African Nations Cup, Ghana Accra: The 2008 African Nations Cup came to a close in Accra, Ghana earlier today.
Egypt, the defending champions of the African Cup of Nations cup won the 2008 tournament by beating Cameroon 1-0. Egypt has a record of six win and the second back-to-back win. Egypt added the 2008 [...]

African Cup of Nations 2008, Ghana: The defeat of the Ghana Black Stars by the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon with a scoreline of 1-0 in their favour has gone to further shatter to smithereens the idea of the “host-and-win” concept. When my Cameroon colleague told me that Cameroon would beat us—and that the home crowd [...]

African Cup of Nations, Ghana, Accra 2008: The ongoing African Cup of Nations enters the semi-finals stage on Thursday: Ghana v Cameroon, Semi-Final, 17:00 GMT; and Ivory Coast v Egypt, Semi-Final, 20:30 GMT.
These matches promise to be exciting and explosive encounters. The teams have demonstrated their staying power, will, and soccer mastery, but at [...]

It was not too hard trying to contrast the violence in Kenya with the jubilation over the “beautiful game.” Whatever the case may be, it is a real shame about Kenya, plus the fact that it was not even able to enjoy solace from football by being participants in the CAN2008

So, you are keen to show Ghana off to the world—especially after that resounding trounce by the Black Stars, of Morocco. Even if we are a week away from the finals of the 26th edition of CAN 2008, it is still never too late to do one’s bit for Mother Ghana.
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A 10-man Ghanaian soccer team put up a good fight and defeated their Nigerian counterpart 2-1 at the African Nations Cup tournament in Ghana. Video highlight available…

Ghana Accra: Soccer is serious and big business in Africa. See how Ghana is has prepared for the 2008 African Cup of Nations tournament. Ghana is expected to rank in $1 billion.

By the way, what would have been the biggest upset in the history of the tournament was averted today when Nigerian beat Benin 2-0 [...]

Watch clips of all the tournament games.

The result table will be updated after more games are played.

Ghana, Ivory Coast, Guinea, and Egypt, have all qualified for the quarterfinals.

I had thought that given that it has been exactly a week since Sulley Muntari saved Ghana from disgrace at the 90th minute in the Ghana-Guinea game, normalcy would set in. Then I remembered that as Leonardo di Caprio’s character as a mercenary in Blood Diamonds said to an inquisitive American journalist investigating those diamonds, [...]

Ghana, Accra: Nigeria is on the verge of being sent home. Since 2000, Nigeria, a two-time winner, has always reached the semi finals of the tournament, is Nigerian soccer legacy finished?

More coming soon, this is a post in progress.
Update1:
Nigeria played a draw with Mali. Nigeria lost 0-1 to Ivory Coast while Mali beat Benin [...]