Monthly Archives: July 2025

South Africa edge resilient Senegal to advance to TotalEnergies CAF WAFCON semi-final

From Harry Awurumibe in Casablanca Defending champions South Africa are one step closer to retaining their TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations crown after edging Senegal in a nerve-wracking quarterfinal decided by penalties on Saturday evening. Following 120 minutes of tense, goalless football, Banyana Banyana triumphed 4–1 in the shootout to secure a semi-final date with Nigeria thanks to ...

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Ghana edge Algeria in penalty drama to reach TotalEnergies CAF WAFCON Semi-Finals

  From Harry Awurumibe in Casablanca Ghana secured their place in the semi-finals of the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations after a dramatic 4-2 penalty shootout victory over Algeria, following a goalless draw after extra time Berkane. The highly anticipated quarter-final clash was a tense and tactical affair, with both sides showing defensive resilience but unable to find ...

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EXCLUSIVE: Work not done yet in WAFCON 2024,  Super Falcons’s coach, Madugu insists

rom Harry Awurumibe,  Casablanca Despite guiding Nigeria’s Super Falcons to an emphatic 5-0 whitewash of the Copper Queens of Zambia in the quarter-final match of the ongoing CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) at Larbi Zaouli Stadium in Casablanca on Friday evening, head coach Justin Madugu has said he and his players are not celebrating too much because there ...

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From Harry Awurumibe, Casablanca The Technical Study Group (TSG) headed Raul Chipenda has announced the Best XI from the group stage of the ongoing CAF TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) 2024 in Morocco. This is even as only two Nigerian players, Super Falcons’ captain Rasheedat Ajibade and defender Ashleigh Plumptre made the squad dominated by Zambian and South ...

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Super Falcons in high spirits, resume training for Zambia clash 

From Harry Awurumibe, Casablanca After observing a one day break to recover from the bruising barren draw against Algeria’s senior women’s football team, Les Fennecs, in the final Group B match at Larbi Zaouli Stadium in Casablanca last Saturday night, the Super Falcons are back on the training ground full of confidence of doing better in the first quarter-final match ...

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WAFCON 2024: Field complete for quarterfinals showdown 

From Harry Awurumibe, Casablanca The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has officially released the final pairing of the eight teams that have qualified for the quarterfinals of the ongoing CAF TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations  (WAFCON 2024) with the Nigeria and Zambia fixture being the star match of the knockout round starting on Friday. The confirmed pairings after the ...

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It’s Do or Die for Ghana, Tanzania

From Harry Awurumibe Live in Morocco This is it. One more chance to earn a place in the quarterfinals of the TotalEnergies WAFCON 2024 for Tanzania and Ghana who have only amassed a point after two Group C matches. The margin for error has slowly and surely left the scene. What would have ideally been a normal last group stage ...

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WAFCON 2024: Botswana down Tunisia in WAFCON Group B thriller

From Harry Awurumibe, Casablanca Botswana struck a dramatic injury-time winner to edge Tunisia 2-1 in Casablanca on Sunday, but have to wait to discover if they have progressed to the quarter-finals of the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) 2025. Despite the late heroics from Gaonyadiwe Ontlametse, the Mares’ hopes of a top-two finish were dashed as Nigeria ...

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