Category: Sports

AFCON 2023: Teams to watch out in the knockout stage

The knockout stage of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations will feature 16 teams, six of which finished as group leaders, six as runners-up, and four as third-placed finishers

Given the tournament’s upsets in the group stages, predicting the teams to watc…

AFCON: Cote d’Ivoire fires Gasset appoints interim

By Biwah Bryan

The head coach of the Ivorian National team, Jean-Louis Gasset has been relieved of his position as coach by the Ivorian football fédération midway through the Africa Cup of Nations.

The head coach was fired alongside his assistant Gh…

Algeria’s prominence dwindling since AFCON 2019

By Muluh Alfred

Algeria’s exit from the AFCON 2023 in Côte d’Ivoire has added to a string of mediocre performances recorded since the nation’s victory in 2019.

Their recent downfall is marked by the early elimination from the 2023 AFCON, resulting f…

NBA: Joel Embiid sets record with 70-point game

By Biwah Bryan

Cameroonian basketballer Joel Embiid has made history, scoring 70 points in a single game for the Philadelphia 76ers against San Antonio Spurs in the NBA.

The reigning Most Valuable Player finished with 70 points to become the ninth p…

AFCON 2023: Cameroon vs Gambia match preview, stakes

By Biwah Bryan

This will be just the second AFCON meeting between Gambia and Cameroon after facing off in the quarter-finals two years ago where Cameroon won 2-0

The said match will be Cameroon’s last chance to rescue their AFCON 2023 campaign, and …