2013 Cup of Nations Preview: Niger
It used to be that Niger seldom made the news unless the geographically-challenged confused it for Nigeria, but their blossoming into Africa football’s elite is garnering [...]
Afcon 2013 Previews
2013 Cup of Nations Preview: South Africa
Following the ignominy of becoming the first hosts to exit in the group stages of the World Cup, the Bafana Bafana famously failed to qualify for the 2012 Cup of Nations [...]
2013 Cup of Nations Preview: Burkina Faso
It’s convenient Burkina Faso are nicknamed ‘The Stallions’, as they are Africa’s perennial dark horses. It’s quite the enigmatic title to carry, as pundits [...]
2013 Cup of Nations Preview: Ivory Coast
“I have always tried to live in an ivory tower, but a tide of shit is beating its walls, threatening to undermine it,” wrote French writer Gustave Flaubert in one his [...]
2013 Cup of Nations Preview: Ghana
It’s 31 years since Ghana last won the Cup of Nations. The good news is that this Ghana team has the quality to render history to obsolescence, certainly more so than last [...]
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