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South Africa, a team with a mixed track record in recent tournaments, enters AFCON with hopes of redemption. They have experienced the heartbreak of failing to qualify in two out of their last three appearances, but this time around, they are determined to make their mark. Group E features several experienced campaigners who know what ...

Real Madrid avenged last season’s loss to Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup in style as they served them with a pound of their flesh in this year’s final winning it in emphatic style with Vinicius Junior’s hat-trick headling a 4-1 win. Having bagged their first silverware of the season, Los Blancos will be hungry ...

Morocco will look to seize full control of Group F when they face off with DR Congo in the 2nd round of group games on Sunday. The Atlas Lions have been in remarkable form coming into this tournament with 4 wins in their last 5 matches and are the bookmakers’ favorites to top this group. ...

The North African side Tunisia will return to their AFCON 2nd group game action this Saturday when they face Mali. With their first opening encounter against Namibia, Tunisia has shown over the years they are capable of competing for this year’s Trophy. Starting a tournament with good results always motivates, and the Tunisian team has ...

Things are not well with FC Koln as it continues to be grounded in the danger zone with another winless game in the Bundesliga when they hosted Heidenheim. Koln has lost 10 matches and they are second from the bottom of the Bundesliga table. They have a very tough fixture this weekend against Dortmund ...

Algeria has gradually returned to its usual form with a series of winning streaks collected from all competitions. They are in a big campaign to rewrite their undisputed record, especially after their misery in Cameroon during the Africa Cup of Nations 2021 edition. The two-time Champions of AFCON were unable to effectively defend their title ...

The AFCON drama continues as Africa’s heavyweights Senegal and Cameroon collide in the second round of the Group C. After winning the tournament for the first time in 2021, Senegal begin their title defence journey in what could be referred to as a group of death. The Group contains some of Africa’s finest, their opponents, ...

Novak Djokovic is reportedly playing the Australian Open with an illness, and this may have contributed to his labored victories in the opening 2 rounds of the tournament. The top-ranked Serb needed four sets to overcome Dino Prizmic and Alexei Popyrin in previous rounds, accumulating over 7 hours on the court already. Nevertheless, Nole’s illness ...

Big-hitting Italian Jannik Sinner has eased through the tournament thus far, winning his opening two matches without dropping a single set. He is the third behind Djokovic and Alcaraz as favorites to win the tournament so he is understandably the overwhelming favorite to sail through from this tie. A four-time winner on the ATP Tour, ...

There is yet another Madrid derby this next week Monday when Atletico Madrid hosts Real Madrid at the Wander Metropolitano in the Copa Del Rey after a very interesting encounter in the Super Cup semi-finals in Saudi Arabia that saw Los Blanco’s win g by 5 Goals to 3. While this presents an opportunity for ...

Egyptians had a soft warm-up with Tanzania before the kick-off of the AFCON 2023 and Mo Salah was able to deliver with an assist and a goal from the penalty kick. Egypt has registered a very consistent form recently with a series of undefeated consecutive 5 matches. They will be looking for more in this ...

The Copa del ray has advanced to the round of 16, interestingly, Unionistas have to battle it out against Barcelona on Thursday. Unionistas stunned Villarreal 1-1 after 90 minutes and the winner was decided on penalties, as the Mininows matched on to the next round. Barcelona enjoyed a comfortable 3-2 win over Barbastro, Lopez, Raphina ...

Italian Lorenzo Sonego fought back from a set down to defeat Briton Daniel Evans in the first round to set up this early meeting with Alcaraz at the Rod Laver Arena on Thursday. He has his work cut out but he will be feeling confident having actually gotten the better of his more illustrious opponent ...

World number 6 Alexander Zverev, touted as one of the favorites to win this competition, had to work harder than expected to overcome Dominik Koepfer 3-1 in the first round of the Australian Open 2024. The German started poorly and lost the 1st set before fighting back hard to win the next three sets. Zvererv ...

Mali get their AFCON 2024 campaign underway with a tough opener against South Africa on Tuesday at the Amadou Gon Coulibaly Stadium in Korhogo. The Eagles of Mali, appearing for the 10th time in this tournament have been in fine form coming into it, losing just once in their last 10 matches across all competitions, ...