OrangeAFCON roars to life

MQONDISI DUBE
Staff Writer | Tuesday January 12, 2010 00:00

The local launch of the 2010 AFCON was held at the Fashion Lounge in Phakalane where journalists and football administrators, among them Botswana Football Association (BFA) president, David Fani, attended. Orange would be running competitions during the duration of the three-week tournament and its subscribers can get up to the minute updates.

The journalists watched the opening ceremony and later the game between Angola and Mali.

Orange won the right to sponsor CAF competitions for the next eight years beginning in 2009.

The Orange AFCON finals took off to a bad start after Friday's attack on the Togo team, which left at least two members dead.

Togo has since withdrawn from the tournament amid claims that CAF president, Issa Hayatou was warned by a rebel group of the attacks, two months before the tournament kicked off.

The opening match against Angola and Mali went some way in restoring the host country's battered image as the two teams put on a brilliant display in a dramatic 4-4 deadlock.