo of the Day: Pure Joy
By Laurie | February 9th, 2008This is Cameroon's Samuel Eto'o after the Indomitable Lions' surprise 1-0 win over Ghana. The expression on his face says it all. (Photo: ...
Here's Why Andre Bikey Will Miss the Africa Cup of Nations Final Tomorrow
By Daryl | February 9th, 2008[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3ptEXSTB_4[/youtube] Cameroon beat Ghana 1-0 on Thursday and will play Egypt in the Africa Cup of Nations final on Sunday, but defender Andre Bikey will not ...
Weekend Watch: The Scent of Victory
By Laurie | February 8th, 2008Just a few of this weekend's interesting matches: Saturday Ghana vs. Cote d'Ivoire. African Cup of Nations 3rd place playoff. A lot of ...
Episode 9
By Ian Rose | February 6th, 2008This week, we discuss the Africa Cup of Nations and the end of the transfer season, with each of our picks for the most influential ...
Africa Cup of Nations Quarterfinals at World Cup Blog
By Daryl | February 4th, 2008The Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinals got off to a cracking start yesterday, when the Ghana vs Nigeria showdown actually lived up to the hype. ...
Africa Cup of Nations Quarterfinals at World Cup Blog
By Daryl | February 3rd, 2008The Africa Cup of Nations group stages are well and truly behind us, and the real business of knockout tournament football starts today. And what ...
Bouna Time! Senegal's Top Keeper Parties, so Colorado's Coundoul Plays the Cup
By Laurie | February 1st, 2008French teams had 58 players in the African Cup of Nations. The English leagues had 42. (Although from their whining, you would have ...
Photo of the Day: A Piece of the Puzzle
By Martha | January 31st, 2008This is a tiny screencap from an amazing, huge photo of Ghana fans, in color-coordinated support of their team this week. (The whole thing -- ...
The Africa Cup of Nations Situation - Group D
By Daryl | January 31st, 2008Group C was nice and straightforward yesterday: Egypt won and Cameroon won, so Egypt and Cameroon went through. Group D could also be nice and ...
The Offside Podcast, Episode 8
By Martha | January 30th, 2008Now that it's reached the ripe old age of eight episodes, the Offside Podcast has earned its very own official subdomain, which is where all ...
Podcast Episode 8
By Ian Rose | January 30th, 2008Hey kids. Welcome to the new blog for the Offside podcast. Now that we've hammered out the format of the show a bit ...
The Africa Cup of Nations Situation - Group C
By Daryl | January 30th, 2008Africa Cup of Nations Groups A and B are now in the books, and so the alphabet dictates that today is Group C. All four ...
Daily Dose 1.29.08
By Martha | January 29th, 2008Things to read after the Blue Man Group shove a camera down your throat (allegedly): Mourinho to Valencia? (The Sun) Free Taylor Twellman! (Who Ate All ...
Photo of the Day: Taking the Game to the Masses
By Martha | January 29th, 2008Guinea's Pacal Feindouno sharpens his skills against a local who stumbled upon an African Cup of Nations training session over the weekend. (Even wearing clear ...
The Africa Cup of Nations Situation - Group B
By Daryl | January 29th, 2008Group A wrapped yesterday at the Africa Cup of Nations with Ghana and Guinea the lucky two going through to the quarterfinals. Today it's the ...
The Africa Cup of Nations Situation - Group A
By Daryl | January 28th, 2008It's crunch time at the Africa Cup of Nations, with just one round of group games to go. Each day a group will be decided, ...
Africa Cup of Nations at World Cup Blog
By Daryl | January 25th, 2008We're well into the Africa Cup of Nations now. There've been goals galore, red cards and now even a bit of scandal. Group B resumes ...
Daily Dose: 1.24.08
By Martha | January 24th, 2008Things to read as you prepare to throw yourself at men for the sake of art: The rise of football in Africa. (Times Online) It's Burley for ...
Photo of the Day: Upping the Ante
By Martha | January 24th, 2008After seeing yesterday's PotD featuring a Nigeria supporter clad in body paint and briefs to support his team, this Ghana fan decided to do him ...
The Offside Podcast, Episode 7
By Martha | January 24th, 2008[Sorry for the weird look this week, the podcast was coded differently due to technical problems -- it's ugly, but it'll work just fine.] In this ...
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