Football Tracker: FIFA Best Awards handed out, Atalanta soar in Serie A
Monday, January 15th
23:12 CET - Lionel Messi, Pep Guardiola and Aitana Bonmati all picked up gongs at The Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony tonight and you can read about the winners right here.
22:59 CET - Algeria and Angola’s tense AFCON opener has ended 1-1 in Bouaké. The point sees both sides move top in Group D with Mauritania and Burkina Faso yet to play.
22:39 CET - Atalanta have battered Frosinone 5-0 and moved into Serie A’s top five with the thumping win.
21:55 CET - Algeria are leading Angola 1-0 at half time in their AFCON Group D clash in Bouaké.
You can follow the second 45 with our live audio commentary.
21:33 CET - At half time, Atalanta are leading Frosinone 3-0 after three goals in the first quarter-hour, incredibly!
A win tonight would lift La Dea into Serie A’s top five. They are certainly on course for that.
20:31 CET - Jordan have gotten their Asian Cup campaign off to a flying start, smashing Malaysia 4-0.
Jordan and South Korea top Group E with a win each.
20:17 CET - In the last match of the day at AFCON, Group D favourites Algeria kick off their campaign with a tricky match against Angola.
You can follow that match with our audio commentary.
Kicking off just before that is the sole Serie A fixture of the evening as Atalanta host Frosinone.
20:00 CET - They found an equaliser in the second half, but Cameroon weren't able to begin their AFCON campaign with a win, being held to a 1-1 draw by Guinea.
18:58 CET - At half-time in their first match of AFCON, Cameroon are trailing Guinea 1-0, but the underdogs will have to play the second half with 10 men.
17:32 CET - Iraq have beaten Indonesia 3-1 in their Group D encounter at the Asian Cup.
In the last match of the day in Qatar, Malaysia take on Jordan in Group E.
17:05 CET - Next up at AFCON, Cameroon take on Guinea in the second Group C clash of the day. Laster, Algeria take on Angola.
17:00 CET - Senegal have cruised to a 3-0 win over 10-man Gambia in their opening match at AFCON.
You can read all about how the match unfolded here.
16:00 CET - At half time, Senegal are leading Gambia 1-0. There was a loss of communication with broadcasters towards the end of the half but what do know is that Gambia were down to 10 men heading into the break!
14:47 CET - Below are the starting lineups for Senegal’s match with Gambia.
Follow the match with our live audio commentary.
14:36 CET - Next up in the Asian Cup, Indonesia play Iraq in Group D. The two sides met back in November in a World Cup qualifier with Iraq romping to a 5-1 win.
Iraq are one of the few nations to have won the Asian Cup and will be fancied to get out of the group. Indonesia are one of the big sleeping giants of Asian football but have been in terrible form lately - they haven’t won since October.
14:34 CET - South Korea have beaten Bahrain 3-1 in their Asian Cup opener. Bahrain levelled the match shortly after the break but a Lee Kang-In double secured the win for the Koreans.
14:02 CET - The Africa Cup of Nations’ Group C gets underway today with heavyweights Senegal and Cameroon both in action.
First up, at 15:00, AFCON holders Senegal take on neighbours Gambia, one of the smaller nations in the tournament. Could we have another upset on our hands?
Follow the match with our live audio commentary.
13:38 CET - At half time in Qatar, South Korea are leading Bahrain 1-0 thanks to a goal from Hwang In-Beom.
11:40 CET - With some world-class players like Son Heung-Min and Kim Min-Jae, South Korea will be one of the favourites to win the Asian Cup. They open their tournament in just under an hour against Bahrain.
10:53 CET - Rasmus Hojlund and Marcus Rashford are beginning to display signs of a potent partnership, Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag said after the attackers both scored in Sunday's 2-2 Premier League draw with Tottenham.
09:07 CET - It may be Monday, but there's still plenty of football to enjoy today. First up is South Korea's Asian Cup opener against Bahrain in just over three hours, and shortly after that reigning AFCON champions Senegal will begin their bid to defend their title against Gambia.
