AFRICAN CONFEDERATION CUP 2014 - SEMI FINALS - PREVIEW

This weekend's fixtures

18 Sep 2014
STARS IN EUROPE - IVORY COAST / GERMANY - MAN CITY WERE BEATEN BY BAYERN MUNICH

Yaya Toure's club lost the match after a last-minute strike from former City defender Jerome Boateng.

18 Sep 2014
STARS IN EUROPE - IVORY COAST - STRIKER GERVINHO EXTENDS CONTRACT AT ROMA

The 27-year-old joined in 2013 from Arsenal and has scored nine times in 33 league appearances.

17 Sep 2014
NATIONAL TEAM - NIGERIA - CRISIS AFFECTS COACH VACANCY

Nigeria will face a last-minute rush to appoint a coach before the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Sudan next month because of the crisis at the country's football federation.

15 Sep 2014
NATIONAL LEAGUE - EGYPT - AL AHLY WIN SUPER-CUP AHEAD OF NEW SEASON

Al Ahly beat Zamalek on penalties to win the Egyptian Super Cup ahead of the start of a new Premier League season.

15 Sep 2014
TRANSFER - NIGERIA - JOHN OGU HOPES ISRAEL MOVE WILL LEAD TO RECALL

John Ogu is hoping his move to Israel's Hapoel Be'er Sheva can help resurrect his international career with Nigeria.

14 Sep 2014
TRANSFER - NIGERIA - STRIKER UCHE NWOFOR HAPPY WITH MOVE TO LIERSE

Nigeria international striker Uche Nwofor believes his move to Belgian side Lierse S.K will aid his progression as a player.

13 Sep 2014
NATIONAL TEAM - GHANA - COACH - KWESI APPIAH LEAVES HIS POST AS COACH BY MUTUAL CONSENT

Former coach Milovan Rajevac is being widely tipped to return to the post he held between 2008 and 2010.

12 Sep 2014
2015 AFRICA CUP QUALIFIERS - GROUP STAGE - 2ND MATCHES - All RESULTS

Cameroon hit form to thrash Ivory Coast - They continued their resurgence as they hammered Ivory Coast 4:1 in their 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Yaounde.

11 Sep 2014

NATIONAL TEAM - IVORY COAST - Yaya Toure considering Ivory Coast retirement

YAYA TOURE AFRICA CUP 2015 MAN CITY

 

Toure captained his country to a first Africa Cup of Nations triumph since 1992 in Equatorial Guinea this year.

And the 31-year-old midfielder suggested he may now follow brother Kolo into international retirement .

"I think now my target is done," Toure told BBC's Sportsworld programme. 

"I want to wait a couple of days for what I will decide for my future."

Toure was speaking in Ivory Coast's largest port city Abidjan, where the African champions have just played two celebratory friendly matches 

2:0 win over Uganda 
1:1 draw with Equatorial Guinea

The games were designed to honour the team's achievement in winning the Nations Cup and also allow defender Kolo Toure and goalkeeper Boubacar Barry to say their final farewells following their retirement from internationals.

And it may be that Toure, who has just collected the Golden Lion award for Africa's best player for the fourth year running, will be the latest to call time on his Ivory Coast career.

After making his international debut in 2004, Toure has gone on to win 95 caps for his country, scoring 19 goals. 

In 2014 he took over the captain's armband when striker Didier Drogba.

He has played in six Nations Cup tournaments, suffering defeat in the final in 2006 and 2012, and appeared in three World Cups.

But after 11 years on the international scene, Toure has hinted he may step aside for the new generation.

"The time for the youngsters will come soon and we need to let them go on alone," he said.

And with only two years left to run on his contract with his English Premier League side.

Toure is understood to be weighing up whether now is the time to focus solely on his club.

 

 

31 Mar 2015
(BBC Sport UK)

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