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Cameroon 2-1 Comoros: Hosts into AFCON quarter-finals but luckless minnows put up incredible fight

Cameroon were given a real scare by an incredibly gutsy performance from Comoros but the hosts moved into the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals with a 2-1 win.

Evening Standard

AFCON hosts Cameroon labour to beat Comoros side deprived of goalkeeper

Yaoundé (AFP) - Hosts Cameroon are through to the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations but only after labouring to a 2-1 win over a Comoros side who were forced to start outfield player Chaker Alhadhur in goal and played most of the game with 10 men.

AFP

Comoros forced to use outfield player in goal with makeshift number in AFCON last-16 tie

This year's Africa Cup of Nations has hardly been short of dramatic storylines and sub-plots and Cameroon's contest with Comoros was no different after an outfield player was forced to go in goal

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AFCON stampede: Eight dead as 40 fans hospitalised and children crushed in stadium chaos

The incident occurred in the build-up to Cameroon's last-16 Africa Cup of Nations contest with minnows Comoros, with several eye witnesses reporting there was a stampede

Daily Mirror

Musa Barrow takes lowly Gambia to AFCON quarter-finals

Bafoussam (Cameroon) (AFP) - Star forward Musa Barrow scored on 71 minutes to take debutants Gambia, the lowest ranked team at the Africa Cup of Nations, into the quarter-finals on Monday with a 1-0 victory over Guinea in Bafoussam.

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Musa Barrow takes lowly-ranked Gambia to quarter-finals

AFP

Afcon group stage: a stride forward for the African game despite low scoring

Until tragedy struck in the form of a stadium crush killing eight people at the start of the knock-out round in Cameroon, the headlines generated by the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) tournament were mostly positive.

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Cameroon 2-1 Comoros LIVE! M’Changama goal - AFCON 2022 result, match stream and latest updates today

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Evening Standard

Comoros, Cameroon and the curious tale of no goalkeepers

In today’s Fiver: Afcon, a celebration of Bob Marley in Ireland and Diego

The Guardian - UK

Guinea 0- 1 Gambia: Africa Cup of Nations last 16 – as it happened

Musa Barrow scored a second-half winner as the first-time finalists reached the last eight after a game that featured two late red cards

The Guardian - UK

Comoros's Chaker Alhadhur Heroic as Makeshift GK in AFCON Defeat to Cameroon

It was the first time an outfield player started as a goalkeeper at a major international tournament, and he fared quite well.

Sports Illustrated

Comoros and Gambia tackle big guns Cameroon and Guinea for berth in last eight

Cameroon is expected to come to a standstill on Monday night as the Indomitable Lions take on Comoros for a place in the last eight at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Radio France Internationale

Cameroon vs Comoros live stream: How can I watch AFCON game on TV in UK today?

Africa Cup of Nations hosts Cameroon face minnows Comoros in a fascinating last-16 tie tonight.

Evening Standard

Tunisia Shock Nigeria at African Cup of Nations

Tunisia shocked Nigeria and Burkina Faso edged Gabon on Sunday to set up an Africa Cup of Nations last-eight showdown, while minnows Comoros prepared to use an outfield player as a goalkeeper when they confront hosts Cameroon. Veteran Youssef Msakni scored two minutes into the second half to give previously…

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AFP

Tunisia shock Nigeria, Comoros to use outfield player as goalkeeper

Yaoundé (AFP) - Tunisia shocked Nigeria and Burkina Faso edged Gabon on Sunday to set up an Africa Cup of Nations last-eight showdown, while minnows Comoros prepared to use an outfield player as a goalkeeper when they confront hosts Cameroon.

AFP

Msakni strikes as Tunisia shock Nigeria in Africa Cup of Nations

Garoua (Cameroon) (AFP) - Veteran Youssef Msakni scored to give previously unimpressive Tunisia a shock 1-0 triumph over 10-man Nigeria in Garoua on Sunday in an Africa Cup of Nations last-16 match.

AFP

Gabon coach laments Aubameyang loss after AFCON exit

Limbe (Cameroon) (AFP) - Gabon coach Patrice Neveu admitted his team struggled to make up for losing star man Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang after they were knocked out of the Africa Cup of Nations on penalties by Burkina Faso in the last 16 on Sunday.

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Burkina Faso beat Gabon on penalties to reach AFCON quarter-finals

Limbe (Cameroon) (AFP) - Ismahila Ouedraogo scored the decisive penalty kick as Burkina Faso beat Gabon 7-6 in a dramatic shoot-out to progress to the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations after Sunday's match in Limbe finished 1-1 at the end of extra time.

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The Independent UK

Authorities: 17 dead in nightclub fire in Cameroon's capital

Authorities in Cameroon say at least 17 people have died after a fire broke out at a nightclub and spread to an area where cooking gas was stored

AFP

Comoros set to have outfield player in goal for AFCON knockout tie

Yaoundé (AFP) - The Comoros look set to name an outfield player in goal for their first ever knockout match at the Africa Cup of Nations against hosts Cameroon on Monday after Covid-19 cases and injuries left them with no other choice.

France 24

Nigeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast: The top prospects to win the tournament

As the Africa Cup of Nations heads into the knockout rounds, FRANCE 24 looks at the teams who have imposed themselves as favourites with impressive performances in the group stage – from rampant winners Nigeria, to hosts Cameroon, to the Ivory Coast team who sent title-holders Algeria crashing out.

Irish Mirror

Nicolas Pepe provides Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang transfer update to plucky Arsenal fan

The Ivorian international is currently away with his national side in Cameroon for the Africa Cup of Nations but ran into a member of the Arsenal faithful while there

France 24

'Many victims' in deadly fire at nightclub in Cameroon's capital Yaounde

A fire erupted at a popular nightclub in Yaounde, Cameroon's capital, setting off explosions and killing at least 17 people, government officials said Sunday.

AFP

Cameroon govt says 16 killed in nightclub fire

Yaoundé (AFP) - Cameroon's government said Sunday that 16 people were killed in a fire caused by fireworks in a nightclub in the capital Yaounde, the tragedy occurring as the nation hosts the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament.

Reuters

At least 16 dead in fire at nightclub in Cameroon's capital

At least 16 people died and eight others were injured early on Sunday in a fire that engulfed an upmarket nightclub in Cameroon's capital Yaounde, the government said.

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