Ivory Coast
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The power of the group helped the Elephants sail through Brighton & Hove Albion’s 22-year-old Simon Adingra put up a Man-of-the-Match performance against Nigeria, providing both assists for Ivory Coast. The winger explains how his team endured tough times to win the third Afcon trophy in their history. “It is the power of the group…
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The president of the Confederation of African Football Federations, CAF, Patrice Motsepe, has revealed that Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be attending the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations final. Nigeria and hosts Cote d’Ivoire will clash in the final of the competition at the Alassanne Ouattara Stadium, Ebimpe, Abidjan, on Sunday. During his press…
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Cote d’Ivoire legend Didier Drogba has reckoned the Super Eagles will be a tough nut to crack for the Elephants at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. The hosts will face the three-time winners in their second Group C game at the Alhassane Quattara Stadium, Ebimpe, Abidjan, on January 18. Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau are…
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Former Super Eagles midfielder, John Mikel Obi, has revealed he was always terrified to play against Ivory Coast legend, Didier Drogba. Mikel Obi and Drogba played together at Chelsea in the Premier League and won many titles together. But they faced each other a few times at the international level. One of those came at…
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Yes, you read it right. Didier Drogba, a Chelsea forward, who used to play for Galatasaray and is the team captain and star striker for the Ivory Coast national football team, ended Ivory Coast’s civil war. For five years (2002-2007) in the Ivory Coast, the northern region was held by the rebels and the southern was…
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Crystal Palace’s Wilfried Zaha made his first Africa Cup of Nations 2021 appearance on Wednesday night as the Ivory Coast overcame Equatorial Guinea 1-0 to open their campaign. The attacker’s Palace teammates Jordan Ayew and Cheikhou Kouyaté made their first appearance at this year’s tournament earlier in the week. The trio’s sides, Ghana, Senegal and…
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Ivory Coast’s former president Laurent Gbagbo returned home to Abidjan on Thursday, nearly a decade after he was ousted from power and sent to The Hague to face war crimes charges of which he was later acquitted. Laurent Gbagbo’s homecoming is viewed as a key test of stability in Ivory Coast, the world’s biggest cocoa producer and a…
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Pep Guardiola was described as a creative and technically gifted midfielder in his days, and he remains one of the best coaches at the moment despite experiencing drought in his first English Premier League (EPL) season. The Manchester City coach showed off his quality as one of the best managers soon after he became manager at the…
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Ivory Coast won 3-1 in last night’s 2018 World Cup qualifiers against neighbors Mali but prior to the encounter, Manchester United star defender Eric Bailly, who played a huge defensive role for the Ivorian team, shared a bit of his challenges in England and more. Image: Eric Bailly Jose Mourinho‘s first signing in last summer’s transfer window revealed to…
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It has been all sadness for Sunderland boss Sam Allardyce who recently admitted that recent events in the club has got him greatly depressed. Sam admitted that his has recorded two huge losses within this short period of time.
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