Cape Verde made history on Monday as they qualified for the 2026 FIFA World Cup for the very first time after defeating Eswatini 3-0 in their final Group D game in the African qualifiers, Afrosport reports. The tiny island nation came into this game two points clear of Cameroon at the top and got the required win thanks to goals from Dailon Livramento, Willy Semedo and...
The Black Stars of Ghana continued their winless streak in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches as they were held to a goalless draw by Sudan at the Accra Sports Stadium on Thursday. Despite despite dominating for a large part of the game, the coach Otto Addo-led side were unable to find the back of the net. Ghana defender Alexander Djiku came close to...
Vincent Aboubakar netted a brace as Cameroon defeated Cape Verde 4-1 in Yaounde to go top of Group D in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Libya temporarily took top spot after defeating Mauritius 2-1 on Thursday with 10 men and the Indomitable Lions were out to claim it back starting with Michael Ngadeu's opener in the 13th minute. Aboubakar doubled their lead in the 25th...
Ronwen Williams was at his incredible best as he saved four penalties during the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals shootout against Cape Verde, handing South Africa a 2-1 victory after a goalless 120 minutes in Yamoussoukro. Bafana Bafana produced one of the biggest upsets of the tournaments by dispatching favorites Morocco in the previous round while the Blue Sharks edged past Mauritania. Not much was...
The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations has proved to be a tournament of upsets with reigning champions Senegal and heavyweights failing to make it into the quarter-final. All the eight teams who made it to the quarter-final at 2021 AFCON in Cameroon failed to progress to the same stage in Ivory Coast as there is a new set of entry. Nigeria, Mali, Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea, ...
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