Yobo, McCarthy to host Afcon on TV

HAVING had to mark Benni McCarthy every time Everton faced Blackburn Rovers between 2006 and 2009, former Nigeria skipper Joseph Yobo was always in close proximity to the South African striker.

The pair will again find themselves side by side, this time with a common goal as they team up to provide their expert opinion during SuperSport’s broadcast of the Africa Cup of Nations being hosted in Gabon.

SuperSport will broadcast live and in HD all 32 matches of the January 14 - February 5 tournament.

Matches will be spread across eight channels – SS4, SS5 (for South Africa), SS6, Maximo2, Maximo3, Maximo360, Select1 and Select2 (for the rest of the continent).

SuperSport 5 is the overflow channel for the final round of the group stages, where matches kick off simultaneously.

SuperSport schedule:

January 14: Gabon v Guinea-Bissau, 17:00, (SS4, SS6); Burkina Faso v Cameroon 20:30 (SS4, SS6) January 15: Algeria v Zimbabwe 17:00 (SS4, SS6); Tunisia v Senegal 20:30 (SS4, SS6) January 16: Ivory Coast v Togo 17:00 (SS4, SS6); DR Congo v Morocco 20:30 (SS4, SS6) January 17: Ghana v Uganda 17:00 (SS4, SS6); Mali v Egypt 20:30 (SS4, SS6) January 18: Gabon v Burkina Faso 17:00 (SS4, SS6); Cameroon v Guinea-Bissau 20:30 (SS4, SS6) January 19: Algeria v Tunisia 17:00 (SS4, SS6); Senegal v Zimbabwe 20:30 (SS4, SS6) January 20: Ivory Coast v DR Congo 17:00 (SS4, SS6); Morocco v Togo 20:30 (SS4, SS6) January 21: Ghana v Mali 17:00 (SS4, SS6); Egypt v Uganda 20:30 (SS4, SS6) January 22: Cameroon v Gabon 20:00 (SS4, SS6); Guinea-Bissau v Burkina Faso 20:00 (SS5) January 23: Senegal v Algeria 20:00 (SS4, SS6); Zimbabwe v Tunisia 20:00 (SS5) January 24: Morocco v Ivory Coast 20:00 (SS4, SS6); Togo v DR Congo 20:00 (SS5) January 25: Egypt v Ghana 20:00 (SS4, SS6); Uganda v Mali 20:00 (SS5) January 28 and 29: quarterfinals February 1 and 2: semifinals February 4: third place playoff February 5: final