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CAF: Togo officially disqualified from Nations Cup

Player calls CAF decision ‘ridiculous’ TOGO have been officially disqualified from the African Nations Cup after the squad flew home on Sunday following the deadly gun attack on their bus in Cabinda two days earlier. “They are disqualified. This group (B) is a three-team tournament,” Confederation of African Football (CAF) co-ordinator Yaouba Amoa told reporters […]

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African Nations Cup ‘will go ahead’ despite Togo shooting

THE African Cup of Nations will go ahead despite an attack by gunmen on the bus carrying the Togo team as the players entered the host country Angola for the tournament, the organisers CAF said. “Our first priority is the safety of the players but the tournament will go ahead,” CAF spokesman Suleimanu Habubu said […]

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Goalkeeper ‘dies in Togo gun attack’

TOGO goalkeeper Kodjovi Obilale has reportedly died from gunshot wounds sustained in an ambush on the team bus in Angola, bringing the death toll from the attack to four. Two members of Togo’s national team delegation and a driver also died following an ambush on the team’s bus as it travelled to the African Cup […]