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AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: Which eight teams are through to next year’s finals in Morocco?

With the conclusion of matchday four encounters in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, more teams have secured tickets to the continental showpiece scheduled to be held in Morocco in 2025. At the moment, eight nations have booked their place in the tournament, with Egypt, Senegal, Angola, DR Congo, Algeria, Cameroon, and Burkina Faso joining hosts Morocco with two games to spare in the qualifying...

Ex-Arsenal & Barcelona star Alex Song retires from football

Ex-Arsenal & Barcelona star Alex Song retires from football

Former Arsenal, Barcelona and Cameroon midfielder Alex Song has announced his retirement from professional football on Tuesday. The 36-year-old recently played for Djiboutian club Arta/Solar 7 after a nomadic career in Europe that made him ply his trade in France, England, Spain, Russia and Switzerland. Song is the nephew of Cameroon head coach Rigobert Song and he was a member of the Indomitable Lions squad that...

Orban scores four in Gent eight-goal thriller

Gent star Orban targets Premier League future

Gent striker Gift Orban has hinted about a potential move to the Premier League in the future. The 20-year-old sensation grabbed headlines with four second-half goals, including a well-taken freekick to help Gent to a 6-2 victory away at Zulte Waregem in the Belgian Pro League on Sunday. Orban joined Gent in January from Norwegian club Stabaek, and he has scored nine goals in eight games...

Renard: The two-time AFCON winning coach making World Cup history with Saudi Arabia

Renard: The two-time AFCON winning coach making World Cup history with Saudi Arabia

Football fans around the world were left stunned after underdogs Saudi Arabia suppressed South American giants Argentina in a nail-biting Group C fixture at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The Falcons of Saudi Arabia survived a late onslaught to coast to a 2-1 victory over the Copa America champions. Two early second half goals from Al Hilal's duo of Saleh Al-Shehri and Salem Al-dawsari...