Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi and goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama yesterday slammed the Egyptian referee, Grisha Ghead for awarding the Zambians a late penalty which enabled them to draw level with the Eagles in their second group game at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit, South Africa.

Alain Traore produced two of the goals of the competition to lift 10-man Burkina Faso to a 4-0 win over Ethiopia Friday and end their 18-match winless run at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Burkina Faso ended an 18-match win-less run in the Africa Cup of Nations by trouncing Ethiopia 4-0 Friday with three of the goals coming after goalkeeper Abdoulaye Soulama was sent off.

Former Super Eagles assistant coach Joe Erico has explained as normal the number of games drawn in the opening group games of the tournament just as he also said it is no strange occurrence in narrow score wins recoded by some teams at this stage.

In his first column for BBC Sport, Manchester City defender Kolo Toure explains why his Ivory Coast team need to win this year’s Africa Cup of Nations.

Zambia goalkeeper Kennedy Mweene, a noted penalty saving and taking specialist, scored from the spot to salvage a 1-1 draw against Nigeria here on Friday.

After a grueling 90minutes encounter at the the Mhobela Stadium in Nelspruit , South Africa, Nigeria and Zambia played a 1-1 draw.

As Nigeria and Zambia go to war today in their second Group C match inside the Mhobela Stadium in Nelspruit, South Africa, the good news is that every team in that Group has equal opportunity to qualify from the group having played a match each with one point and a goal.

As Nigeria and Zambia go to war today in their second Group C match inside the Mhobela Stadium in Nelspruit, Chipolopolo coach, Herve Renard says it’s not yet over for the defending champions, who he said must bounce back with a win over the Eagles

Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi knows the task at hand today when his team battle Zambia in a must win match for the Eagles to avoid the shameful exit door in the first round of the African Nations Cup.

Ivory Coast skipper Didier Drogba says winning the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations title will unite the West African country.

Super Eagles captain Joseph Yobo, said that today’s encounter against the defending champions will be a difficult game, but he submitted that Eagles will not lay down and be rolled over.

The battle-line is drawn. Today at the Mhombela Stadium in Nelspruit, two continental soccer giants, Zambia and Nigeria, would be involved in a battle of supremacy at the ongoing 28th Africa Cup of Nations.

Chelsea winger Victor Moses, who missed Nigeria’s opening game, is expected to enter the Africa Cup of Nations fray against Zambia today.

The Zambia Football Association has been fined 3,000 dollars for the four yellow cards received by its team during the match against Ethiopia on Monday.