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The Flying Eagles will know their group opponents from the draw for the next year. The 12-nation tournament scheduled for February 19 to March 11, 2023, draws hold on Friday in Cairo, Egypt. The qualified countries for the tournament are hosts Egypt, Tunisia, Nigeria, Benin, Senegal, The Gambia, Uganda, South …

So far, African football’s governing body have confirmed six bids for the 2025 tournament, with each bid expecting to replace Guinea who had been stripped of hosting rights after they declared that they would not be ready in time, to host the event. One of these six bids is Nigeria, …

Super Eagles head coach, Jose Peseiro has explained what his players must do to become Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) winners again.   In an interview with Super Eagles media officer, Babafemi Raji, which was posted on NFF TV,  Peseiro explained that he and his coaching crew had watched their …

Algeria and Morocco will rival Nigeria and Benin Republic in a bid to secure the hosting right of the 2025 nations cup. The Confederation of African Football, CAF, on Sunday, stripped Guinea of the right to host the event as a result of lack of quality infrastructure and facilities. Following …

While the Super Falcons entertain Nigerians in Morocco, two other Nigerian women will seek to fly the country’s flag even higher. Patience Madu and Mimisen Iyorhe were two of 40 match officials: 16 centre referees, 16 assistant referees and eight Video Assistant Referees (VAR), named by the Confederation of African …

More than half of all players in finals of Euros and AFCON received some form of abuse online, majority of abuse was homophobic, racist. More than half of all players at the finals of last year’s European Championship and the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in February were subjected to …

The Super Eagles of Nigeria defeated Sierra Leone 2-1 in the first fixture of their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying series on Thursday evening, June, 9.   The match went down at the MKO Abiola Stadium in Abuja, where the Super Eagles drew 1-1  with Ghana in March, which saw …

The buses purchased for the transport of the National teams and delegations that took part in AFCON 2021 in Cameroon have gone missing barely two months after the closing ceremony of the 33rd edition of the tournament.    According to the Cameroonian daily L’Anecdote, 89 out of the 90 buses …

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) have revealed qualifiers draw for 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).   During the draw, which took place at the studios of the SuperSport channel in Johannesburg, South Africa,  Nigeria’s national team was drawn in Group A with Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau and Sao Tome and Principe.   …