Sadio Mané wins a new trophy ahead of a brilliant Edouard Mendy
Published on : 27/02/2022 – 22:37 Less than a month after winning the CAN, the Senegalese Sadio Mané won the first major trophy of the season in England with Liverpool by beating Chelsea on penalties (0-0, 11-10 after tab) in League Cup final. A final where his compatriot Edouard Mendy had been however imperial. For […]
all qualified teams are known
Published on : 23/02/2022 – 20:15Modified : 23/02/2022 – 20:32 We know the twelve teams that will play the next Women’s African Cup of Nations (CAN 2022) in football, scheduled for July 2 to 23 in Morocco. Burkina Faso and Togo in particular will play this competition for the very first time, while Côte d’Ivoire […]
Aristide Bancé, the big brother of the Burkinabè Stallions
Published on : 02/02/2022 – 01:13 No sooner had he hung up his boots than Aristide Bancé returned to the Burkina Faso team. The 37-year-old former striker is the manager of the Stallions. Before the CAN 2022 semi-final against Senegal, Aristide Bancé confides in RFI about this new life, his passage from the field to […]
Burkina Faso-Tunisia, the survivors have ambition
Published on : 29/01/2022 – 06:00 Badly treated by the Covid-19 in the first round of CAN 2022, Burkina Faso has coped and finds itself among the eight best teams in Africa. Tunisia, she suffered a lot in the first round before scalping the Nigerian ogre in the round of 16. But of these two […]
a reinvigorated Ivory Coast challenges Egypt for a place in the quarters
Published on : 26/01/2022 – 06:41 Winner with authority of Algeria (3-1) in the first round, Côte d’Ivoire, who arrived with outsider status in this CAN 2022, can no longer hide. No offense to coach Patrick Beaumelle, his Elephants are favorites for the round of 16 against Egypt on Wednesday January 26, 2022 in Douala. […]
“The power of football on people’s happiness is incredible,” says Yannick Noah
Published on : 24/01/2022 – 07:39Modified : 24/01/2022 – 07:40 Installed in Cameroon, the country of his father, Yannick Noah vibrates for the African Cup of Nations (CAN 2022) which is held there. A fervent supporter of the Indomitable Lions, the former tennis player hosted RFI exclusively at Village Noah, the property he has been […]
the Burkinabé Sawadogo, goalkeeper and peacekeeper
Published on : 22/01/2022 – 23:18 Babayouré Sawadogo lives his second CAN with Burkina Faso as a substitute goalkeeper. He is one of the rare players of the selection playing in the local Burkinabe championship where his career as a goalkeeper and police officer combines. From our special correspondent in Limbé, The smile, which rarely […]
Mbappé I, the legend of the “Marshal” and broken posts
It was the first of the “big lions”, the best for Roger Milla. At the time when, in Cameroon and in Africa, football was first and foremost a game, its master was called Samuel Mbappé Leppé. Mbappé as Kylian, Leppé as Pelé, the King, upside down. A brilliant midfielder, charismatic captain of the selection in […]
Mauritanian Adama Bâ “leaves” the national team
Published on : 21/01/2022 – 01:24 Mauritanian striker Adama Bâ has decided to retire from international football after the defeat against Mali (2-0) which punishes a catastrophic first round for the Mourabitounes with three defeats in three matches. One of the main players in the revival of Mauritanian football, Bâ has thus decided to turn […]
Salim Ben Boina, the Comorian amateur goalkeeper who dreams big
Published on : 15/01/2022 – 00:48 Launched by coach Amir Abdou against Morocco, Salim Ben Boina delivered an impressive performance in the Comoros cage on Friday 14 January. Admittedly, the Coelacanths lost (2-0). But their goalkeeper achieved such feats that he was named man of the match. And now, the one who evolves at the […]