AFCON 2015 Championship

A Whale On The Beach

When you stink, you don’t fart. That is a lesson well known to the humble in spirit. So, they learn from the wise and become wise. Yet, the proud and the arrogant know no such wisdom. Some of them may be accomplished, yet not polished. So, they trade in knowledge for ignorance, grace for rage,

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Don’t expect much from Black Stars – Grant

Ghana Black Stars coach, Avram Grant, has called on Ghanaians to restrain their expectations ahead of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. According to Grant Ghanaians should not expect much from the team because he is building for the future. "It is not that we don't want to win. We want to win more than

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Nigerian strikers in red-hot form

Ahmed Musa and Ikechukwu Uche both netted braces to help their respective clubs, CSKA Moscow and Villarreal, record important wins in Russia and Spain. Musa’s rich vein of form for club and country will certainly put smiles on the faces of the CSKA Moscow faithful and coach, Leonid Slutsky, especially with a potentially difficult Uefa

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Shaibu Amodu jumps to Keshi’s defence

Nigeria caretaker head coach Shaibu Amodu believes that Stephen Keshi should have been allowed to take charge of the remaining Afcon matches. Amodu explained to journalists in Abuja on Tuesday that he is of the view that Keshi could have qualified Nigeria for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations if he had been given the

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Shut up, Platini! – CAF warns over Afcon 2015 comments

The Confederation of African Football has warned the UEFA president, Michel Platini, to stay away of its affairs. In a televised broadcast on the evening of Sunday, 19 October 2014, the President of the Union of European Football Association (UEFA), Michel Platini, found it necessary to question maintaining the scheduled date of the Orange Africa

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GHANA TO SUB MOROCCO FOR AFCON 2015?

The Confederation of African Football has approached Ghana and South Africa about hosting the 2015 Nations Cup. Last week, scheduled hosts Morocco asked Caf to postpone the January tournament because of fears over Ebola. "Caf wrote to us and indicated that Morocco had given strong indications they would pull out if Caf did not change

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