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2023 Africa Cup Of Nations Final
The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations final was a Association football, football match played on 11 February 2024 between Ivory Coast national football team, Ivory Coast and Nigeria national football team, Nigeria. It determined the winner of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, the 34th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, biennial African tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The match was played at the Alassane Ouattara Stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Nigeria qualified for the final for the eighth time in their history, while Ivory Coast reached the final for the fifth time. Ivory Coast won the match in regulation time with a score of . With this victory, the team won its third Africa Cup of Nations title, while Nigeria took second place. Nigeria took the lead in the 38th minute with a goal from William Troost-Ekong, but Ivory Coast turned things around with goals from Franck Kessié in the 62nd minute and Sébastien Haller in the 81st minute. Simon Ading ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Africa Cup Of Nations
The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, known in short as the 2023 AFCON or CAN 2023 and for sponsor (commercial), sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, was the 34th edition of the biennial Africa Cup of Nations tournament organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). It was hosted by Ivory Coast, taking place in the country for the second time following 1984 African Cup of Nations, the 1984 edition. This edition of the tournament was initially planned to take place during the Northern Hemisphere's summer like the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, 2019 Cup, in order to reduce scheduling conflicts with European club teams and competitions. However, it was postponed by CAF to 13 January – 11 February 2024 on 3 July 2022 due to the summer weather concerns in Ivory Coast, although the competition retained the original name for sponsorship purposes. This followed 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, the previous edition in 2021 in Cameroon also being moved to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Sport
BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC, providing national sports coverage for BBC BBC Television, television, BBC Radio, radio and BBC Online, online. The BBC holds the television and radio UK broadcasting rights to several sports, broadcasting the sport live or alongside flagship analysis programmes such as ''Match of the Day'', ''Test Match Special'', ''Ski Sunday'' and ''Today at Wimbledon''. Results, analysis and coverage is also added to the #BBC Sport Online, BBC Sport website and through the BBC Red Button interactive television service. History The BBC has broadcast sport for several decades under individual programme names and coverage titles. ''Grandstand (TV programme), Grandstand'' was one of the more notable sport programmes, broadcasting sport for almost 50 years. The BBC first began to brand sport coverage as 'BBC Sport' in 1988 for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, by introducing the programme with a short animation of a globe circumnavigated by four c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guinea-Bissau National Football Team
The Guinea-Bissau national football team ( Portuguese: Seleção nacional de futebol da Guiné-Bissau) represents Guinea-Bissau in men's international association football and it is controlled by the Football Federation of Guinea-Bissau, The team has never qualified for the FIFA World Cups but qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations four times, making their debut in 2017. The team is a member of both FIFA and Confederation of African Football (CAF). History World Cup qualifying Guinea-Bissau entered their first FIFA World Cup qualification with the aim of reaching the 1998 World Cup in France. The first round of African qualification required for them to play Guinea in a two-legged match. The first leg was held at home in the Estadio 24 de Setembro in Bissau on 1 June 1996 with an attendance of 15,000. Guinea-Bissau went 2–0 up at half-time after strikes from Pereira Tavares in 11th and 36th minutes. Guinea's Titi Camara equalised with his own brace in the 53rd and 54th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Equatorial Guinea National Football Team
The Equatorial Guinea national football team (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Selección de fútbol de Guinea Ecuatorial'') represents Equatorial Guinea in men's international association football, football and is controlled by the Equatoguinean Football Federation, a member of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The team has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup, but has qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations on five occasions, the first two times as hosts (in 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, 2012 and 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, 2015). They finished in fourth place in 2015, and reached the quarter-finals in 2012 and 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, 2021. History Equatorial Guinea played its first match on 23 May 1975 against China national football team, China in a friendly, losing 6–2. They did not play another game until the 1985 UDEAC Cup in December 1985. They were drawn in a group against the hosts Congo national football team, Congo and Central African Republic national ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sporting News
''The Sporting News'' is a website and former magazine publication owned by Sporting News Holdings, which is a U.S.-based sports media company formed in December 2020 by a private investor consortium. It was originally established in 1886 as a print magazine. It became the dominant American publication covering baseball, acquiring the nickname "The Bible of Baseball". From 2002 to February 2022, it was known simply as ''Sporting News''. In December 2012, ''The Sporting News'' ended print publication and shifted to a digital-only publication. It currently has editions in the United States, Canada, Australia, and Japan. History Early history *March 17, 1886: ''The Sporting News'' (''TSN''), founded in St. Louis by Alfred H. Spink, a director of the St. Louis Browns baseball team, publishes its first edition. The weekly newspaper sells for 5 cents. Baseball, horse racing and professional wrestling received the most coverage in the first issue. Meanwhile, the sporting weeklie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goal Differential
Goal difference, goal differential or points difference is a form of tiebreaker used to rank sport teams which finish on equal points in a league competition. Either "goal difference" or "points difference" is used, depending on whether matches are scored by goals (as in ice hockey and association football) or by points (as in rugby union and basketball). Goal difference is calculated as the number of goals scored in all league matches minus the number of goals conceded, and is sometimes known simply as plus–minus. Goal difference was first introduced as a tiebreaker in association football, at the 1970 FIFA World Cup, and was adopted by the Football League in England five years later. It has since spread to many other competitions, where it is typically used as either the first or, after tying teams' head-to-head records, second tiebreaker. Goal difference is zero sum, in that a gain for one team (+1) is exactly balanced by the loss for their opponent (–1). Therefore, the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Africa Cup Of Nations Qualification Group A ...
Group A of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification tournament was one of the twelve groups that decided the teams which qualified for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations finals tournament. The group consisted of four teams: Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe (winners of the preliminary round). The teams played against each other in a home-and-away round-robin format between 9 June 2022 and 11 September 2023. Nigeria and Guinea-Bissau, the group winners and runners-up respectively, qualified for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. Standings Matches ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Goalscorers References {{2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group A Group A is a set of motorsport regulations administered by the FIA covering production derived touring cars for competition, usually in touring car racing and rallying. In contrast to the short-lived Group B and Group C, Group A vehicles wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leadership (newspaper)
''Leadership'' is a Nigerian daily national newspaper. It was established in October 2004 by Sam Nda-Isaiah, a pharmacist cum businessman and politician, and is published by Leadership Newspaper Group based in Abuja, Nigeria. On its website, the paper asserts: "We shall stand up for good governance. We shall defend the interests of the Nigerian state even against its leaders and we shall raise our pen at all times in defence of what is right. These are the values by which we intend to be assessed". Leadership is better known as Leadership News because of its new offerings which includes Podcast, Fashion MagazineLeVogue anNational Economy History On 9 January 2007 a dozen State Security Service agents stormed the ''Leadership'' offices and arrested general manager Abraham Nda-Isaiah, editor Bashir Bello Akko and journalist Abdulazeez Sanni. The cause was an article written by journalist Danladi Ndayebo that discussed the political maneuvers in the ruling People's Democratic Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Africa Cup Of Nations Knockout Stage
The knockout stage of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations was the second and final stage of the competition, following the group stage. It began on 27 January with the round of 16 and ended on 11 February 2024 with the final held at the Alassane Ouattara Stadium in Abidjan. A total of sixteen teams (the top two teams from each group, along with the four best third-placed teams) advanced to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination style tournament. All match times are local, GMT (UTC+0). Format In the knockout stage, except for the third place play-off, if a match was level at the end of 90 minutes of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of 15 minutes each). If still tied after extra time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner. In the third place play-off, if the score remained level after 90 minutes, the match would go directly to a penalty shoot-out, without any extra time being played. Qualified teams The top two place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Africa Cup Of Nations Group A
Group A of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations took place from 13 to 22 January 2024. The group consisted of hosts Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau, Nigeria, and Equatorial Guinea. Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria as the top two teams, along with Ivory Coast as one of the four best third-placed teams, advanced to the round of 16. Teams Notes Standings Matches ''All times are local, GMT (UTC±0).'' Ivory Coast vs Guinea-Bissau The two teams had met once before, a 4–1 victory for Ivory Coast in the 2001 WAFU Nations Cup qualifying round. However, this match is not considered an “A” match by FIFA as the WAFU Nations Cup was a tournament in which national teams participated only with players from their local league. Therefore, this was the first international “A” match between the two teams. Ivorian forwards Sébastien Haller and Simon Adingra were unavailable for this match due to injuries. Ivory Coast got off to a dream start with a Seko Fofana goal from outside the box in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Africa Cup Of Nations
The 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (abbreviated as AFCON 2019 or CAN 2019), known as the Total SE, Total 2019 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 32nd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's association football, football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament was hosted by Egypt. The competition was held from 21 June to 19 July 2019, as per the decision of the CAF Executive Committee on 20 July 2017 to move the Africa Cup of Nations from January/February to June/July for the first time. It was also the first Africa Cup of Nations expanded from 16 to 24 teams. The tournament was initially scheduled to be hosted by Cameroon. Cameroon would have hosted the competition for the first time since 1972 African Cup of Nations, 1972. They were also the title holders after winning the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, previous edition. On 30 November 2018, Cameroon was stripped of hosting the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Africa Cup Of Nations
The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (also referred to as AFCON 2021 or CAN 2021), known as the TotalEnergies 2021 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 33rd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international men's association football, football championship of Africa organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The tournament was hosted by Cameroon, and took place from 9 January to 6 February 2022. The tournament was originally scheduled to be played in June and July 2021. However, the CAF announced on 15 January 2020 that due to unfavourable climatic conditions during that period, the tournament had been rescheduled to be played between 9 January and 6 February 2021. On 30 June 2020, the CAF moved the tournament's dates for the second time to January 2022 following the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa, COVID-19 pandemic across the continent, whilst retaining the name 2021 Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship purposes. Matches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
