If Super Eagles fans had their way, Odion Ighalo’s international career would have been over at the final whistle of Nigeria’s last game of the 2018 World Cup.
The main cause for outrage was a costly miss against Argentina, which would have taken the Super Eagles to 2-0, and made Marcos Rojo’s late goal moot, sending the Nigerians to the round of 16.
Ighalo’s miss was not quite as bad as Yakubu Aiyegbeni’s from the 2010 World Cup against South Korea, but the reaction across the country was pretty…
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Guinea-Bissau came from behind to defeat Zambia 2-1 in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Bissau on Sunday.
The loss leaves Sven Vandenbroeck’s side facing an uphill struggle to reach next year’s finals in Cameroon.
After four matches, they’re bottom of Group K on four points, level with Mozambique and Namibia, who meet in Windhoek on Tuesday.
Guinea-Bissau, who qualified for the AFCON for the first time in 2017, currently top the pool on seven points and could seal qualification away in Namibia…
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It was another defiant defensive display which helped Zimbabwe over the finish line for a shock 2-1 win away to the Democratic Republic of Congo in Saturday’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.
Ronald Pfumbidzai and Knowledge Musona scored either side of the break to set the stage for a truly memorable triumph, with Yannick Bolasie’s injury-time response for the hosts proving inadequate to halt Zimbabwe’s party.
The result significantly boosts the Warriors’ chances of qualifying for the 2019 Africa…
Cameroon will be without stand-in captain Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting when they face Malawi in Blantyre on Tuesday
Choupo-Moting scored the only goal in the 62nd minute at the Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo in Yaoundé as the Indomitable Lions defeated the Flames on coach Clarence Seedorf’s home debut on Friday.
Despite qualifying automatically for the 2019 AFCON as hosts, the Indomitable Lions are still taking part in the qualifying campaign in Group B.
However, team press officer Lucrece Djemba has confirmed…
Stuart Baxter says it was the performance more than the result that pleased him as South Africa claimed a record 6-0 African Cup of Nations qualifier victory over minnows Seychelles at a wet FNB Stadium on Saturday.
Bafana Bafana tightened their grip on a place at next year’s African Cup of Nations finals with the victory, in which they might easily have reached double figures were it not for some wasteful finishing and the excellent goalkeeping of Seychelles gloveman Romeo Barra.
Baxter had praise…
Lesotho may have been defeated by Uganda in Saturday’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier, but coach Moses Maliehe is confident that his side can make amends in the return leg.
Emmanuel Okwi’s double and a goal from Farouk Miya saw the Cranes to a comfortable 3-0 victory over the previously undefeated Lesotho at the Mandela National Stadium, Namboole.
The win was coach Sebastien Desabre’s first competitive victory as Uganda boss, but Maliehe has warned the Frenchman that his side will look to avenge…
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Odion Ighalo’s first international hat-trick and a maiden Nigeria goal for Samuel Kalu fired the Super Eagles to a 4-0 victory over Libya in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo on Saturday.
The Changchun Yatai forward opened scoring from the spot in the fourth minute, doubling his tally in the 58th minute, before completing his hat-trick 11 minutes later.
Kalu added a fourth right at the death to seal a win which ensures Nigeria climb into second…
South Africa secured a country record 6-0 triumph against a woefully out-gunned Seychelles at a wet FNB Stadium on Saturday as their Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign fired back into life.
While the scoreline was certainly emphatic, the …
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Emmanuel Okwi and Farouk Miya re-discovered their scoring touch as Uganda defeated Lesotho 3-0 in Saturday’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier to end coach Sebastien Desabre’s nine-month wait for a first competitive win for the Cranes.
The win takes Uganda up to seven points and into top spot in Group L. Cape Verde, who defeated Tanzania 3-0 on Friday, are second on four points with Lesotho (two points) and Tanzania (one) in third and fourth.
Okwi, enjoying one of his best performances for the national…