A hat-trick from Bristol City striker Famara Diedhiou helped Senegal outclass Eswatini 4-1 in Mbabane in the 2021 Nations Cup qualifiers on Sunday.
Diedhiou netted his hat-trick in the 59, 66 and 68 minutes and Pape Alioune N'Diaye completed the (...)
Nigeria's rising star Victor Osimhen scored twice as the Super Eagles claimed an easy 4-2 away win over Lesotho in the 2021 Nations Cup qualifiers on Sunday.
Masoabi Nkoto netted an early goal for the hosts after 11 minutes but Alex Iwobi leveled (...)
Nigeria opened their 2021 Nations Cup qualifying campaign with a narrow 2-1 win at home to Benin on Wednesday.
The Super Eagles came from behind to score twice and go top of Group L with three points.
Benin attacking midfielder Stephane Sessegnon (...)
Sixteen-year-old forward Ansu Fati could figure in Spain's Euro 2020 squad, national coach Robert Moreno said on Friday.
Fati, who became Barcelona's youngest ever goalscorer in August and has been one of the La Liga champions' key players in their (...)
At the request of Guinea-Bissau's authorities, IMF mission, led by Concha Verdugo-Yepes, visited Bissau from September 18 to October 1, 2019 to carry out a preliminary diagnostic of weaknesses in fiscal governance, market regulation, anti-money (...)
Injuries to Lionel Messi and Barcelona's other top attacking players gave an unknown 16-year-old teenager from Guinea-Bissau the rarest of chances to bring a stunned Camp Nou crowd to its feet.
Ansu Fati became the youngest player to score in (...)
Africa's lesser-known soccer teams will enjoy worldwide exposure in the next week after FIFA announced that their opening World Cup qualifying matches would be live-streamed on its website and on Youtube.
World soccer's ruling body said it had (...)
Wednesday 4 September
15:00 Burundi vs Tanzania
15:00 Ethiopia vs Lesotho
15:00 Eritrea vs Namibia
16:00 South Sudan vs Equatorial Guinea
16:30 Mauritius vs Mozambique
17:30 Sao Tome vs Guinea Bissau
20:00 Liberia vs Sierra Leone
Thursday 5 (...)
With its top scorers hit by injuries, Barcelona has returned to basics.
Gone are the days when Barcelona's youth training academy produced star after star, churning out Lionel Messi, Xavi Hernandez, Andres Iniesta, and Gerard Pique, among (...)
The draw for the first round of African qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup was made in Cairo on Monday:
Ethiopia v Lesotho
Somalia v Zimbabwe
Eritrea v Namibia
Burundi v Tanzania
Djibouti v Eswatini
Botswana v Malawi
Gambia v Angola
Liberia v Sierra (...)
Benin departed the Africa Cup of Nations on Wednesday without winning a game but will return home as heroes after elimination in the quarter-finals by much-fancied Senegal.
They created one of the great Cup of Nations upsets by knocking out Morocco (...)
The Conversation – African Union (AU) leaders will gather in Niger on July 7 for an Extraordinary Summit to discuss the African Continental Free Trade Area. They will be meeting at a critical moment for the continent as many African countries are (...)
The Africa Cup of Nations, with VAR only due to be introduced in the quarter-finals, has offered a trip back to the old days of refereeing with some crunching tackles allowed and an absence of contentious handball penalties.
The absence of the VAR (...)
Cameroon coach Clarence Seedorf is confident his team will find their scoring touch after the defending champions were held to 0-0 draws in their last two matches at the Africa Cup of Nations.
The Dutchman, whose side must face Nigeria in the round (...)
يلا شوت LIVE تقام مباراة غانا وغينيا بيساو في الساعة السادسة مساء اليوم كورة لايف في إطار لقاءات الجولة الثالثة من المجموعة السادسة في بطولة كأس الأمم الإفريقية 2019 المستمرة حتى يوم 19 يوليو وهي مباراة لا بديل فيها لمنتخب النجوم السوداء عن تحقيق (...)
ordan Ayew and Thomas Partey delivered Ghana into the knockout stages of the Africa Cup of Nations with second half goals as they beat Guinea Bissau in their last group game at the Suez Stadium on Tuesday.
The 2-0 victory catapulted Ghana to top (...)
Holders Cameroon played out their second successive 0-0 draw at the Africa Cup of Nations when they were held by Benin on Tuesday, meaning they finished second in their group and must face neighbours Nigeria in the round of 16.
The result, in (...)
Christian Atsu has been ruled out of the rest of the Africa Cup of Nations with a hamstring tear, officials said on Tuesday.
He has returned to England for treatment at his club Newcastle United, hours before Ghana were due to complete their Group F (...)
Benin and Guinea Bissau completed a hat-trick of goalless draws at the Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday with a stalemate that left both teams waiting for their first-ever win at the competition.
After Angola and Mauritania began the day with a 0-0 (...)
Ghana captain Andre Ayew is doubtful for Cameroon's anticipated game on Saturday in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations because of injury.
Ayew and midfielder Thomas Agyepong sustained injuries during Benin's opening game on Tuesday and they were both (...)
Underdogs Benin hit back to secure a 2-2 draw with 10-man Ghana after the Black Stars had a player sent off for time-wasting in bizarre circumstances at the Africa Cup of Nations on Tuesday.
Michael Pote gave Benin a shock second-minute lead in the (...)
Nigeria's football federation (NFF) says it has received "part of the money" allocated by the government for the national side's participation at the Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt amid threats of protests by the players.
Forward Ahmed Musa failed (...)
شاهد بث مباشر اليوم لمباراة الكاميرون ضد غينيا بيساو عبر kora live – كورة ستار – ورابط الاسطورة hd، حيث يبدأ المنتخب الكاميروني رحلة الدفاع عن لقبه الإفريقي بمواجهة منتخب غينيا بيساو اليوم الثلاثاء 25 – 6 – 2019، على استاد "الاسماعيلية" ضمن منافسات (...)
Five-times winners and holders Cameroon put a pre-tournament pay dispute behind them to beat rank outsiders Guinea Bissau 2-0 in their opening match at the Africa Cup of Nations on Tuesday.
The Indomitable Lions took more than an hour to break down (...)
Cameroon's striker Joel Tagueu has been removed from the Indomitable Lions' list for the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations due to heart problems, the Cameroonian Football Federation announced on Monday.
"Bad news from Cameroon's delegation in Egypt. (...)
