Three days ago, I sat in my Paris hotel room watching Ivory Coast maul Guinea in the Africa Cup of Nations. How much the world has changed, I thought. This was virtually impossible 20 years ago.
Ten years ago you would get the occasional Africa Cup of Nations game on European screens. Today it's all over the place. One reason is that the army of African players like Didier Drogba at Chelsea, and Samuel Eto'o at Barcelona FC are so big with their European clubs, the hordes of their European fans will follow them wherever they play. It makes commercial sense, therefore, to air the Africa Cup of Nations tournament.
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