CAF Reveals Officials for AFCON 2025 — Nigeria Misses Out
CAF has released the full lineup of 73 officials who will control matches at AFCON 2025 in Morocco. The group includes 28 referees, 31 assistant referees and 14 VAR specialists from every region of Africa, but no Nigerian referee made the cut. All officials will arrive in Morocco on December 15 for a high-intensity training […]
CAF Disqualifies Congo from 2024 CHAN
Confederation of African Football, CAF, has disqualified Congo from participating at the 2024 African Nations Championship, CHAN. CAF disciplinary board, acting on a complaint filed by Equatorial Guinea Football Federation, ruled that Congo fielded an ineligible player, Mankou Elo, in the qualifiers last month. CAF also fined the Congolese Football Federation $10,000 for their action. […]
CAF Postpones 2024 African Nations Championship to August
The Confederation of African Football, CAF, has postponed the 2024 African Nations Championship to August 2025. The competition to be hosted by Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, was initially billed for February 1 to 28.CAF President, Patrice Motsepe, announced this today following the advice of CAF Technical and Infrastructure experts, who believe that more time is […]
Ademola Lookman Crowned 2024 CAF Player Of The Year
Ademola Lookman has been crowned the 2024 African Footballer of the Year in a historic event that confirms his status as one of the best players in the world in the current calendar year. The Super Eagles of Nigeria forward shook off competitions from South Africa’s Ronwen Williams, Cote d’Ivoire’s Simon Adingra, Achraf Hakimi of […]
Enyimba Fight Back To Draw Against Zamalek In CAF Confederation Cup
Enyimba fought back from a 2-0 down to draw 2-2 with holders Zamalek of Egypt in their CAF Confederation Cup Group D clash in Uyo. The People’s Elephant had chances to win the game but were let down by their poor finishing. Coach Daniel Olanrewaju’s side now have one point from two games. The Aba […]
Edo Queens Fall Lose to TP Mazembe in CAF WCL Semifinals
Edo Queens FC yesterday suffered a 3-1 defeat against TP Mazembe of Congo in the semifinals of the ongoing CAF Women’s Championships League in Morocco. Nigeria’s sole representative at the competition, will now fight for the bronze medal in the third-place match against FC Masar of Egypt on Friday, WHILE TP Mazembe will now lock […]
Edo Queens thrash Ethiopian Opponent in CAF WCL Group Opener
Edo Queens, Nigeria’s representative at this year’s CAF Women’s Champions League, WCL in Morocco, got their debut campaign off to a perfect start as they thrashed CBE of Ethiopia 3-0 in their first game in Group B on Sunday. Goals from Emem Essien, Folashade Ijamilusi and Chukwuamaka Osigwe sealed the comfortable win for the Nigeria […]
NFF Confirms Date For Super Eagles Final AFCON Qualifiers
Super Eagles of Nigeria will play their final 2025 AFCON qualifying matches against the Republic of Benin and Rwanda on November 14th, 2024 and November 18th, 2024. Announcing this in a statement on 29th October, 2024, NFF said the Match-day 5 clash with Benin Republic will take place in Abidjan on November 14th, 2024, with […]
NFF Changes Venue for Super Falcons/Algeria Friendly
The first leg of the international friendly between the Super Falcons and their Algerian counterpart will now be played at the Remo Stars Stadium in Ikenne, on Saturday, October 26. The Nigeria Football Federation ( NFF) announced the venue change from the Mobolaji Johnson Arena in Lagos, without stating any reason for the decision. The […]
Morocco to Host 2024 Edition of the CAF Women’s Champions League Final
Confederation of African Football has announced that Morocco will host the 2024 edition of the CAF Women’s Champions League Finals, billed to take place from November 9 to 23, 2024. The 2024 CAF Women’s Champions League will feature eight clubs, competing for the top prize of $400,000 in prize money, while the runners-up will receive […]
