The Confederation of Africa Football has announced the group
stage draw for AFCON 2021 qualifiers.
CAF held the draw in Cairo, Egypt, on Thursday.
The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (also referred to as AFCON
2021 or CAN 2021) is scheduled…
John Obi Mikel has called time on his international football career. The 32-year-old midfielder who captained the Super Eagles of Nigeria to a bronze medal finish at the African nations cup, Egypt 2019 took to his instagram page, the…
After a late night celebration at their Le Meridien
Heliopolis Hotel till early hours of today, the players and the officials will
leave for Nigeria this afternoon via a chartered flight.
According to THISDAY the chartered flight has been arranged
to convey…
A Riyadh Mahrez stunning free kick in the last minute of
regulation time condemned Nigeria to her second loss of the Africa Cup of
Nations and confirmed Algeria’s place in Friday’s final match.
Gernot Rohr, the Nigeria coach, has admitted that…
Nigeria’s Super Eagles and Algeria’s Desert Foxes will clash
for the 22nd time tonight at the Cairo International Stadium Egypt, in what
promises to be a match filled with fireworks.
Three –time champions Nigeria won their first title on home
soil at…
Algeria will have to turn the form book upside down if they
are to overcome Nigeria in their Africa Cup of Nations semi-final on Sunday,
having not beaten the Super Eagles on the pitch for nearly 30 years.
In the other…
Algeria defeated the Ivory Coast 4-3 on penalties in Suez Thursday to set up a semi-final showdown with Nigeria.
The quarter-final finished 1-1 after extra time with Sofiane Feghouli giving Algeria a 20th-minute lead that was cancelled by Jonathan…
Nigeria are through into the Africa Cup of
Nations semi-finals when defender William Troost Ekong scored with one minute
remaining to give them a 2-1 win over a gallant South Africa as the tournament
served up more drama on Wednesday.
Troost Ekong,…
Bafana Bafana of South Africa coach Stuart Baxter has said
they have massive respect for their quarterfinal opponents Nigeria but
confident of reaching the last four.
He said the Eagles are stable and remain one if the best in Africa. He…
Nigeria’s Super Eagles quest of winning her fourth Africa
Cup of Nations title will come under scrutiny as the team face Bafana Bafana of
South Africa in the quarter-final at the Cairo International Stadium today.
Both teams are no strangers to…