Vincent Aboubakar headed in a stoppage-time winner and was then sent off as Cameroon claimed a memorable 1-0 victory over favourites Brazil at the World Cup on Friday, but still failed to go through to the last 16.
Former Cameroon football star Samuel Eto’o has struck a deal with Spanish prosecutors to avoid going to jail for tax fraud he committed while playing for Barcelona, a court in the city announced on Monday.
Catch up with highlights and reactions from a frantic night of World Cup playoff action where Senegal, Cameroon, Ghana, Morocco and Algeria all booked their places at the finals.
Liverpool star Sadio Mane converted the winning penalty on Tuesday to take African champions Senegal to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar at the expense of Egypt, while Ghana, Tunisia and Morocco also booked their places in the finals on a frantic night of play-off action.
Liverpool star Sadio Mane converted the winning penalty, while club teammate Mohamed Salah missed his spot-kick, to take African champions Senegal to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar at the expense of Egypt.
Prolific Liverpool scorer Mohamed Salah was the architect of the only goal as Egypt edged Senegal 1-0 in Cairo on Friday in a high-profile World Cup play-off first leg.
The picture of Aliou Cisse sitting atop a bus ferrying his victorious Senegal team in the capital Dakar, surrounded by throngs of jubilant supporters, will go down in history as one of the best sporting images of all time, writes Nkareng Matshe.
Senegal star Sadio Mane was named as the Africa Cup of Nations player of the tournament after his performance in Sunday’s final while Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy won the goalkeeper of the tournament tournament and Cameroon captain Vincent Aboubakar received the Golden Boot award for finishing as the leading scorer with eight goals.
The Africa Cup of Nations which finishes this weekend in Cameroon will remain forever scarred by the crush which killed eight people at the Olembe Stadium after a month in which the tournament’s organisers struggled from one problem to another.
Catch up with highlights of Saturday’s Afcon action as Cameroon finished third after wiping out a three-goal deficit against Burkina Faso to draw 3-3, then win 5-3 on penalties.