Tag: AFCON
Cameroon soccer team delays departure for AFCON over pay dispute
NEWS DIGEST - Cameroon’s soccer team has refused to leave their hotel to board a flight to the Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt...
French Ligue1, EPL stars dominate 2019 AFCON
NEWS DIGEST - The French Ligue 1 and English Premiere League (EPL) have the highest number of African stars that will feature at the...
Femi Kuti, others to perform at opening ceremony of 2019 AFCON
NEWS DIGEST - The Organising Committee of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) has announced that Nigeria’s legendary Afro-beat singer Femi Anikulapo-Kuti will...
Senegal’s Teranga Lions beat Super Eagles 1-0 in friendly
NEWS DIGEST - Super Eagles of Nigeria lost 0-1 to the Teranga Lions of Senegal on Sunday in Ismailia in their last build-up match...
Amuneke unveils 23-man Tanzania squad for AFCON 2019
NEWS DIGEST - Tanzania head coach, Emmanuel Amuneke, has unveiled his final 23-man squad for the 2019 Total Africa Cup of Nations coming up...
Injured Liverpool star in line for Cup of Nations return
NEWS DIGEST - Naby Keita has been named in a 25-man preliminary squad by Guinea for next month’s Africa Cup of Nations finals despite...
Bailly to miss African Cup of Nations
NEWS DIGEST - Manchester United and Cote d'Ivoire defender Eric Bailly will miss the final two games of the season and this summer's African...
Angola lose to Cameroon after another penalty shootout at U-17 AFCON
Angola’s national under-17 male football team on Wednesday in Dar es Salaam lost 3-4 after penalty kicks to their Cameroonian counterparts in the semi-finals...
Super Eagles will do better than previous outing
NEWS DIGEST - Mutiu Adepoju, ex-Super Eagles player, said on Monday that the senior male national team would put up a better performance better...
Coach Rohr’s achievements impress me — Disu
NEWS DIGEST - The former Technical Director, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Olatunde Disu, on Friday said that the steady improvement of the senior national...