Sunday, January 20, 2008

Africa Cup of Nations on the BBC


BBC World Service will be in the heart of Ghana to bring what promises to be most extensive coverage yet of the Africa Cup of Nations to millions of football fans across Africa and the world.


Our three-week coverage from the biggest sporting event on the continent began Friday 18 January and the highlight of the day was the much anticipated announcement of Emmanuel Adebayor as the BBC's African Footballer of the Year 2007 on the BBC's English for Africa sports programme, Fast Track.

The BBC's 60 million weekly listeners in Africa will hear match commentary on the radio and special reports capturing the vibe and excitement of Ghana 2008 in a range of programmes while globally, special programming includes the dedicated 10-minute morning programme Africa Cup of Nations Daily, at 04.20 and 07.20 GMT, and two special editions of the interactive programme World Have Your Say Wednesday 30 January and Friday 1 February at 18.00 GMT.
Please note, that due to rights restrictions the BBC World Service cannot carry any commentary from the tournament online.
Read more on this story at BBC Radio World Service at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/080116_african_football_coverage.shtml