The Confederation of African Football had appointed Gnali as well as fellow Nigeriens Sadissou Idi (Assistant Referee 1), Abdoul Aziz Moctar Saley (Assistant Referee 2) and Gomno Daouda (Reserve Referee) to take charge of the Group G match
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Renard, who has now won two Nations Cup titles, after leading Zambia to victory in 2012, said his team was lucky to have come from two goals down in the shootout on Sunday
But CAF said despite the disturbances blamed on Equatorial Guinea fans inThursday’s semi-final defeat to Ghana, fans would be allowed into the country’s third place play off against Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday
The Elephants, who fell short at the last hurdle in a penalty shootout defeat at the hands of Zambia in their last appearance at that stage, were able to build on narrow first-half lead to set up a meeting with either Ghana or hosts Equatorial Guinea
Seechurn, from Mauritius, awarded hosts Equatorial Guinea a penalty in the last minute of the match, which Tunisia were winning 1-0
Designations released showed that the Confederation of African Football, which rated the NFF President as number one among all the Match Commissioners that were on duty for the 28 matches of the group phase and quarter finals, has again named Pinnick as the Match Commissioner for the tie between Ghana and host, Equatorial Guinea, on Thursday evening
Cisse, who came to replace goalkeeper Yattara after he was red-carded, was caught on camera with a huge talisman, suspected to be charm induced, around his waist
The Confederation of African Football said on Tuesday in Malabo that Saturday’squarter-final between the host nation and Tunisia has been shifted to Bata
The Blue Sharks threatened first as Ryan Mendes played a ball through for Carlos Tavares, whose first-time shot whistled narrowly over the bar from an angle
Mali were the first side to threaten as Mustapha Yatabare guided a well-timed effort towards goal, which produced a standout stop from Cameroon keeper, Joseph Ondoa, who was able to tip it around the post
With Ebola causing issues on the west side of the continent, there are likely to be a few eyes drawn away from the footballing spectacle and, although there are no reported cases in the country, the Confederation of African Football ruled that all teams entering the country must be screened for the virus
The midfielder has not played for Cameroon since being sent off in the 4-0 World Cup loss to Croatia
“We got information that the match will now kick off at 6pm, and not 5pm as earlier slated,” Nigeria Football Federation’s Head of International, Bola Oyeyode, said on Monday
Bafana are guaranteed top spot in Group A – meaning the result against the Super Eagles is of no consequence for Mashaba’s side – but the coach has ruled out any thoughts of losing competitive focus and says there is more at stake
Although the South Africa Football Association does not have the permit to land their chartered aircraft at the Ibom International Airport, the Nigeria Football Federation is working round the clock to ensure the permit is granted for their plane before it departs Johannesburg at 1pm on Monday
The Confederation of Africa Football has written to Ghana to consider hosting the tournament, following the request by the original host, Morocco, for a postponement due to the outbreak of Ebola, which has killed some 4,500 people in West Africa