African Cup of Nations

A look at the 2012 African Cup of Nations, which will take place in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. Ivory Coast, Ghana and Senegal are amongst the favourites.

Jan 212012
 
African Cup of Nations 2012 on TV

ITV and Eurosport are the main TV channels covering the African Nations in the UK, with ITV covering a measly 4 games for Freeview viewers. They will be showing the group B game between Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso, then thay have the rights to show one quarter final, one semi-final, and the final. ITV4 will also be showing highlights each night where there have been games at around 21:30 – 22:00. Sky or cable viewers with access to Eurosport will have access to most of the games via this channel, as their one commentator works hard to cover the snooker, tennis, and no doubt some winter sports, all at the same time. Bookmark on Read more..

Jan 182012
 
African Cup of Nations 2012 - Team and Player Preview

No one knows if it’s called the Cup of African Nations, The African Nations Cup, or the African Cup of Nations.  It’s more like a party than a football tournament.  The kits are really good too, and there is even some writing about them at the bottom of this article. Group A Co-hosts Equatorial Guinea will hope to collect points from games against Libya and Zambia in order to continue a tradition of host success in the tournament.  More often than not the hosts get at least as far as the semi-finals, and teams on home soil have won the tournament on 11 occasions.  However, we are led to believe that these stats can get Read more..