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Day 11 - 21st match - Morocco reach quarter-finals

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2017 AFRICA CUP - GROUP C - DAY 11 - Togo vs Congo DR 1:3

Day 11 - 22nd match - Congo DR reach quarter-finals

24 Jan 2017
National Team - Algeria - Coach - Leekens quits after exit

Coach Georges Leekens quits after Nations Cup elimination.

24 Jan 2017
2017 AFRICA CUP - GROUP B - DAY 10 - Senegal VS Algeria 2:2

Day 10 - 19th match - Algeria exit without a win

23 Jan 2017
2017 AFRICA CUP - GROUP B - DAY 10 - Zimbabwe VS Tunisia 2:4

Day 10 - 20th match - Tunisia reach quarter-finals

23 Jan 2017
2017 AFRICA CUP - GROUP A - DAY 09 - Cameroon VS Gabon 0:0

Day 09 - 17th match - Gabon limp out as Cameroon progress

22 Jan 2017
2017 AFRICA CUP - GROUP A - DAY 09 - Guinea-Bissau VS Burkina Faso 0:2

Day 09 - 18th match - Burkina Faso beat Guinea-Bissau to win group

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2017 AFRICA CUP - GROUP D - DAY 08 - Ghana VS Mali 1:0

Day 08 - 15th match - Ghana beat Mali

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2017 AFRICA CUP - GROUP D - DAY 08 - Egypt VS Uganda 1:0

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Stars in Europe - Gabon Club - Lemina signs permanent Juventus deal

Juventus FC Mario Lemina

 

Italian giants Juventus have signed Gabon midfielder Mario Lemina on a permanent deal from Olympique Marseille.

The 22-year-old, who initially joined the Bianconeri on a season-long loan in August, was snapped up for $10.9m on a four-year deal, according to the Serie A champions.

"The fee could rise by an additional €1 million, depending on whether he meets "performance-related targets," the club added.

Lemina, who has made 11 appearances and scored twice for the Italians, has impressed the club during his time there.

"Over the course of his year with Juventus, Mario has developed into a multi-talented midfielder, able to launch attacks with the same level of excellence with which he defends, qualities that will continue to make him a highly valuable member of the Bianconeri midfield in the future," the Serie A outfit said.

Lemina began his professional career at Lorient and spent eight years at the French club.

He left Lorient and signed a five-year deal with Marseille in August 2013 and scored twice in 50 appearances for the club before switching to Juventus on loan with an option to buy.

Lemina had initially rejected a call-up to Gabon's 2015 Africa Cup of Nations squad in the hope he would be selected to play for France instead.

But the France Under-20 World Cup winner switched his international allegiance to the country of his birth last September.

He has made five appearances for the Panthers and scored on his debut in 3:3 friendly draw against Tunisia in October 2015.

Gabon will host the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations - only five years after they were co-hosts with Equatorial Guinea.

 

30 Apr 2016
(BBC Sport by Oluwashina Okeleji)

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