The elephants seemed somewhat long in the tusk
What we learned from day four of the 2013 African Cup of Nations being held in South Africa.
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Without too many hairy moments
What we learned from the third day, still deep in the first round, of the 2013 African Cup of Nations.
The darlings of the continent
While fans of Ghana's Black Stars are confident in the 2013 team’s skills, until this team is able to win a major victory, a sense of historical foreboding will weigh on them.
Cape Verde’s Blue Sharks make a big splash
The national football team's oach Lúcio Antunes: “We respect all our opponents but we are not afraid of anyone.”
The Boys are doing it
South Africa's Bafana Bafana, the hosts, has to make it out of the group stage of the 2013 African Cup of Nations for this tournament to be deemed a success.
Nigeria’s Super Eagles are back
The writer is cautiously optimistic (for once) that Nigeria will win its third Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa.
The Lagos preacher and the football final
Both Africa's infamous pastors as well as our staff predicted Zambia would win the African Cup of Nations Final. We're not sure who had the closer relationship to the gods.
The Copper Bullets
Zambia is on course to be Southern African nation since Bafana Bafana in 1996 to win the African Cup of Nations.
Tunisian Coca Cola
Corporations have tried and succeeded in cashing in on the political revolutions known as the "Arab Spring." Tunisia is the latest victim.
The French advantage
The largest delegation of foreign coaches at Afcon is French and 8 squads draw more players from the French leagues, than elsewhere.
Where is Angola?
A random terror attack on a football team gets media to pay attention to the conflict in Cabinda. In the process, they also expose their ignorance.