By Ray Curren, on January 24th, 2010
Asamoah Gyan scored in the 16th minute and Ghana held off host Angola the rest of the way, and the young Black Stars – playing without injured Michael Essien amongst others that will probably appear for them at the World Cup in June – picked up a 1-0 win in Luanda Sunday evening in the [...]
By Richard Farley, on January 18th, 2010
Host nation Angola won Group A after their nil-nil draw with Angola, Monday. (Photo: Zumapress)
In a match that played out as an indictment of the tournament’s format, Angola and Algeria secured passage into the African Cup of Nations quarterfinals with a nil-nil draw, neither team showing any ambition towards un-evening the score.
The result played [...]
By Richard Farley, on January 14th, 2010
Angola and Manucho rebounded from Sunday by beating Malawi. (Photo: Zumapress)
Second half goals from Flávio and Manucho plus better end-game management from Angola led the Black Antelopes to a 2-0 victory over Malawi, putting the Cup of Nations hosts at the top of Group A.
The first half started with Angola, like Sunday, feeding [...]
By Richard Farley, on January 10th, 2010
Flávio's two goals were not enough to hold off a memorable Mali comeback (Photo: Flickr/diogooo000)
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A 95th minute goal from Mustapha Yatabaré brought Mali back from four goals down to draw Angola in the opening match of the 2010 [...]
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