Catch up with the highlights from Thursday’s Afcon action as Egypt booked their place in the final after they defeated host nation Cameroon 3-1 on penalties after the game ended goalless after 120 minutes of play at the Stade Omnisport Paul Biya in Yaounde.
Mohamed Salah’s Egypt are through to the final of the Africa Cup of Nations after beating hosts Cameroon 3-1 on penalties at the end of a goalless 120 minutes in Yaounde on Thursday.
Catch up with the highlights from Saturday’s Afcon action as Cameroon defeated Gambia 2-0 in Douala, while Tunisia edged out Burkina Faso 1-0 to breach the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations.
Cameroon and Burkina Faso qualified for the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday with Karl Toko-Ekambi’s double leading the hosts to a 2-0 win over Gambia before the Stallions edged Tunisia 1-0 in the late game.
The deadly crush outside a stadium at the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon was caused by an access gate being closed for “inexplicable reasons”, according to Confederation of African Football president Dr Patrice Motsepe.
Cameroon’s progression to the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations has been overshadowed by a pre-match stampede, reportedly claiming the lives of eight people with a further 50 injured.
Hosts Cameroon set up an Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final against Gambia but only after labouring to a 2-1 win over a Comoros side who were forced to start an outfield player in goal and played most of Monday’s game with 10 men, catch up with all the highlights here.
Hosts Cameroon are through to the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations but only after labouring to a 2-1 win over a Comoros side who were forced to start an outfield player in goal and played most of the game with 10 men.
Catch up with highlights from the start of the last round of group fixtures at the Afcon, where Vincent Aboubaker scored his fifth goal of the tournament as his already qualified Cameroon side were joined by Burkina Faso in the next round.
Cameroon captain Vincent Aboubakar scored his fifth goal of the Africa Cup of Nations as his already qualified side were joined by Burkina Faso on Monday in the second round.