“Gervinho, Siaka Chico Tiene and Didier Drogba were on target as tournament favourites Ivory Coast secured their first victory of the African Nations Cup with a 3-1 win over Ghana in Cabinda. Gervinho finished off a fluid counter-attacking move after 23 minutes to give Ivory Coast the lead, but they were reduced to 10 men after 55 minutes when Emmanuel Eboue was shown a straight red card for a reckless two-footed tackle.” (ESPN)

Nigeria 1-0 Benin
“Nigeria revived their chances of reaching the last eight of the Africa Cup of Nations after an edgy 1-0 win over Benin in Group C on Saturday. Yakubu Aiyegbeni converted a 42nd- minute penalty after Squirrels defender Romuald Boco handled in the box.” (BBC)

Terror at the Africa Cup of nations
“The attack on the Togolese national football team brought chaos and confusion to the Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Angola. The team had finished final preparations and were leaving their training camp in Congo-Brazzaville for the Angolan enclave of Cabinda. It is there that the team bus was ambushed by an armed group and caught in a hail of gunfire. Two members of the Togolese team were killed. Togo captain, Emmanuel Adebayor, clearly shaken by the incident, described what happened to the BBC’s Matthew Kenyon.” (BBC)

African Nations Cup – 2010 (ESPN)