Five more teams booked their spots in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals in Morocco on Thursday, bringing the total to 15, Afrosport reports. The five sides are Nigeria, Senegal, Uganda, South Africa and Gabon. The Super Eagles, Bafana Bafana and the Panthers, the Cranes had already booked their spots without kicking a ball after other results in their respective groups went in their...
Devin Titus has joined the South Africa national team ahead of their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, Afrosport reports. The Stellenbosch FC player has not made an official senior cap for his country yet but head coach Hugo Broos announced that he will be teaming up with the squad ahead of their matches against Sudan and Uganda. The 23-year-old replaces Mihlali Mayambela following his injury...
A Kenyan court on Tuesday sentenced two men to 35 years in prison for the murder of Ugandan Olympic athlete Benjamin Kiplagat in December 2023, Afrosport reports. A high court in the northwestern city of Eldoret found the two men – Peter Ushuru Khalumi, 30, and David Ekai Lokere, 25 – guilty of stabbing the 34-year-old Ugandan to death after a nine-month trial. Reuben Nyakundi, the...
Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has named a 38-player preliminary squad for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Uganda and South Sudan next month, Afrosport reports. South Africa will play Uganda away and face South Sudan at home a few days later during the November international break when the squad will be trimmed to 23 players. Some of the new faces in the preliminary...
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced the date for the 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN) Qualifiers, Afrosport reports. CAF revealed that the draw for the CHAN 2024 qualifiers will be held on Wednesday, October 9, at the institution’s headquarters in Cairo, Egypt at 2pm local time (12pm Nigerian Time). The tournament will be held in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, between February 01 – 28,...
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