Algeria clawed back from the brink of elimination to stun title favourites Ivory Coast 3-2 on Sunday and reach the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals. The winners fell 2-1 behind on 89 minutes to a brilliant Abdulkader Keita goal only for Madjid Bougherra to level in stoppage time and unmarked substitute Hamer Bouazza headed a 92nd-minute far-post winner. Drama continued ...

Rusty Ivory Coast will face an angered Algerian side at Chiazi Stadium on Sunday with an Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals place at stake. An Ivorian 'Elephants' squad boasting stars like Didier Drogba and brothers Kolo and Yara Toure are fancied to defeat the star-less Algerian 'Desert Foxes' in the second quarter-final of the biennial African football showpiece. Tradition also ...

Ghana defeated 10-man Burkina Faso 1-0 here on Tuesday to reach the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals. The World Cup qualifiers and four-time continental champions will now face hosts Angola here at the 11 November stadium on Sunday for a place in the semi-finals. After their opening 3-1 defeat to favourites Ivory Coast this was a must-win game for Ghana ...

Ghana suffered a colossal blow to their hopes of qualifying for the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals when their best player, Michael Essien, was ruled out of Tuesday's game against Burkina Faso. Chelsea's star midfielder misses the final Group B game in Luanda after injuring his right knee in training on Saturday and his English club said he ...