Egypt head coach Hossam Hassan believes Mohamed Salah’s time to lift the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) has arrived, as the ...

Veteran striker Kei Kamara has been retained in the Sierra Leone national team as new head coach Mohamed Kallon named his ...

However, their defence came to an end in the worst possible way, exiting the 2021 AFCON at the group stage with just one point from their three games. Riyad Mahrez and co. know they cannot have a ...

Egypt coach Hossam Hassan believes that Mohamed Salah’s moment to win the Africa Cup of Nations has arrived. He hopes The ...

Morocco's under-20 national team will ramp up preparations for the U20 Africa Cup of Nations with three friendly matches ...

Carragher, 47, landed in himself in hot water after appearing to dismiss the notion that the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) is a major ... doing so in 2017 and 2021. Now, a former tournament ...

In 2021, former Arsenal and England player Ian Wright said some media coverage of Afcon was "tinged with racism", asking "Is there ever a tournament more disrespected than the Africa Cup of Nations?" ...

Though Salah himself has never lifted the African continental title, he has twice finished second, doing so in 2017 and 2021 ... Just to say, AFCON is a major tournament because a lot of ...

The first edition of the EUROs, known as the European Nations’ Cup at the time, was held in 1960 and was won by the U.S.S.R. AFCON is actually older than the EUROs, dating back to 1957 in Sudan which, ...

AFCON is an unpredictable and difficult competition ... which is why Cameroon and Ivory Coast, the 2021 and 2023 hosts respectively, reverted back to the original time of year.

Carragher had suggested that Salah’s inability to win “major tournaments” could hinder his chances of claiming the award, despite the Egyptian star finishing as AFCON runner-up in 2017 and 2021.

Forget for a moment that Salah hasn’t won AFCON with Egypt (he was a losing finalist in 2017 and 2021). The reason the exchange caught fire was because of Carragher’s reaction — pulling a fa ...