Africa Cup of Nations 2012

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Players to watch

Andre Ayew

Ghana's promising starlet

Demba Ba

Senegal's goal-poacher

Manucho

Angola's in-form striker

Mehdi Benatia

Morocco's solid defender

Oussama Darragi

Tunisia's key playmaker

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Gabon's talismanic forward

Seydou Keita

Mali's consistent midfielder

Yaya Toure

Ivory Coast's giant midfielder

Youssef Msakni

Tunisia's rising talent

Zambia team returns home after African Cup win

Zambians welcomed their African heroes with a warm reception

Zambia coach takes page from Egypt team

Renard says he drew lesson from Egypt's national team when putting together Zambia's winning CAN squad

Zambia prepares heroes’ welcome for Cup winners

Celebrations were still running on Monday morning as ecstatic Zambians prepared a heroes' welcome home for their national team after the country lifted its first Africa Cup of Nations title

Zambia coach dedicates triumph to Kalusha

Herve Renard dedicates Zambia's first African Cup of Nations trophy to Zambian football legend Kalusha Bwalya

Emotional Renard boosts Zambia’s unique spirit

There was a moment when Zambia’s famous team spirit appeared to be fractured in Sunday’s high pressure atmosphere at the African Cup of Nations final

President’s mother sings as African Cup winds down

The African Cup of Nations wound down Sunday as Gabon President Ali Bongo’s mother sang for fans and giant images of the tournament’s football-playing gorilla mascot were projected onto the pitch in a high-tech closing ceremony

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