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. ...

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 ...

…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 ...

 Head Coach Eric Sékou Chelle has opted for goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali, defenders Calvin Bassey, Semi Ajayi and Zaidu Sanusi, midfielders Wilfred Ndidi and Frank Onyeka, and forwards Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman, and 20 other players to make up Nigeria’s 28-man roster for the 35th Africa Cup of Nations starting in Morocco in 10 days’ time.  The Franco-Malian also picked ...

BREAKING: CAF cancels 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup qualifiers, WAFCON holds March By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has cancelled the New Year’s fixtures of the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup (FIFA U-17 WWC) qualifiers earlier scheduled for the first week of January 2026 even as it also abolished the first round of ...

By Harry Awurumibe,A frica’s No.1 Women Football Journalist Nigeria may be a top country in women’s football in Africa, but that is only at the national team level as the performance of her clubsides in the Five-year old continental club competition named CAF Women’s Champions League (CAFWCL) is nothing to write home about as clubs from South Africa, Morocco, Egypt, ...

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja It is no longer news that the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has made a decision by picking Morocco and Al Hilal Ladies football club of Saudi Arabia forward, Ghizlane Chebbak as the winner of the coveted CAF African Women’s Footballer of the Year 2025 title. At an elaborate CAF Awards ceremony held on Wednesday, November ...

*For commercial viability, sustainable growth By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in- Chief,  Abuja Apparently dissatisfied with  the structural defects in the development and management of football in Nigeria, renowned FIFA-licensed intermediary, Ayodele Thomas, has tasked the Chairman of National Sports Commission (NSC) Mallam Shehu Dikko to urgently embark on structural reforms that will reposition Nigerian football for sustainable growth, global competitiveness, and ...

By Harry Awurumibe,  Editor,  Abuja Bureau Nigeria’s dream of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup final in the United States of America (USA), Canada and Mexico is still alive as the Super Eagles walloped Gabon 4-1 in the first semi-final match of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Play-off decided this evening at Prince Héritier Moulay El Hassan Sports Complex ...

By Harry Awurumibe In less than 48 hours from the time of this report, the battle to earn the sole ticket to represent Africa in next year’s intercontinental play-off mini-tournament in Mexico will start as Nigeria’s senior male football team Super Eagles play the match of their lives in the first semi-final match of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) ...