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“In January, there’s a little tournament in Africa“, these are the words of Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp in 2021 as regards the biggest football competition in the continent, and a Twitter user @EmeritusTolu called it a “useless tournament” due to its timing. Whether you believe it is “little” or “useless”, is up for debate but …
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AFCON GROUP D: Algeria (30), Angola (117), Burkina Faso (57), Mauritania (105) FIFA ranking in bracket. If there is ever a group I believe will not produce a third-best-placed team, it has to be this group because of the gap between the two top teams and the other two teams. Algeria might have failed to …
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 …
Super Eagles coach Peseiro has listed eight debutants in his 25-man roster for the 2024 AFCON in Cote d’Ivoire. Three-time champions Nigeria have picked a team of 25 players for their onslaught for a fourth Africa Cup of Nations title, with Head Coach Jose Peseiro settling for usual suspects in a roster that has three …
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For the 5th consecutive season, there won’t be a Nigerian team in the group stage of the CAF Champions League. Both of the country’s representatives this season were knocked out in painful circumstances in the first preliminary round. Enyimba were eliminated after a narrow 4-3 defeat to Al Ahly Benghazi in Libya and a barren …
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Former FIFA badge referee, Anietie Ferdinand Udoh has backed his erstwhile colleagues after they were snubbed by CAF in the selection for referees to officiate at next year’s Nations Cup. CAF released a 69-man list of match officials on Tuesday. the referees will undergo a preparatory course to get them ready for the continental championship …
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June 12 represents democracy day in Nigeria, and it is built on the electoral victory of MKO Abiola and the subsequent annulment by General Badamosi Babangida. MKO is a lover of not just Nigeria but its sports as well. This is demonstrated in his setting up of a football team in the 80s until its …
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