AFCON 2017 Power Rankings – pre-tournament
The power rankings are done in order of anticipated likelihood to win the tournament and qualify for the knockout round, taking into consideration both long-term results [...]
AFCON2017 Previews
Mali AFCON 2017 team guide: tactics, key players and predictions
Mali’s exit at AFCON 2015, which was decided by the drawing of lots, was seen as the karmic payback for the bone-chilling football they have subjected viewers to since the [...]
Egypt AFCON 2017 team guide: tactics, key players and predictions
By Salim Masoud Said Egypt are back. Few could have projected back in 2010 that the efflorescence of Egyptian football, an unprecedented hat-trick of AFCON glory, would be [...]
Ghana AFCON 2017 team guide: tactics, key players and predictions
By Theo Sakyi Ghana haven’t won in five matches against winnable opposition, which has put pressure on their head coach Avram Grant. There have been rumours of the Ghana [...]
Uganda AFCON 2017 team guide: tactics, key players and predictions
By Salim Masoud Said For so long they have been Africa’s nearly-men, but Uganda’s dream is, at last, fulfilled. The bi-annual episodes of the door being slammed in [...]
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