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Algeria have suffered another injury blow ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations finals with goalkeeper Mohamed Lamine Zemmamouche ruled out after getting hurt in training. The keeper became the third player named in the original 23-man squad selected last month to be forced to withdraw from the tournament in Equatorial Guinea, which starts on Saturday. Zemmamouche suffered an injury ...

Zambia’s late departure for the 2015 Africa Cup has left coach Honour Janza fuming. The 2012 African champions have suffered a 72 hour arrival delay for the tournament due to poor planning in their travel plans. Zambia were scheduled to land in Equatorial Guinea on January 14 but will only arrive on the eve of the Africa Cup kick off ...

The Zambia Army has officially unveiled Wedson Nyirenda as coach of Green Buffaloes Football Club (GBFC). Nyirenda has signed a one year renewable contract. At a signing ceremony at Arakan barracks today, Army Commander Lieutenant General Paul Mihova has tasked the new coach to redeem GBFC’s lost glory of the 1980s when the club was a household name in the ...

Young midfielder Lubambo Musonda will wear the number eleven jersey at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. The jersey was previously won by current Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) president Kalusha Bwalya and 2012 Africa Cup of Nations winning captain Christopher Katongo. Ronald Kampamba will wear jersey number nine while Mukuka Mulenga has taken jersey number ten. Here below is ...

With Fakhreddine Ben Youssef and Saber Khalifa forced to pull out through injury, Edam Rjaibi and Ahmed Akaichi have been handed late call-ups Champions 11 years ago, Tunisia’s Africa Cup of Nations 2015 preparations have been hit by a last-minute striker shortage. Edam Rjaibi and Ahmed Akaichi have been called up as replacements for the injured Fakhreddine Ben Youssef and ...

Equatorial Guinea president Teodoro Obiang Nguema has paid for 40,000 tickets for fans to attend the Africa Cup of Nations in his country. The nation replaced Morocco as hosts only in December and there are concerns the games will be very poorly-attended. “We must give solemnity to this event, we have to buy tickets to fill stadiums,” said Nguema. “Let ...

Zambia’s advance party to the 2015 Africa Cup has today(Wednesday) left. Football Association of Zambia vice president Boniface Mwamelo is leading the advance party and they are expected to be in Ebebiyin at least 24 hours before the team arrives at its’ Group B base. “We are flying out Wednesday afternoon from Lusaka and should be in Malabo Thursday afternoon,” ...

Zambia coach Honour Janza has decided against dropping injured striker Patrick Ngoma. The Red Arrows and Zambia Under-20 striker has struggled with a bruised bone throughout the Chipolopolo pre-2015 Africa Cup training over the last three weeks in Johannesburg. Zambia’s medical team has given Ngoma the all clear prior to the team’s departure for Equatorial Guinea on Thursday. “The status ...

The 30th edition of Africa Cup of Nations kicks off on Saturday in Equatorial Guinea, who are hosting the tournament at short notice after Morocco’s withdrawal. Several nations can be considered among the favourites including top-ranked team Algeria. Algeria, Ivory Coast and Ghana are regarded as the favourites to win an unpredictable African Cup of Nations tournament which begins on ...

With less than a week to the Africa Cup of Nations kicking off on Saturday January 17, supporters of Ivory Coast are still unsure whether they would obtain visas to the host country Equatorial Guinea. The central African country has no embassy in Ivory Coast, meaning prospective applicants must travel to either Ghana or Benin Republic to submit their forms. ...