The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations kicked off Sunday, Dec. 21 and will determine the continent's champion on Sunday, Jan. 18.

Ivory Coast has got its Africa Cup of Nations title defense off to a winning start and France great Zinedine Zidane has watched his goalkeeper son’s safe hands as Algeria also started its campaign wit

The 2027 edition of the tournament will take place during the summer to avoid this issue, but with the Club World Cup in 2029, AFCON will again be in the winter due to fitting it within a constrained global soccer calendar.

The Africa Cup of Nations is here, as 23 nations try to take the trophy away from holders Ivory Coast in what's always a sensational and rather unique spectacle.

The Africa Cup of Nations begins Sunday with host Morocco aiming for a spectacle befitting its quest to become a global soccer power.

Ivory Coast's Sebastien Haller, whose goals took the country to the title at the last Africa Cup of Nations, was on Friday ruled out of this month's tournament in Morocco through injury.

The Africa Cup of Nations 2025 takes center stage in December and early January, as 24 teams head to Morocco aiming to be crowned AFCON champs. This is going to be a brilliant tournament held in nine stadiums across six cities in Morocco.

In Europe, much of the build-up to the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations has unfortunately - but inevitably - focused on which clubs will be most affected by the tournament's scheduling in the middle of the season.