Africa Cup of Nations: Five shocks

Equatorial Guinea hammering Ivory Coast 4-0 in a 2024 first round match is widely regarded as the greatest Africa Cup of Nations shock. Here we pick out some of the biggest upsets in the history of the competition:

Africa Cup of Nations: Hosts’ opening match results

Hosts Morocco play Comoros in the opening match of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday. Here is how other hosts fared in their first game.

Broos hopes to join Renard as AFCON winner with two nations

South Africa tactician Hugo Broos stands out among the 24 coaches at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco – he is the only one to have won the competition.

Amorim: United can fight for league title in next few years

Ruben Amorim believes Manchester United can win the Premier League far sooner than the 10 or 11 years that Alex Ferguson fears it could take.

Ivory Coast star Haller ruled out of Afcon

A hamstring injury sustained in a Dutch league match means Ivory Coast striker Sebastien Haller misses out on the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, which kicks off in Morocco on Sunday.

Guardiola ‘excited’ by Man City future, not pondering exit

Pep Guardiola said Friday that his departure from Manchester City is “not on the table” at the moment as he focuses on trying to wrest back the Premier League title.

Arsenal in the ‘right place’ as Arteta marks six years at club

Mikel Arteta believes his transformation of Arsenal has put the Gunners in a position to win major trophies as he celebrates six years as manager.

Liverpool have ‘moved on’ from Salah furore, says upbeat Slot

Arne Slot said Liverpool have “moved on” from the furore caused by Mohamed Salah’s explosive outburst at being dropped and are showing signs of growing into the side he wants to see.

Arsenal battle to stay top of Christmas charts

Could fast-charging Manchester City top the Premier League at Christmas or will Arsenal cling on to the festive number one spot?

Five African stars who never got to lift Afcon trophy

AFCON kicks off on Sunday with the opening match between host nation Morocco and Comoros. Here we look at five African stars who have failed to lift the Africa Cup of Nations trophy.