🇳🇬 🦅 Many thanks to the Confederation of African Football for this award.
— Austin Eguavoen (@coacheguavoen) January 22, 2022
The Best coach of the Group stage. Wouldn’t have been possible without my fantastic group of players and colleagues.
Thank you Nigerians, for your support. It’s needed now, more than ever💚#TeamNigeria pic.twitter.com/FXE799JuP5
The Best coach of the Group stage
Penalty Miss for Mahrez
Riyad Mahrez missed his first penalty since 2018 as Algeria crashed out of the Africa Cup of Nations after a 3-1 loss to Ivory Coast.
The Manchester City ace had a chance to give the defending champions a glimmer of but his effort cannoned back off the base of the post.
AC Milan's Franck Kessie and PSV's Ibrahim Sangare put Ivory Coast 2-0 up by half-time.
And Arsenal's Nicolas Pepe made it 3-0 nine minutes after the break.
But when Youcef Belaïli was brought down in the box on the hour mark, Algeria fans sensed a glimmer of hope.
However, it wasn't to be as Mahrez sent the keeper the wrong way but blasted his left footed effort low and hard into the bottom of the right-hand post.
AFCON: 2021/2022 AFCON: "African Smile" Theme Song
Celebrated Ghanaian Reggae/Dancehall musician, Emmanuel Andrew Samini, well known in showbiz scenes as Samini has been featured on the official theme song for the African Cup Of Nations(AFCON) 2021
The 2021 AFCON official theme song titled “African Smile” was composed by Collectif African Smile.
Before the song was officially released as the theme song, three songs were submitted with “AfricanSmile” recording 86.32 votes, beating singer Grace Bethel’s by 1.61 votes.
With 78 votes, Gorge Samba and Taty Eyoung’s collaboration came in third. Salatiel, Timi Dakolo, Assia, Hakim, Jaylann, Rayen Youssef, Tukkiman, Imilo Iechanceux, and Mylmo are among the singers included in the 5-minute song.
In addition, the official mascot for Africa’s biggest extravaganza has been dubbed ‘Mola,’ which is a Cameroonian phrase for a friend or relative. On Sunday, January 9, 2022, the AFCON will begin.
As a reminder, the AFCON 2021 has been scheduled for Cameroon from Sunday, January 9 to Sunday, February 6, 2022.
In other news, Kumawood actor, Sylvester Agyapong, popularly known as Sly has denounced his affiliations with the Christian religion, saying that he is not a Christian.
The actor earlier told Zionfelix in an interview in 2019 that he does not believe that Jesus Christ came to die to save everyone in the whole world from sin. He said that many people in Ghana have allowed themselves to believe theories and mythical stories that have no iota of truth.
According to him, Jesus Christ did not come to die for the whole world as many are made to believe but he came for the Israelites and not any other group of people or country.
17:00 - [114] Sierra Leone - Equatorial Guinea [114]
17:00 - [29] Côte d'Ivoire - Algeria [29]
20:00 - [103] Mali - Mauritania [103]
20:00 - [30] Gambia - Tunisia [30]
20:00 - [36] Guinea Bissau - Nigeria [36]
20:00 - [125] Egypt - Sudan [125]
17:00 - [81] Zimbabwe - Guinea [81]
17:00 - [20] Malawi - Senegal [20]
20:00 - [132] Ghana - Comoros [132]
20:00 - [28] Gabon - Morocco [28]
AFCON daily: Reigning champs Algeria stunned by 1-0 loss to Equatorial Guinea
Follow @footballovars▶️ AFCON daily: Reigning champs Algeria stunned by 1-0 loss to Equatorial Guinea https://t.co/vxYJQxEr9n pic.twitter.com/jaouy0RYkZ
— FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) January 17, 2022
Right-pointing triangle AFCON: Barrow converts late penalty to snatch draw for Gambia
Follow @footballovars▶️ AFCON: Barrow converts late penalty to snatch draw for Gambia https://t.co/ZHmz3cL8N3 pic.twitter.com/3IYmgdHc7N
— FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) January 16, 2022
AFCON: Goalkeeping gaffe allows Sierra Leone to snatch draw with Ivory Coast
Follow @footballovars▶️ AFCON: Goalkeeping gaffe allows Sierra Leone to snatch draw with Ivory Coast https://t.co/KodToPpNkM pic.twitter.com/trQ3PFHo7t
— FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) January 16, 2022
Algeria - Equatorial Guinea: Obiang strike reigning champions with 1-0 loss
Follow @footballovars▶️ Algeria - Equatorial Guinea: Obiang strike reigning champions with 1-0 loss https://t.co/a8Lv60nuBQ pic.twitter.com/Pclmey4pQz
— FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) January 16, 2022
AFCON: Equatorial Guinea beats Algeria 1-0
Follow @footballovars▶️ AFCON: Equatorial Guinea beats Algeria 1-0 https://t.co/fHfikuXJqs pic.twitter.com/vtxSO7cXzz
— FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) January 16, 2022