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Emmanuel Adebayor at a Togo training session in Bitam, the team’s base for the Africa Cup of Nations. ‘I’m feeling even better than when I was on top of my game,’ he says. Photograph: Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images

Emmanuel Adebayor: ‘I have a bad reputation in England and I don’t know why’

by Nick Ames | Jan 22, 2017 | Sports

A short walk downhill from the Togo team’s hotel in Bitam, northern Gabon, a graffiti artist has been at work. “Adebayor le meilleur” – Adebayor the best – is the scrawl on the side of a breeze-blocked structure, accompanied by a telephone number. Someone is clearly...

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Senegal’s Sadio Mané, Egypt’s Mohamed Elneny, Ivory Coast’s Lamine Koné, Algeria’s Riyad Mahrez and Ivory Coast’s Max Gradel will all be starring for their national sides at the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations rather than playing in the Premier League. Composite: AFP; Getty Images; Rex/Shutterstock; Action Images via Reuters,

The Premier League’s likely winners and losers from 2017 Africa Cup of Nations

by Paul Doyle | Jan 7, 2017 | Sports

Now is the time for top clubs to prove that to be forewarned really is to be forearmed. Everyone knew that the Africa Cup of Nations was on the agenda for early 2017 and now, with 23 Premier League players among those heading off to Gabon to compete for their...

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Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba votes during the presidential election in Libreville, Gabon, August 27, 2016. REUTERS/Gerauds Wilfried Obangome

Political Unrest in Gabon Casts Shadow over 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Draw

by Jonathan Wilson | Oct 21, 2016 | Sports

No news, they say, is good news. Either that or it’s the result of a government blackout. The draw for the Africa Cup of Nations will be held in Libreville, Gabon, on Wednesday but yet again the buildup to a tournament has been dominated by doubts over where it will...