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Adika Tour 31 back in Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – The four 4-wheel drive cars that were on the Adika Tour 31 expedition which kicked off on January 6, 2013, arrived in Addis Ababa today.
It is to be recalled that the Adika holdings organized a trans-Africa tour in support of the Ethiopian National Football team, The Waliyas. The tour dubbed “Adika Tour 31, Peace, Football and Tourism” crossed five African countries...
AFCON: Stars and flops
Ethiopian Fans (Photo: Courtesy of Goal.com)
By Fred Kaweesi in Johannesburg
THE 2013 Orange Nations Cup, whose curtains came down on Sunday evening at the National Stadium here, had a cocktail of just about everything.
Over the course of the tournament, there were players, managers, referees and fans that stood out for both the right and wrongs reasons.
Below, I present a list of those that excelled...
Ethiopian Football-Pride Despite Eventual Shortfall
Ethiopian Team at Addis Ababa Stadium (Photo: Addis Fortune)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Last Saturday, a tumultuous reception was accorded to the Ethiopian National Football team, a.k.a the Walias, whose performance still remains a talking point around town. The euphoria has not yet settled. It is still the subject that sport fans want to hear and talk about, and for good reason too.
The Ethiopian...
Sunday inspires Nigeria to AFCON glory
Sunday Mba
The 19-year wait is over. On Sunday night, the Super Eagles of Nigeria were crowned as the champions of Africa in front of a capacity crowd at the National Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Nigeria beat Burkina Faso 1-0.
This moment has taken a while to arrive for Nigeria. On Sunday night, as the Super Eagles powered to a polished performance against Burkina Faso, the years of frustrations...
Ghana holds off Cape Verde, Mali eliminates host South Africa
Ghana goalkeeper Fatau Dauda watches the ball hit the post Saturday. (Photo: Stephane De Sakutin/AFP/Getty Images)
Ghana booked its place in the semifinals of the African Nations Cup with a 2-0 win over Cape Verde in Port Elizabeth on Saturday.
Substitute Mubarak Wakaso bagged both goals in the second half, the first from the penalty spot and the second a finish into an empty net after Cape Verde...
A nation behind a team
Ethiopian Soccer Fans
By Teis Feldborg Gregersen
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – The adventure of the Ethiopian national team and its fans in South Africa has come to an end. After three matches in the group stage, Ethiopia was sent home, but the matches managed to gather a whole country around them, and generated an incredible atmosphere around the games, an atmosphere people especially got to feel...
Ethiopian soccer taking baby steps
Ethiopian National Team
By Asrat Seyoum and Tewodros Kibkab
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Ending its 31-year streak, the 23-man Ethiopian National Team completed a respectable AFCON campaign early last week and touched down at Bole Airport yesterday to a hero’s welcome.
Sure it was a different century (20th) the last time Ethiopia took part in the continent’s most prestigious soccer...
Euroscout – Africa’s rising stars
Euroscout takes a look at some of the stand-out young players based outside Europe who have impressed at the African Cup of Nations.
We have not referred to anyone plying their trade in Europe or a major global league, meaning Cape Verde and Burkina Faso’s surprise packages and the likes of Ghana’s Christian Atsu and Nigeria’s Ahmed Musa are not listed.
We have also operated a strict U25 cut-off...
Ivory Coast comes from behind to draw with Algeria
Ivory Coast vs Algeria (Getty Images)
Group D winners Ivory Coast rescued a draw against Algeria to maintain their unbeaten record in the Nations Cup.
Algeria, eliminated before the match, missed a first-half penalty through Ryad Boudebouz but Sofiane Feghouli scored from a second spot-kick.
Substitute Feghouli then crossed for Hilal Soudani to power home a header to make it 2-0 before Didier Drogba...
Togo reaches quarter finals for first time
Togo qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals for the first time by drawing with Tunisia in an incident-filled Group D encounter.
The Togolese led after 13 minutes as Emmanuel Adebayor played in Serge Gakpe, who fired home from an angle.
Tunisia levelled through a penalty from Khaled Mouelhi shortly after, but the same player missed another spot-kick in a match Tunisia had to win to...
