Well, things have been quiet on the Mali blog since the Cup of Nations but there is a bit of news to keep our eyes on as we ramp up for World Cup qualifying.
Once again, Stephen Keshi is linked with an African national team as being the next coach to be named. A few [...]

Though Mali is gone from this years edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, at least one member of the team will still be going back to their club with some hardware. On Friday, Mali and Sevilla striker Freddy Kanoute was named the 2007 CAF African Footballer of the Year. It’s too bad the award [...]

I’m still in recovery mode after Mali’s disappointing showing against Cote d’Ivoire on Tuesday. The ACN has lost some of it’s luster for me now. It’s still a great tournament and there will still be some great football to watch, but when your main rooting interest bows out of a tournament like this, some of [...]

Africa Cup of Nations, Group B
Date: Tuesday, 29 January
Kick-off: 1700 GMT
Venue: Accra Sports Stadium, Accra
The Combatants
The first place and tournament favourites, Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire will be facing my new second-favourite African side, the Eagles of Mali. Both teams are expecting to advance to the knockout stage and both even have eyes to top the [...]

Nigeria vs. Mali…Recap
What a great game, at least from my perspective. As far as 0-0 draws go, this was a pretty entertaining one. From the outset you could feel the drama and pressure as African giants Nigeria were up against the wall facing possible elimination at the hands of a growing African football presence [...]

Another big day for African football coming up. My focus will be on the second game of January 25th, the Super Eagles of Nigeria against the Eagles of Mali. This is a crucial game. Chances are one of those two teams will advance to the knockout round and the other will be heading home with [...]

I think now that we are through most of the first round of games for this years ACN, we can safely say that many of the teams have exhibited at least some first game jitters. This is not a surprise as with such a big stage and so much pressure, being a little nervous is [...]

Well folks, it wasn’t pretty and it wasn’t overwhelming but the Eagles got the job done. Here’s your recap.
This game had a little bit of everything from a power outage just before kick-off, to some pre-game line-up drama, and how about a fresh face in the uniform game.
The fashion file
After seeing virutally identical Puma kits [...]

With kick off less than 24 hours away I suppose it’s time to get psyched for this game.
When: 1930h GMT
Where: Sekondi, Ghana
The opponent: The Squirrels of Benin. Needless to say, Benin shouldn’t really bring any surprises to the game against Mali. The two West African sides are quite familiar with each other after qualifying [...]

So in my travels across the internet today, prepping for the Eagles opening match tomorrow against Benin, I found something quite interesting. If you’ve been reading about the new kits for teams such as Guinea and Mali by a relatively new company by the name of Airness, then you probably have seen the all-new Mali [...]