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Haller’s volley knocks out DR Congo and sends hosts Ivory Coast into Afcon final

Some countries plan for tournaments for years, work on plans and development and DNA, meticulously lay out their blueprint for success. And some just wing it, finding amid the chaos a sense of purpose and momentum that, being unexpected, somehow makes them all the more potent. Ivory Coast have looked out of this tournament on […]

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Nwabali’s shootout heroics against South Africa send Nigeria to Afcon final

Nigeria reached an eighth Africa Cup of Nations final after winning a drama-fuelled last-four clash with South Africa on penalties. Goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali was the hero for Nigeria after he saved efforts by Teboho Mokoena and Evidence Makgopa in a 4-2 shootout win, which only told half the story of an extraordinary clash where VAR

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Kamila Valieva blamed failed drug test on grandfather’s strawberry dessert

Court of arbitration for sport reveals Russian’s claimFigure skater said crushed pills contaminated pudding Banned Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva blamed her positive doping test on a strawberry dessert prepared by her grandfather on a chopping board he used to crush his medication pills, the court of arbitration for sport (CAS) revealed on Wednesday. CAS

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