African Cup of Nations
The Offside Euro 2008 Champion: Charles Snyder
By: Dave Martinez |
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Over three weeks of tournament action and only one country stood tall: Sweden. Ibrahimovich proved to be unstoppable in the virtual world, earning glory for his country where the real world left a bit to be desired. Standing in the finals against a tough Croatian squad, they dispatched their opponents 2-1 for [...]
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Tags: Africa, African Cup of Nations, Asia, Australia, Bundesliga, BWIN Liga, Champions League, Club World Cup, CONCACAF, Daily Dose, Dutch Eredivisie, England, English Premier League, Europe, French Ligue 1, Leagues, Mexico, MLS, Name to Remember, North America, Oceania, Photo of the Day, Podcasts, Polls, Romania, Scottish Premier League, Serie A, South America, Spain La Liga, Tournaments, UEFA Cup, United States, Weekend Watch, World FootballGoogle Wants Everyone to Know…
By: Laurie | 4 Comments
Google would like you to know that, contrary to rumor, they do not censor images for political content. Even explosive little hot potatoes like this one of Egyptian player Mohamed Aboutreika at the African Cup of Nations.
From the blog from a Google software engineer.
Every now and then a story surfaces that Google [...]
Photo of the Day: Ominous
By: chris | 1 Comment
This photo was taken the day before Cameroon faced Egypt in the ACN final. The dark clouds in the background didn’t just forecast the weather, but also the game ahead. Cameroon lost 1-0. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Africa Cup of Nations Final at World Cup Blog
By: Daryl | 1 Comment
After three weeks of brilliant attacking football, long range goals, Samuel Eto’o breaking records and Nigeria not being very good, it’s the Africa Cup of Nations Final today. It’s the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon versus the Pharaohs of Egypt in what should be an excellent game of football. Cameroon knocked out host Ghana in the [...]
Category: African Cup of NationsPhoto of the Day: Pure Joy
By: Laurie | No Comments
This is Cameroon’s Samuel Eto’o after the Indomitable Lions’ surprise 1-0 win over Ghana. The expression on his face says it all.
(Photo: ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP/Getty Images)
Category: African Cup of NationsHere’s Why Andre Bikey Will Miss the Africa Cup of Nations Final Tomorrow
By: Daryl | 2 Comments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3ptEXSTB_4
Cameroon beat Ghana 1-0 on Thursday and will play Egypt in the Africa Cup of Nations final on Sunday, but defender Andre Bikey will not be joining them. The Reading man is suspended after being sent off for this moment of insanity in the final few minutes of Cameroon’s semi-final win. Apparently Bikey felt the [...]
Category: African Cup of NationsWeekend Watch: The Scent of Victory
By: Laurie | No Comments
Just a few of this weekend’s interesting matches:
Saturday
Ghana vs. Cote d’Ivoire. African Cup of Nations 3rd place playoff. A lot of people thought these two strong, star-heavy teams would meet in the final. Instead they were both knocked off in the semis, leading to what should be a much more [...]
Africa Cup of Nations Quarterfinals at World Cup Blog
By: Daryl | No Comments
The Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinals got off to a cracking start yesterday, when the Ghana vs Nigeria showdown actually lived up to the hype. It was a brilliant mix of mutual respect, hard tackling and cramp. Lots and lots of cramp as both sets of players ran themselves silly. Despite having captain John Mensah [...]
Category: African Cup of NationsAfrica Cup of Nations Quarterfinals at World Cup Blog
By: Daryl | No Comments
The Africa Cup of Nations group stages are well and truly behind us, and the real business of knockout tournament football starts today. And what a start. It’s Ghana vs Nigeria in the first game, arguably the fiercest, and best, rivalry in African football. Nigeria want revenge for the 4-1 friendly defeat in 2007, Ghana [...]
Category: African Cup of NationsBouna Time! Senegal’s Top Keeper Parties, so Colorado’s Coundoul Plays the Cup
By: Laurie | 3 Comments
French teams had 58 players in the African Cup of Nations. The English leagues had 42. (Although from their whining, you would have thought it was 4200.)
MLS, though? One player. Bouna Coundoul of the Colorado Rapids and Senegal.
Senegal was expected to do well in this tournament, and Bouna was [...]
Tags: Africa, African Cup of Nations, Bouna Coundoul, Colorado Rapids, MLS, Senegal, Tony Sylva, World FootballPhoto of the Day: A Piece of the Puzzle
By: Martha | 2 Comments
This is a tiny screencap from an amazing, huge photo of Ghana fans, in color-coordinated support of their team this week. (The whole thing — still only a small segment of the whole body of fans — is here, click to enlarge.)
The Offside Blogging Team can also be found at these Offside blogs:
Roma [...]
The Africa Cup of Nations Situation - Group D
By: Daryl | 1 Comment
Group C was nice and straightforward yesterday: Egypt won and Cameroon won, so Egypt and Cameroon went through. Group D could also be nice and simple today. If Angola and Tunisia play out a draw then they both go to the quarterfinals and that’s that. However, if that game produces a winner (and more importantly [...]
Category: African Cup of NationsThe Offside Podcast, Episode 8
By: Martha | No Comments
Now that it’s reached the ripe old age of eight episodes, the Offside Podcast has earned its very own official subdomain, which is where all subsequent episodes will be posted.
Head over there to hear this week’s episode, as introduced by your genial host Ian Rose:
On this week’s show, Daryl Grove talks about the latest [...]
The Africa Cup of Nations Situation - Group C
By: Daryl | No Comments
Africa Cup of Nations Groups A and B are now in the books, and so the alphabet dictates that today is Group C. All four teams - Cameroon, Egypt, Sudan and Zambia all still have a shot at making the quarter-finals, though Sudan are taking that shot from very very far away. And they’re wearing [...]
Category: African Cup of NationsDaily Dose 1.29.08
By: Martha | 1 Comment
Things to read after the Blue Man Group shove a camera down your throat (allegedly):
Mourinho to Valencia? (The Sun)
Free Taylor Twellman! (Who Ate All the Cupcakes)
Analyzing the CONCACAF Champions League reactions. (Pitch Invasion)
Tom Hanks, Villain. (The Offside Rules)
On being Junior Agogo. (Guardian Unlimited)
Despite not playing competitively since England’s last match, David Beckham is totally [...]
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