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AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: Super Eagles on path to failure without kicking a ball

AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: Labbadia announces first Super Eagles squad

Newly-appointed Nigeria head coach, Bruno Labbadia has invited 23 players for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches against Benin Republic and Rwanda in September. Labbadia has wasted no time to hit the ground running after his confirmation as Finidi George’s successor on Tuesday. Current African Footballer of the Year, Victor Osimhen, Atalanta’s UEFA Europa League final hero Ademola Lookman, Fulham midfielder Alex Iwobi, and...

Labbadia: Nigerians react to appointment of new Super Eagles coach

Labbadia: Nigerians react to appointment of new Super Eagles coach

Nigerians have welcomed the appointment of Bruno Labbadia as Super Eagles head coach with mixed reactions. The former Bayer Leverkusen and Stuttgart manager was handed his first job as head coach of a national team on Tuesday, succeeding Finidi George to become the 37th coach of the two-time African champions. Labbadia’s appointment came in the last-minute, less than a week before the international break as Nigeria...

AFCON 2023: South Africans didn’t believe in Bafana Bafana – Broos

AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: South Africa announce preliminary squad

Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos has announced his 38-man preliminary squad for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. South Africa are getting ready to launch their Group K campaign with games against South Sudan and Uganda in September. Key players like captain Ronwen Williams, talisman Percy Tau, Teboho Mokoena, Lyle Foster and Elias Mokwana made the cut. Broos’ final 23-man squad will be named...

AFCON 2023: Senegal without injured Ballo-Toure & Sabaly for Gambia clash

Senegal finalise plans to extend Aliou Cisse’s contract

President of the Senegalese Football Federation, Augustin Senghor has confirmed plans to extend the contract of Aliou Cisse as Teranga Lions head coach. Cisse has been at the helm of the Senegal national team since March 2015 and he is in line to lead the West African country through the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers which begin in September. His current contract is set to...

AFCON 2025: CAF set date for opening & closing ceremonies

The Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has agreed to stage the 2025 Africa Cup of Nationa from December 2025 to January 2026. The tournament that will take place in Morocco will start on December 21, 2025 and end on January 18, 2026. It will be the first time the biennial football competition will be taking place across two years (2025 and 2026)....