Articles tagged with "african-cup-of-nations"
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 ...
Africa Cup of Nations at World Cup Blog
By Daryl | January 24th, 2008All 16 Africa Cup of Nations teams have now played once each, so the cycle starts again and we return to Group A. Hosts Ghana ...
How Elrio van Heerden Saved South Africa
By Daryl | January 24th, 2008Every morning we try and bring you the best goal from yesterday's Africa Cup of Nations action. Yesterday it was tough to choose. Both Tunisia's ...
Photo of the Day: It Takes All Kinds
By Martha | January 23rd, 2008Some people cheer wildly, some wave flags, and others put on tighty-whities and paint themselves to support their team. Things didn't go very well for ...
Africa Cup of Nations at World Cup Blog
By Daryl | January 23rd, 2008It's day four of the Africa Cup of Nations today, Group D is about to swing into action. There's the battle of the big boys ...
No, The Other Zidan
By Daryl | January 23rd, 2008The big story at the Africa Cup of Nations yesterday was a man of North African descent named Zidan. Not the one you might be ...
Africa Cup of Nations at World Cup Blog
By Daryl | January 22nd, 2008After Cote d'Ivoire downed Nigeria in Group B yesterday, the Africa Cup of Nations enters its third day with two more big boys going at ...
Salomon Kalou Shows Us What He Can Do
By Daryl | January 22nd, 2008The Chelsea man blows hot and cold in the Premier League, but at the Africa Cup of Nations yesterday Salomon Kalou embarked on this slalomesque ...
Weekend Recap: The Giant Killers
By Laurie | January 21st, 2008Saturday's Games US 2 - 0 Sweden. US Soccer is still trying to convince FIFA that this is, in fact, the USMNT's 500th ...
Africa Cup of Nations at World Cup Blog
By Daryl | January 21st, 2008If you're following the Africa Cup of Nations (and if not, why not?) you may be interested in our game coverage over at World Cup ...
Sulley Muntari's Left Foot is Better Than Yours
By Daryl | January 21st, 2008Ghana came very close to disappointing the 40,000 home crowd at Accra yesterday in their opening 2008 Africa Cup of Nations opening game against Guinea. ...
Daily Dose 1.20.2008
By Martha | January 20th, 2008Things to read as you wonder if you're safe from your laptop. Remembering Garrincha. (Run of Play) Ian Wright is not down with foreign keepers playing for ...
Daily Dose 1.19.2008
By Martha | January 19th, 2008Things to read as you drink your presidential milkshake: "Let's have Harry Redknapp as a cockney Moses and Martin O'Neill as an Ulster Herod." (Guardian Unlimited) High ...
Weekend Watch: Give it some Thought
By Laurie | January 18th, 2008Some games you may want to consider for this weekend: Saturday US vs. Sweden. It's the US Men's National Team's 500th game. And they have ...
Get Ready for African Cup of Nations Kick-Off
By Daryl | January 18th, 2008The African Cup of Nations (or Africa Cup of Nations, if you want to go with the rebranded moniker) kicks off this weekend, with hosts ...
Photo of the Day: the African Cup of Nations
By Laurie | January 18th, 2008We're counting down the minutes till the African Cup of Nations. The tournament itself starts on Sunday, but why wait till then? ...
The Offside Podcast, Episode 6
By Martha | January 16th, 2008The podcast is back, the podcast is back! Returning to us after a long, holiday break are podcast regulars Ian Rose and Anne Ramzy, as ...
Sunderland 2-0 Pompey... A Sign of Things to Come?
By b-man | January 13th, 2008In a very lacklustre display, Pompey slumped to a 2-0 defeat at the hands to Sunderland, or more precisely, Kieran Richardson who got two good ...
The Offside Fantasy League: Ghana... Ghana... Gone!
By Daryl | January 11th, 2008The African Cup of Nations is coming (you may have heard Harry Redknapp mention it once or twice) and Premier League managers are bidding temporary ...
Taye Taïwo and the other Afircans are gone...
By Magnusson | January 10th, 2008So Taye Taïwo and a some of his teammates left for their respective selections and are now preparig the Afrcan Cup of Nations that will ...
If It's Club vs Country, Then What's the Score?
By Daryl | January 9th, 2008We keep hearing about Club vs Country and the African Cup of Nations, but is anyone keeping track of the score? Just me, as it ...
Daily Dose: 1.4.2008
By Martha | January 4th, 2008Things to read after you get your girlfriend's name tattooed on your boobs but forget to tell your husband: John Harkes has left RBNY. Thank ...
FA Cup Preview: Ipswich vs Portsmouth (Predict-a-score!!!)
By b-man | January 4th, 2008The African contingent set to play their final game before heading off to Ghana. Considering Ipswich's home record and Pompey's good away record I think ...
Bobo is the SPL's only loss to ACN
By Ian Rose | January 4th, 2008The African Cup of Nations is finally almost here, and teams in the English Premiership and elsewhere (especially Portsmouth) are bracing for the loss of ...
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