This means there are only three slots left to be filled. Morocco will host the 2025 AFCON from December 21, 2025 to January 18, 2026. The defending champions are Cote d’Ivoire, who defeated ...

The Africa Cup of Nations, it was quickly put to him, is exactly that. Forget for a moment that Salah hasn’t won AFCON with Egypt (he was a losing finalist in 2017 and 2021). The reason the ...

Ghana’s Minister of Sports and Recreation, Kofi Adams, has stressed the need for a major overhaul in the country’s sports ...

Carragher, 47, landed in himself in hot water after appearing to dismiss the notion that the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) is a major tournament. Speaking on Sky Sports after Liverpool's 2-0 ...

Well that's what happened when Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher suggested Afcon was not considered a "major tournament". So what did Carragher say? Who else has spoken out? And is Afcon ...

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, ...

Parliament has approved Shs257.155b to cater for construction and upgrade works on facilities ring-fenced for Uganda’s successful hosting of the African Cup of Nations (Afcon) in 2027.

Ex-Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has said Jamie Carragher's comments disregarding the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) as a major tournament were ignorant.

Former Manchester City defender, Micah Richards, hit back at Carragher saying, “Just to say, AFCON is a major tournament because a lot of people are at home saying ‘they aren’t taking it ...

His remarks follow the controversy sparked by former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher, who suggested that AFCON does not hold the same prestige as other global competitions like the UEFA ...