The host nation Ghana progress to the Africa Cup of Nations semi finals after beating their bitter west coast rivals Nigeria in a bruising encounter.
Nigeria took the lead in the first half when Everton’s Yakubu was brought down inside the penalty area and slotted home the penalty with a cool finish. But deep into [...]

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Not surprisingly Tunisia & Angola drew 0-0 yesterday. A result that sees both countries qualify and complete the line up for the Africa Cup of Nations quarter finals.
The quarter finals are to be played on Sunday and Monday, with the most mouth-watering tie being the host nation Ghana up against Nigeria. It’s the [...]

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Barcelona’s world class striker, Samuel Eto’o became the top scorer in the history of the Africa Cup of Nations as Cameroon beat Sudan 3-0 to qualify for the quarter-finals of the 2008 competition.
Two goals from Eto’o took his tally to 16 goals and breaks the Ivory Coast’s Laurent Pokou’s record of 14 goals set way [...]

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The West Coast of Africa was celebrating yesterday as Nigeria, also known as the Super Eagles, beat Benin 2-0 with goals from Chelsea’s John Obi Mikel and Everton’s Yakubu to qualify as runners up in Group B. They will play Ghana in the quarter finals on Sunday.
Chelsea’s Didier Drogba was among the goalscorers as the [...]

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Last night the host nation Ghana and Guinea were the first two teams to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations 2008 quarter finals. Ghana beat Morocco 2-0 with a much more convincing display to qualify as winners of Group A.
Goals came from Chelsea’s Michael Essien and Portsmouth’s Sulley Muntari. Ghana now look [...]

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