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AFCON 2023: How DR Congo players are using football to highlight ongoing violence in country

AFCON 2023: How DR Congo players are using football to highlight ongoing violence in country

Ahead of their semi-final match at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, Democratic Republic of Congo players have called for more attention on their home country amid the ongoing violence in the eastern part of the country. DR Congo will face host country Ivory Coast in Abidjan on Wednesday for a place in the final of Africa's foremost football competition but the country has been in...

AFCON 2023: DR Congo overcome Guinea to book semi-final spot

AFCON 2023: DR Congo overcome Guinea to book semi-final spot

DR Congo overcame Guinea 3-1 in Friday night's 2023 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final at the Stade Alassane Ouattara to move into the last four. The Leopards knocked out record AFCON champions Egypt in the previous round while the National Elephants knocked out the impressive Equatorial Guinea. Goalscoring has not been a problem for either side in the Ivory Coast and it was the Guineans that...

AFCON 2023: Brentford’s Wissa & Galatasaray’s Bakambu lead DR Congo’s final squad

AFCON 2023: Brentford’s Wissa & Galatasaray’s Bakambu lead DR Congo’s final squad

Brentford forward Yoane Wissa, Olympique Marseille defender Chancel Mbemba, and Galatasaray forward Cedric Bakambu headline the 24-man squad list announced by Democratic Republic of Congo boss Sébastien Desabre on Thursday for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivoire. 47-year-old Desabre, who was named as head coach of DR Congo in 2022, will lead the Leopards to their 20th AFCON tournament when the competition kicks...

Europa League: Ivorian winger Adingra scores in Brighton win; Mbemba and Sarr on target for Marseille

Europa League: Ivorian winger Adingra scores in Brighton win; Mbemba and Sarr on target for Marseille

Ivory Coast winger Simon Adingra was on target for Brighton and Hove Albion as the Premier League side defeated Ajax 2-0 at the Johan Cruyff Arena in the Netherlands. The 21-year-old rifled the ball into the top corner of the net off a pass from Ansu Fati in the 53rd minute to double the Seagulls lead and ensure they secured their second win in the competition....

Moffi to battle Hakimi, nine others for Marc-Vivien Foe award

Moffi to battle Hakimi, nine others for Marc-Vivien Foe award

Super Eagles forward Terem Moffi has been nominated for the Ligue 1 best African player of the season award. The 23-year-old, who is currently on loan at OGC Nice from Lorient, has been in impressive form this season with 16 goals and two assists from 27 appearances. He has been nominated along with ten other African stars, including Moroccan defender Achraf Hakimi and Democratic Republic of...