Tag: can-2024
why Maghreb teams are struggling in sub-Saharan Africa
Moroccan midfielder Younès Belhanda during the match against South Africa during the 2019 African Cup of Nations (CAN) in Egypt. JAVIER SORIANO / AFP The organization of the thirty-fourth edition…
Ivorian football neglects its young talents who want to leave at all costs
In Treichville, a popular district of Abidjan, in September 2022. ISSOUF SANOGO / AFP To open his training center, Ibrahima* gathered the bare minimum: around ten balls and as many…
zoom on the ten footballers who can make the difference
The Moroccan Hakim Ziyech, the Senegalese Nicolas Jackson, the Algerian Riyad Mahrez, the Congolese Chancel Mbemba and the Cameroonian Vincent Aboubakar. AFP More than 550 players will participate in the…
preparation courses and final adjustments before the competition
Final preparations in Abidjan before the start of the African Cup of Nations (CAN) on January 13, 2024. ISSOUF SANOGO / AFP There is little time left for the teams…