Tag: AFCON 2025
Senegal beat Sudan to qualify for 2025 AFCON quarter-finals
Senegal booked their place in the quarter-finals of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations with a 3-1 win over Sudan, recovering from an early scare to underl [...]
AFCON 2025 power rankings: Nigeria lead as Algeria, Morocco, Senegal, Egypt, Congo D.R follow
These power rankings are based solely on the performances thus far in the group stage. The Super Eagles have been the best team in the three games pla [...]
Super Eagles shows strenght in depth with 3-1 victory over Uganda
Nigeria's performances in the ongoing Nations Cup have been phenomenal. After beating Tanzania and Tunisia in matchday one and two, Eric Chelle's side [...]
AFCON round-up: Senegal 1-1 D.R. Congo, Benin 1-0 Botswana
Benin 1-0 Botswana
It took Benin 16 games in the AFCON to record their first-ever victory at the tournament. In their maiden campaign in 2004, unde [...]
AFCON 2025: Ten-man Egypt beat Bafana Bafana as Angola and Zimbabwe share spoils in Marrakech
7-time winners of the Africa Cup of Nations, Egypt were so solid that they defended almost 60 minutes with 10 men and emerged victorious against the d [...]
Mali will not park the bus against Morocco – Tom Saintfiet
Flashback to 12th June 2019, when the Gambia shockingly defeated Morocco in an international friendly at the Stade de Marrakech.
Musa Barrow's 27th [...]
AFCON 2025: Algeria pulverises Kwesi Appiah’s Sudan 3-0 to start campaign on high note
Sudan looked so great until Salaheddin Alhassan was shown a second yellow card to give the Algerians a numerical advantage. Riyad Mahrez had been beau [...]
Jackson scores twice for Senegal as D.R Congo, Nigeria record slim wins
Senegal sent a strong warning to their competitors after smashing Botswana into pieces with a delightful performance.
As one of the much-fancied te [...]
Patson Daka’s late strike secures draw for Zambia in Casablanca
The Chipolopolos of Zambia were so flat in the first half that many thought they were going to be thrashed by Mali.
The Eagles of Mali at the Stade [...]
‘Anything less than the title would be considered a failure’ – Morocco head coach Walid Regragui
The Atlas Lions will undoubtedly be under immense pressure. After reaching the semi-finals of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, Morocco have probably [...]