Monthly Archives: January 2026

CAF Disciplinary Board imposes sanctions on Senegal, Morocco Football Federations over AFCON 2025 finals fiasco

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja As expected, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Disciplinary Board has imposed multiple sanctions on the Fédération Sénégalaise de Football (FSF), the Fédération Royale Marocaine de Football (FRMF) and certain players and officials for the incidents during the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 Final, which violated the CAF Disciplinary Code. For their ...

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EXCLUSIVE: Former Super Falcons coach lands job in Egypt 

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja For his great service for the beautiful game and knowledge of African football, former Super Falcons head coach Thomas Dennerby has landed in Cairo, the capital city of Egypt, for a week-long FIFA Talent Hunt Programme. Sweden-born Dennerby, who won the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) 9th title for Nigeria ...

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Morocco 2025: Super Eagles on the way to achieving great things under Chelle – Gusau     

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Nigeria’s senior men national team, Super Eagles, is close to running on auto-pilot and will definitely achieve a lot of success under the present technical crew headed by Franco-Malian tactician Éric Chelle, says President of Nigeria Football Federation, Ibrahim Musa Gusau.  Gusau, also President of the sub-regional bloc WAFU B, opined that with what the ...

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2026 WAFCON: Nigeria draws Zambia, debutant Malawi, Egypt in Group C 

By Harry Awurumibe,  Editor,  ABUJA BUREAU In what looks like an easy group, reigning African champions Nigeria have been drawn in Group C with rivals Zambia, North Africans Egypt, and debutant Malawi as the Confederation of African Football (CAF) today held the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) Morocco 2026 final draw at the Mohammed VI Football Complex in Rabat. ...

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AFCON 2025: Dominant Nigeria beats Algeria 2 nil, qualify for semi-final By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief Two second-half goals scored by Victor Osimhen and Akor Adams in the 48′ and 57′ respectively earned Nigeria a 2-0 victory over the Desert Foxes and also qualified the Super Eagles for a place in the last four of the 35th CAF African Cup of ...

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CAF holds final draw for Women’s AFCON 2026 January 15 in Rabat

…Announces remaining CAF Awards 2025 women’s category winners too The Final Draw for the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) Morocco 2026 will be held in Rabat on Thursday, 15 January 2025. On the same day, the Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) will also announce the winners of the CAF Women’s Coach of the Year and other outstanding ...

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