Tunisia were simply too good for Madagascar. But Madagascar were once again disciplined, organised and enterprising, the undisputed sensation of their first Cup of Nations, but Tunisa deservedly advance to meet Senegal in the first of Sunday’s semi-finals. The early stages of the game were tight, with neither side so much as creating and opportunity…
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South Africa on Wednesday announced the addition of seven countries to its list of visa-free list. Of the seven, two were African nations – Ghana and Sao Tome and Principe. Three were from the Gulf region – Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. New Zealand are the sole South Pacific nation on the…
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Twitter said on Thursday that some users could not access the messaging service amid reports of an outage in some parts of the world. “We are currently investigating issues people are having accessing Twitter,” a spokesperson said in an email. “We’ll keep you updated on what’s happening.” The monitoring website DownDetector showed a series of…
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Algeria blew a 1-0 lead and a penalty in regulation time before squeezing past Ivory Coast in a shootout to make the semifinals at the African Cup of Nations on Thursday. There was drama in the shootout, too, which Algeria won 4-3 to cap a pulsating game. Wilfried Bony had his penalty saved in the…
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English striker, Daniel Sturridge has reunited with his dog, two days after the dog was allegedly stolen and the player let out an emotional appeal on social media. The 29-year-old posted a video on Instagram on Tuesday showing a broken glass door, which he said was where thieves broke in and took his dog as well as…
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10-man Benin was brushed aside by Senegal in 1-0 defeat on Wednesday at the Cairo International Stadium in Cairo, making the Senegalese team progress to the semifinals of the 2019 Total Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Everton midfielder Idrissa Gana Gueye scored the only goal of the match in the 69th minute. Senegal dominated the first…
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Tunisia were not made to pay for an injury-time own goal as they went on to beat Ghana 5-4 on penalties to reach the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals. Alain Giresse’s side were on the brink of reaching the last eight thanks to Taha Khenissi’s strike in the 73rd minute, but they were denied when Rami Bedoui headed the…
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Cote d’Ivoire moved into the last eight on Monday night following a 1-0 win over Mali in Suez. Wilfrid Zaha scored the only goal of the game 14 minutes from time. It was rather old school. Cote d’Ivoire goalkeeper Sylvain Gbohouo walloped the ball upfield, Jonathan Kodjia headed it on and Wilfred Zaha ran on…
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The United States retained the women’s World Cup on Sunday as a Megan Rapinoe penalty and a superb Rose Lavelle strike gave the holders a 2-0 victory over a battling Netherlands side in Lyon. Having been kept at bay by the brilliant Dutch goalkeeper Sari van Veenendaal throughout the first half, the USA finally went…
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Host, Brazil has clinched the 2019 Copa America trophy after defeating Peru 3-1 in a thrilling final match in Maracana on Sunday, ending a 12-year trophy drought for the samba boys. Goals from Everton, Gabriel Jesus and Richarlison, was enough to declare the host as champions of the continental tournament. Brazil took the lead in…
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