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Super Eagles midfielder, Wilfred Ndidi has begged Nigerians over his missed goal scoring opportunity against Zimbabwe during both sides’ 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier a few days ago. Ndidi received backslash from fans after squandering a chance to double Nigeria’s lead during the encounter, which eventually ended in a 1-1 draw at the Godswill Akpabio…
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On Monday evening, the 24 teams set to compete in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations will learn the identities of their group stage opponents. Ahead of the draw, ESPN rank every single one of the 24 qualifiers and forecast who will go the distance at the continental showpiece in Morocco later this year. 24. Botswana The rank outsiders…
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Ahead of Monday’s awards ceremony to honour the year’s outstanding achievements in the African game and to crown Ademola Lookman as Africa’s Footballer of the Year, the Confederation of African Football had appeared to float the prospect that the Nigerian might miss out on a prize that appeared – from a distance — to be destined for…
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Morocco and Paris Saint-Germain full-back, Achraf Hakimi, has backed himself to win the CAF Player of the Year award over Ademola Lookman, Soccernet.ng reports. The 26-year-old defender has experienced success with every club he’s played for, from his academy days, winning the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Super Cup with Real Madrid, the DFL Super…
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The Confederation of African Football, CAF, on Saturday awarded three points and three goals to the Super Eagles following the botched 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Libya. The Super Eagles consolidated their top position in the group following the verdict. The Nigerian side now have 10 points from four matches, four points clear…
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The power of the group helped the Elephants sail through Brighton & Hove Albion’s 22-year-old Simon Adingra put up a Man-of-the-Match performance against Nigeria, providing both assists for Ivory Coast. The winger explains how his team endured tough times to win the third Afcon trophy in their history. “It is the power of the group…
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Super Eagles head coach, Jose Peseiro wants his side to be more clinical as they continue their hunt for a fourth Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, title. The West Africans boast of the strongest defence in the competition having let in just one goal in five games. The Super Eagles have, however, wasted a flurry…
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Liverpool legend, Mark Lawrenson has suggested that Manchester United won’t miss Andre Onana when the goalkeeper leaves for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in the coming days. Lawrenson believes that Man United’s backup goalkeeper Altay Bayindir wouldn’t be any worse than the Cameroonian international. “Altay Bayindir can’t be any worse than Andre Onana!”…
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Trabzonspor striker, Paul Onuachu will now take the place of injured Umar Sadiq in Nigeria’s squad for the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations. Sadiq sustained a knee injury in Nigeria’s friendly defeat to Guinea on Monday which has effectively ruled him out of the competition. Onuachu was initially named in Nigeria’s provisional 40-man squad for…
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The Napoli striker has been named CAF men’s Footballer of the Year after a fairy tale 2023. The 24-year-old led Napoli to their first title in 33 years, but faced his fair share of adversity on the way to the top. Five years ago, Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen was let go after failing to impress at Bundesliga…
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Former Super Eagles midfielder, John Mikel Obi, has revealed he was always terrified to play against Ivory Coast legend, Didier Drogba. Mikel Obi and Drogba played together at Chelsea in the Premier League and won many titles together. But they faced each other a few times at the international level. One of those came at…
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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Wednesday launched a new lucrative $100 million Super League aimed at injecting financial muscle to the cash-strapped clubs on the continent. Twenty-four clubs, yet to be decided, will take part in the first edition, which has the backing of world governing body FIFA and will be played between…
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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has nominated Super Eagles’ manager Gernot Rohr for 2019 African Men’s Coach of the Year alongside other coaches but his strongest rival will definitely be coach Djamel Belmadi, who won the 2019 AFCON tournament with Algeria. See the full list of nominees for CAF Awards 2019 below: African Player of the…
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