Author: Mayowa Kufile
Guide To GROUP B: Egypt (33), Cape Verde (73), Ghana (61), Mozambique (111) FIFA ranking in bracket Egypt are the most successful nation in the history of the AFCON with seven wins to their name and will hope to go one step better than the second-place finish they had last time in Cameroun. Ghana failed to win a single game at the last AFCON as they finished bottom of their group and with a Cape Verde team most times posing a threat to the big boys, the Ghanaians will need to up their game to avoid a repeat of such.…
AFCON 2023 GROUP A: AFCON 2023 group A features Cote D’Ivoire (49), Equatorial Guinea (88), Guinea-Bissau (103), Nigeria (42) FIFA ranking in bracket On paper, group A looks like a mere formality for the top two teams (Nigeria and Host, Cote D’Ivoire), and barring any disaster, these two teams should navigate their way out of this group. However, Equatorial Guinea will fancy their chance as an underdog and hope lightning strikes again after they found themselves in a similar situation at the last AFCON in 2021, where they surprisingly finished second behind Cote D’Ivoire and ahead of Sierra Leone and…
.What a year 2023 has been for an average Nigerian, the country’s masses started the year looking for where to get cash because of the scarcity of the currency due to a brouhaha between the former CBN governor and the court over the change of new naira notes. So, when an average Nigerian tells you that the only thing that unites us as a nation or makes us happy is “football” (sports generally), you must agree. Nigeria Sports in 2023 has been mixed generally. The Nigeria male basketball team failed to qualify for the FIBA World Cup that was held…