Africa Cup of Nations

Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Egypt and Ghana – the AFCON final four – were among the teams to enjoy a boost in the latest FIFA rankings.

CAF has fined the Nigeria Football Federation due to negligence on security and over-crowding during March's AFCON qualifier with Egypt.

Ivory Coast

Angola

Zambia Zambia have called up Aaron Katebe to their preliminary Africa Cup of Nations squad as a replacement for ​Nyambe Mulenga.

Mali Ambroise Oyongo proved an unlikely hero for Cameroon as they drew 1-1 with Mali in the Africa Cup of Nations.

Ghana Ghana are desperate to move on from their World Cup disaster when they open their Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign against Uganda.

Abdul Rahman Ghana will be without Baba Rahman for the remainder of the Africa Cup of Nations after the left-back suffered a bruised meniscus.

Madagascar

South Africa South Africa impressed in their final warm-up match for the Africa Cup of Nations with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Mali in Gabon.