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Niger Collects Funds to Participate in the African Cup

Danny Phillips — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 07:13:49 +0000

Niger continues to collect donations from individual and institutional parties to participate in the African Nations Cup 2012 in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea later this month.

Funding requirements for the national team in their first African Nations Cup is €3 million. It is not easy to collect because they are in the middle of food crisis due to drought. Government of Niger has declared unable to bear all costs so that the federation under the leadership of Djibrilla Hamidou actively looks for sponsors.

A telecommunications company has agreed to the agreement by imposing a temporary tax of € 0.015 for all calls made since the tournament started until the end.

Niger joins Morocco, Tunisia, and the host Gabon in Group C which will be held in Libreville. Coach Harouna Doull and assistant coach Rolland Courbis is still working hard to collect 23 players who will play in Africa’s biggest soccer tournament.

Ivory Coast 2-3 Algeria Highlights

Danny Phillips — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:18:32 +0000

Angola 0-1 Ghana Highlights

Danny Phillips — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:51:44 +0000

Gabon 1-2 Zambia Highlights

Antonio Castano — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:03:20 +0000

Cameroon 2-2 Tunisia Highlights

Antonio Castano — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:55:20 +0000

Burkina Faso 0 – 1 Ghana Highlights

Danny Phillips — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:37:23 +0000

Mali 3 – 1 Malawi Highlights

Jennifer Laurence — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:32:37 +0000

Angola vs Algeria Highlights

Jennifer Laurence — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:08:22 +0000

15-01-2010 Ivory Coast 3-1 Ghana Highlights

Jennifer Laurence — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 04:27:39 +0000

African Nations Cup: Ivory Coast 3-1 Ghana Highlights

Gabon Stuns Cameroon – African Nations Cup

Danny Phillips — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:18:43 +0000

African Cup Football News – Cameroon took on their familiar foes Gabon in their first African Nations Cup game of the competition, and while other teams such as Ghana and Ivory Coast seem to be getting more attention as favourites, the make up of the squad makes them serious contenders for the title as well.

These two teams met in World Cup qualifying, and the side in green and red won both the home and away encounters as they secured their place in South Africa. Gabon were looking to avenge those results, and they stunned the crowd when they went ahead in the encounter with a goal from the ever-present Daniel Cousin in the 17th minute.

Cameroon was stunned by the setback, and Gabon continued to pressurize the Lions, with an upset on the cards in Angola. The star studded Cameroonians found space with quick counter attacks, but Samuel Eto’o, Pierre Webo and Emana could not find the equaliser, and the final score was 1-0 in favour of the underdogs.

The result is a great upset for the Cameroonians, who are expected to be fighting for the title in this tournament, but a great deal of credit must go to the hard working Gabon side who were not outclassed by their more illustrious opponents. Eto’o and his team-mates will look forward in an attempt to progress to the next round, while this victory will go down in history for Gabon.