Articles tagged with "african-cup-of-nations"
Is it time to take Manchester City seriously yet?
By Rob | September 12th, 2009Big result in the Premier League today as Manchester City beat Arsenal 4-2. This not only provides them with their first ...
Daily Dose: July 9th, 2009.
By chris | July 9th, 2009Stuff to read while you watch a not-quite-svelte Ronaldo score a hat trick..... A team worth shouting about: Athletic Bilbao. (SoccerLens) The ten most shocking transfers - ...
Drogba-to-Marseille prospect returns in cyclical fashion
By Daniel Phan | June 22nd, 2009It's intriguing, or rather not – to hear of speculation surrounding the 'imminent' return of Didier Drogba to the Vélodrome. You may ask “Why the pessimism? ...
Mamadou Samassa Called Up With Mali...
By Magnusson | May 21st, 2009For the first time in his career, Mamadou Samassa (23, 19 matches in Ligue 1, 2 goals) has been called up with the Mali National ...
Taye Taïwo, African left-back of the year...
By Magnusson | February 9th, 2009The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced its 2008 African Team of the Year. Our left-back, Taye Taiwo, has the great honor to be a ...
My Favorite Things of 2008, Part III
By Laurie | December 31st, 2008Chris and Daryl started this one out (although Daryl's was technically his "favourite" things, which I believe is entirely different.) Now it's my turn, ...
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 ...
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