The fan died when crowds pushed to enter an African Nations Cup qualifying match.
The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has confirmed the death of a female fan in a stampede outside the National Stadium in Harare ahead of Sunday’s African Nations Cup qualifier against Congo.
Local media reports said Mai Tadiwa was killed outside an entry gate as fans pushed to enter the stadium amid poor crowd control.
“Our heartfelt condolences go to the family and friends of a Warriors supporter who passed on after being trampled on at the Warriors match yesterday,” ZIFA said in a statement…
When the Confederation of African Football ratified an expansion to the Africa Cup of Nations in July 2017, introducing eight more teams to the biennial competition, the dynamic of the qualifying program was always going to change.
As had been the case ahead of the European Championship in 2016, for which UEFA had instigated an increase from 16 to 24 teams, many of the continent’s heavyweights cruised to the tournament with games to spare.
However, an overall decrease in drama among the bigger nations…
South Africa booked the last place at the African Cup of Nations finals with a 2-1 away win over Libya thanks to Percy Tau’s double on Sunday to complete the lineup for the 24-team finals being hosted in Egypt in June.
The diminutive 24-year-old striker, on loan at second-tier Union SG in Belgium from English Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion, scored with two powerful second half strikes to ensure the country finished second behind Nigeria in Group E.
Earlier on Sunday, Benin, the DR Congo,…
The road to the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations has been paved with troubles, with the tournament often appearing to be at the mercy of the Confederation of African Football’s internal politics and, notably, the regime change from Issa Hayatou to Ahmad Ahmad in March 2017.
The change in CAF presidency prompted the AFCON changes instigated at the CAF symposium in July 2017, where it was decided that the tournament would be expanded from 16 to 24 teams, even though the 2019 qualifying campaign had already…
Nigeria’s Super Eagles have never been short of inspiration for international games, especially when playing at home, and Friday’s 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Seychelles will be no different.
Super Eagles fans, spoilt by the swashbuckling, winning fare served up by teams of yore, especially the famed Class of ’94, have come to expect nothing but victory on home ground, and react poorly when disappointed.
The constant fear of fan backlash acts as fuel for the players…
The final round of Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers runs from 22 to 24 March. Which teams have opted to rest some of their biggest stars?
Nigeria (vs Seychelles – 22 March):
Goalkeepers: Francis Uzoho (Anorthosis Famagusta, Cyprus); Ikechukwu Ez…
South Africa coach Stuart Baxter has recalled France-based midfielders Bongani Zungu and Keagan Dolly in naming his Bafana Bafana squad for their final Africa Cup of Nations Group E qualifier against Libya.
The former Mamelodi Sundowns stars have each been absent since they sustained serious injuries playing for their Ligue 1 clubs in September, Zungu spraining an anterior cruciate ligament and Dolly fracturing a tibia.
“It’s good to have almost everyone back on board because there is no doubt how…
The Port Said Stadium was the site of a disaster in 2012 in which 72 people died.
Egypt has chosen six venues across five cities to host this year’s African Cup of Nations finals, local media reported, including the Port Said Stadium where 72 supporters died in the country’s worst violence at a football venue in 2012.
After a board meeting, the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) confirmed that Cairo Stadium, Borg el Arab Stadium in Alexandria and Ismailia stadium are among the venues chosen for the tournament.
Other venues are the army-owned June 30 Stadium, on the outskirts…
Cameroon are African Nations Cup holders, having won the title in 2017 but have been stripped as 2019.
Egypt will host the 2019 African Nations Cup, the Confederation of African Football confirmed after a meeting of their executive committee in …
Mohamed Salah has been named African Player of the Year for the second year running.
Salah was crowned at the CAF Awards in Dakar, Senegal, on Tuesday night as he beat teammate Sadio Mane and Arsenal’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to the award.
“I have dreamt of winning this award since I was a child and now I have done so twice in a row,” he said.