His secret life is no more A Mali international has revealed that he hid his identity as a footballer from his family – until they spotted him playing football on TV. Ibrahima Kone, who also plays for French side Lorient, was his country’s top scorer at this year’s African Cup of Nations with three goals. […]

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‘We will do whatever it takes to defend the rights of the national team’ Tunisia’s football federation (FTF) has written to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to complain about their Africa Cup of Nations game against Mali being ended 13 seconds early. Mondher Kebaier’s side were trailing 1-0 when referee Janny Sikazwe – who […]

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Janny Sikazwe was taken to hospital, suffering from sun stroke, after a controversial end to Tunisia 0-1 Mali in AFCON on Wednesday

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If this works, Tunisia have played a blinder It appears that there is a very good reason why Tunisia refused to return to the pitch to play the remaining few minutes against Mali as chaos erupted in the Africa Cup of Nations. Tunisia’s AFCON Group F match against Mali on Tuesday was marred by controversy […]

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Janny Sikazwe was previously suspended back in 2018 The referee who controversially stopped the Africa Cup of Nations fixture between Tunisia and Mali on Tuesday 10 seconds early was previously suspended by the CAF due to allegations of corruption. Janny Sikazwe of Zambia made headlines on Tuesday after he stopped the Group F fixtures with […]

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Mali’s game against Tunisia was marred by controversy Mali’s post-match press conference was stormed by officials from the CAF after their Africa Cup of Nations game against Tunisia was stopped 10 seconds early. Mali had been leading the game 1-0 after scoring a penalty early in the second half, however the game was marred by […]

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