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CHAN 2024: Morocco clinch record third title with victory over Madagascar

CHAN 2024: Morocco clinch record third title with victory over Madagascar

Morocco became the outright most successful team in the history of the African Nations Championship after claiming their third title with a 3-2 win over Madagascar in the final of the 2024 edition in Nairobi on Saturday, Afrosport reports. The Atlas Lions dispatched previous champions Senegal on penalties in the semi-finals while the Barea got past Sudan with 10 men in extra time. The Malagasy were...

CHAN 2024: 10-man Madagascar reach maiden final with extra time win over Sudan

CHAN 2024: 10-man Madagascar reach maiden final with extra time win over Sudan

Madagascar reached their first-ever final at the African Nations Championship (CHAN) after their 1-0 extra-time win over Sudan with 10 men in Tuesday’s semi-final of the 2024 edition in Dar es Salaam, Afrosport reports. The Barea made it back-to-back semi-final appearances after their penalty shootout win over co-hosts Kenya in the quarter-finals. They were bronze medal winners at the 2022 CHAN tournament in Algeria and were...

CHAN 2024: Madagascar leapfrog Mauritania to finish second in Group B

CHAN 2024: Madagascar knock out co-hosts Kenya on penalties

Madagascar booked their place in the semi-finals of the 2024 African Nations Championship after defeating co-hosts Kenya 4-3 on penalties following a 1-1 draw in extra time in Friday’s quarter-final, Afrosport reports. The Barea progressed to the last eight after finishing second in Group B behind co-hosts Tanzania, while the Harambee Stars finished top of Group A ahead of two-time champions Morocco and DR Congo, as...

CHAN 2024: Madagascar leapfrog Mauritania to finish second in Group B

CHAN 2024: Madagascar leapfrog Mauritania to finish second in Group B

Madagascar leapfrogged Mauritania to finish second in Group B of the 2024 African Nations Championship following their 2-1 win over Burkina Faso in Zanzibar on Saturday, Afrosport reports. The Barea were third going in this game, three points behind the Mauritanians whom they knew they will overtake if they defeated the Burkinabe having had the edge over the Mauritanians on head to head. That is exactly...

CHAN 2024: Mauritania defeat Burkina Faso to wait on quarter-finals outcome

CHAN 2024: Mauritania defeat Burkina Faso to wait on quarter-finals outcome

Mauritania got the better of 10-man Burkina Faso with a 1-0 win in their final 2024 African Nations Championship Group B game in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday, Afrosport reports. After drawing with 10-man Madagascar in their opener and losing to co-hosts Tanzania, the Mauritanians got their first victory in the previous match against Central African Republic, winning 1-0. Against the Burkinabe, a converted penalty kick...