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AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: Four players withdraw from Angola squad to face Ghana, Sudan

AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: Four players withdraw from Angola squad to face Ghana, Sudan

Angola head coach Pedro Goncalves will have to come up with a new plan as four players have withdrawn from their 25-man squad just days before their final matches in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers. The Palancas Negras, whose spot in next year’s AFCON in Morocco is already guaranteed, will host the Black Stars of Ghana in Luanda on November 15 before battling Sudan three...

AFCON 2023: Angola coach Goncalves congratulates Nigeria after quarter-final win

AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: Angola boss Goncalves calls 25 players for Ghana, Sudan ties

Pedro Goncalves, head coach of the Angolan national team, has invited 25 players for their final two matches in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers this month, Afrosport reports. The Portuguese coach has handed callups to Lens forward M'bala Nzola, who makes a return to the team for the first time since March 2023, and Joao Baxti, who hasn’t featured for Angola since 2022. Goncalves...

AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: Senegal, Morocco grind out wins; Ghana stutters against Niger

AFCON 2025 Qualifiers: Senegal, Morocco grind out wins; Ghana stutters against Niger

Matchday two of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers continued on Monday as AFCON 2021 champions, Senegal, laboured to a slim 1-0 win against Burundi at the Bingu National Stadium in Malawi. The Teranga Lions were left frustrated for long periods in a game which they dominated as the Burundi defence stood resolute throughout the match. However, Aliou Cisse's men eventually got a breakthrough as...