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Riyad Mahrez, Diedonnei Mbokani, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Mohamed Salah are among the stars at the Africa Cup of Nations. Composite: EPA; Anadolu Agency/Getty Images; AFP/Getty Images; APAImages/Rex/Shutterstock
by Jonathan Wilson | Jan 15, 2017 | Sports
The pattern has become familiar: a country wins the right to host a tournament and there is excitement, then come doubts about costs and readiness, but in the days before the event, the negativity falls away and excitement takes over. Not here. In 2015, Gabon stepped...
