The Super Eagles have dropped two places to 42nd in the latest world ranking released by global football body FIFA. This comes on the back of the three-time African champions recording 1-1 draws against lowly-ranked Lesotho and Zimbabwe in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers last month, making it three draws in four games stretching back to the October international break when they played Saudi Arabia and...
Ivory Coast made it two wins from two games in Group F of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers after defeating The Gambia 2-0 on Monday evening. The Elephants were fresh off an emphatic 9-0 win over Seychelles in their opening qualifier and went ahead against the Scorpions via Fiorentina forward Christian Kouame, who was an unused substitute against Seychelles, just before the halftime break. It...
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...
Four-time African Footballer of the Year, Yaya Toure has resigned his position as Standard Liege to become the assistant coach of Saudi Arabia national team. Toure is the latest football icon to consider a career in the Middle East as Saudi Arabia continue its football development and revolution ahead of the hosting of the 2034 FIFA World Cup. Standard Liege confirmed the departure of the 2015...
German Bundesliga club Union Berlin have handed Ivory Coast forward David Datro Fofana a one-week suspension for refusing to shake his manager Urs Fischer's hands during a UEFA Champions League game on Tuesday. After replacing Fofana in the 70th minute, Fischer gestured his hand for a shake but the 20-year-old Ivorian snubbed it in a show of displeasure. Union Berlin lost the game by 1-0 to...
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