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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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Group C
Sudan 0 – Zambia 3
Sudan had waited 32 years to compete in the Africa Cup of Nations finals but their dream soon turned to a nightmare as Zambia scored the fastest goal of the tournament. James Chamanga scored in the second minute. They went on to beat Sudan by 3-0 with goals by [...]

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Mali may have put in an unconvincing performance in beating Benin yesterday evening but they are now joint leaders of Group B with Ivory Coast, leaving one of the pre-tournament favourites Nigeria in third place.
Each team in the Africa Cup of Nations appears to have at least one big star player and Mali is no [...]

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The opening game of Group B in the Africa Cup of Nations was a very anticipated encounter between two of the Africa Nations Cup giants – Ivory Coast and Nigeria. Along with the host nation, Ghana, these were the pre-tournament favourites.
Gone are the days when African players were almost unheard of. These [...]

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The 26th Africa Cup of Nations began today in the west African state of Ghana as they beat Guinea 2 -1 in the opening game.
A splendidly colourful affair with both sets of fans awash with their red, green and yellow. Guinea played in the colours of their flag while Ghana played in all white.
The game [...]

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