Afcon exits of Algeria and Ghana a shock but traditional minnows are catching up | Jonathan Wilson
Debutants Comoros and the Gambia reaching the last 16 should not be a surprise and make the case for further expansionThe middle continues to rise. In Europe at least, the question about African football is why it has not kicked on the past two decades from the time when, in the space of 12 years between 1990 and 2002, Cameroon and Senegal reached World Cup quarter-finals and Cameroon and Nigeria won Olympic golds. One quarter-final since does not look much like progress.And yet for all that issues of infrastructure and administration continue to blight the highest level of the African game, where there has been clear progress has been lower down the pyramid. There is a healthy and growing middle...