Kelechi Iheanacho's equaliser salvaged a 1-1 draw for Nigeria against Zimbabwean in their second FIFA 2026 World Cup qualifying fixture on Sunday. The Leicester City forward was among the three changes made by Peseiro at the break when the three-time African champions were trailing 1-0. Walter Musona gave Zimbabwe an early lead in first half with a well-taken free-kick in the 25th minute. Iheanacho came off...
Sadio Mane found the back of the net twice on his landmark 100th cap for Senegal as they defeated South Sudan 4-0 in Group B of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers on Saturday night. The Teranga Lions are favourites to win the automatic spot into the finals in three years time in the United States, Mexico and Canada and wasted no time against the South...
Ivory Coast recorded the biggest result of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers so far with a 9-0 bashing of Seychelles in Group F on Friday evening. Borussia Dortmund forward Sebastien Haller kicked things off in Abidjan from the penalty spot in the 20th minute before Nottingham Forest's Ibrahim Sangare made it 2-0 four minutes later. Brighton's Simon Adingra was the next to record his name...
There was an extraordinary level of confidence that the Super Eagles were going to defeat Lesotho when both sides went up against each other at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in the opening game of the Group C 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers on Thursday evening. There was of course every reason to be boastful of such a victory. Nigeria were ranked 113 places higher than the...
Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen has been selected in the final ten-man shortlist in the men’s category for the Player of the Year award at the upcoming CAF awards, the African football body announced on Friday. CAF on Wednesday, November 1, initially released a 30-man list of players selected to win the biggest individual accolade on the continent with the aim of dethroning Senegalese forward Sadio Mane,...
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