AFCON

Alex Iwobi has been hailed as 'key' to Nigeria's hopes at this summer's AFCON tournament by the Super Eagles former coach, Sunday Oliseh.

Arsenal won't have to worry about losing Mohamed Elneny or Alex Iwobi to the Africa Cup of Nations from its next staging in 2019.

Alex Iwobi has admitted he's always seen himself as a midfielder rather than a wide player but admitted he's happy to play anywhere in...

Alex Iwobi netted a 66th-minute winner for his side as they beat Cameroon 3-2 on Saturday in the Africa Cup of Nations play-off.

Ismael Bennacer has received an international callup for Algeria to compete in the Africa Cup of Nations after another player withdrew because of injury.

Mohamed Elneny is currently away with Egypt for the Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Gabon and his country have managed to progress to the quarter-finals.

If we were thinking it might be nice to have Mohamed Elneny back in the Arsenal set-up soon, we might be out of luck after the midfielder picked up a calf-injury, ruling him out of the quarter final against Morocco.

The draw for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations group stage was completed on Thursday, pitting Arsenal's participants against each other.

Ghana have included Simon Copely, Arsenal's u14 head coach, as part of their technical team for this summer's AFCON.

Mohamed Salah will return to Liverpool this week to work on his injury rehabilitation, with AFCON ongoing and a club game against Arsenal coming up.

Mohamed Elneny and Egypt have been eliminated from the Africa Cup of Nations, leaving Arsenal with no participants in the tournament.

Alex Iwobi has been named as the third most valuable Nigerian included in their AFCON squad.

Fans didn't let Mo Salah’s injury absence get to them when the Egyptian team landed at Matsapha International airport, swamping Mohamed Elneny instead

Mohamed Elneny has shaved off all his hair ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations which gets underway on 21 June in his home country.

Zimbabwe's technical team have 'stepped up' their pursuit of Reiss Nelson as they hope to persuade him to declare for the Warriors in time for the AFCON this summer.

Nigeria’s manager Gernot Rohr won’t call up any replacements for Alex Iwobi, Ola Aina and William Troost Ekong, who all withdrew from the Super Eagles squad for their AFCON qualifier.

Thomas Partey and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will only play in one of their countries AFCON 2022 qualifiers during the international break due to Covid restrictions.

Alex Iwobi wants to follow in the footsteps of his uncle Jay-Jay Okocha by winning the Africa Cup of Nations with Nigeria this summer.

Arsenal Ladies' reserves won their second game of the season, 4-0 away to Yeovil, and have moved up four places in the Development League.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is on a ‘mission’ for Gabon when they face South Sudan on Tuesday in their Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.

After keeping his country waiting, it seems as if Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will accept his latest national team call-up rather than call time on his international career.

Arsenal will have to do without Mohamed Elneny in January as Egypt head to the Africa Cup of Nations just about when Arsenal’s injury crisis should be in full swing.

Despite missing Egypt's Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final match against Morocco with a calf strain, Mohamed Elneny managed to make the bench for their semi-final win against Burkina Faso.

The Africa Cup of Nations 2023 is due to get underway on Saturday evening, with Mohamed Elneny preparing to take part in the tournament.

AFCON is underway and on Monday, Thomas Partey's Ghana and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's Gabon played to mixed fortunes.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been called up by Gabon but the national team manager is not sure he will accept given his recent comments about retiring and the problems he's had with his nation.

Arsenal midfielder Mohamed Elneny is currently away on international duty with his native Egypt, as they aim to secure a record eighth Africa Cup of Nations trophy this year.

The first two days of the Africa Cup of Nations have thrown up a few shock results already, which could be bad news for Arsenal.