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AFCON 2023: Nine-man Ivory Coast defeat 10-man Mail in extra time to reach semis

AFCON 2023: Williams’ penalty heroics earns South Africa semi-final meeting with Super Eagles

Ronwen Williams was at his incredible best as he saved four penalties during the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals shootout against Cape Verde, handing South Africa a 2-1 victory after a goalless 120 minutes in Yamoussoukro. Bafana Bafana produced one of the biggest upsets of the tournaments by dispatching favorites Morocco in the previous round while the Blue Sharks edged past Mauritania. Not much was...

AFCON 2023: Troost-Ekong earns Nigeria vital win over hosts Ivory Coast

AFCON 2023: How Nigeria emerged favourites for title in Ivory Coast

The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations has proved to be a tournament of upsets with reigning champions Senegal and heavyweights failing to make it into the quarter-final. All the eight teams who made it to the quarter-final at 2021 AFCON in Cameroon failed to progress to the same stage in Ivory Coast as there is a new set of entry. Nigeria, Mali, Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea, ...