Mark Gleeson

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Nigeria are favourites to win only their third African Nations Cup title at Soccer City on Sunday, but the possibility of Burkina Faso springing a surprise in...

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa (Reuters) - Goals by Mahamadou Samassa, Seydou Keita and Sigamary Diarra gave Mali a 3-1 victory over Ghana in the African Nations Cup third-place playoff on...

NELSPRUIT, South Africa (Reuters) - Burkina Faso won a first African Nations Cup final place on Wednesday after a sensational penalty shootout win over Ghana but will take the field...

NELSPRUIT, South Africa (Reuters) - Burkina Faso coach Paul Put, whose own career was blighted by his involvement in a match-fixing scandal in Belgium in 2005, says the problem has...

RUSTENBURG, South Africa (Reuters) - Burkina Faso and Nigeria completed the line-up for the African Nations Cup semi-finals on Sunday as tournament favourites Ivory Coast again failed to live up...

DURBAN (Reuters) - South Africa will receive all the home support for Saturday's African Nations Cup quarter-final against Mali while the international spotlight will be firmly focused on tiny Cape...

DURBAN, South Africa (Reuters) - Mali will have their penalty saving hero Soumbeyla Diakite back in goal for their African Nations Cup quarter-final against South Africa on Saturday in a...

NELSPRUIT, South Africa (Reuters) - Togo took the last quarter-final place at the African Nations Cup to maintain the flow of outsiders into the last eight at the end of...

NELSPRUIT, South Africa (Reuters) - Burkina Faso sprung a major surprise at the African Nations Cup when they drew 0-0 with holders Zambia on Tuesday to reach the quarter-finals along...

DURBAN, South Africa (Reuters) - Mali sealed a quarter-final clash with hosts South Africa at the African Nations Cup after recovering from conceding a penalty after 35 seconds to draw...