Black Stars of Ghana became the fourth team to quality for the 2013 African Cup of Nations to be held in South Africa in 2013. Ghana beat Malawi by 1-0 at Civo Stadium and secured 3-0 aggregate score to rank itself in the top four qualified teams. Other qualified teams till date are: Nigeria, defending champion Zambia, and Ivory Coast. Among them, Ivory Coast qualified despite their abandoned match against Senegal due to crowd trouble on the ground. Basically, the match between visitors Coast Ivory and hosts Senegal was decided on benefit of doubt given in favor of Coast Ivory after crowd disturbance. Actually, Coast Ivory was leading the game with 2-0 score when Senegalese reportedly start attacking visitor fans along with lightening fire in Leopold Sedar Senghor Stadium. Police was then called by the ground authority, perhaps police had to use tear gas to control the wild Senegalese. When it became impossible to continue the match, it had been abandoned and Ivory Coast was rewarded … [Read more...]