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2021 AFCON: It’s Lions, Stallions War as Cameroon ambush Burkina Faso in opening match

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja After three years of preparations, host of the 2021 African Cup of Nations (AFCON), Cameroon will Sunday kick off the 33rd edition of the continent’s biggest football tournament with a top of the bill clash against Burkina Faso at the impressive Olembe stadium in Yaounde by 4 pm local time. Cameroon whose senior football team ...

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Africa Goes to War as AFCON 2021 kicks off in Cameroon on Sunday

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja In less than 48 hours from today, all eyes will be on the Central African country, Cameroon, the host of the 33rd African Cup of Nations (AFCON) as no fewer than 24 countries including Nigeria will battle for the coveted trophy for the continent’s biggest football tournament. Tagged AFCON  Cameroon 2021, the competition which will ...

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Ahead 2021 AFCON: CAF, Sports kits giant, Umbro Enter Multi-Year Partnership

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in -Chief, Abuja Apparently to build African football together in the coming years, sports kits giant, Umbro South Africa has entered into a multi-year exclusive partnership agreement with the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The comprehensive partnership will see the iconic sports brand become the exclusive technical sponsor for CAF organized tournaments and events. The partnership will commence ...

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NFF appoints Peseiro Super Eagles Head Coach, Arrive Abuja soon

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in Chief,  Abuja Expectedly, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has finally announced Portugal-born José Vítor dos Santos Peseiro as the new Head Coach of the country’s senior football team, Super Eagles to  replace sacked former coach Gernot Rohr. The announcement which was made public Wednesday by NFF Director of Communications, Ademola Olajire confirmed our recent report which revealed ...

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Ndidi, Osimhen In, Onuachu Out as Eguavoen names Super Eagles 28-man list for 2021 AFCON.

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Caretaker Head Coach, Augustine Eguavoen has named Leicester City FC of England defender, Wilfred Ndidi and recuperating Victor Osimhen of SS Napoli in his 28-final list of the Super Eagles of Nigeria for the 33rd Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) which will take place in Cameroon from January 9 to February 6, 2022, just as ...

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Zaha, Kessie make list as Cote d’Ivoire Coach Beaumelle reveals final squad for Cameroon 2021

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor Abuja Bureau Crystal Palace of England FC talisman, Willfred Zaha and AC Milan forward Frank Kessie are notable names in the list as Cote d’Ivoire Head Coach, Patrice Beaumelle on Thursday released his final 28-man squad for January’s  TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Cameroon 2021. ‘The Elephants’ as the Ivoirens are called were drawn in ...

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Morocco Coach Halilodzic drops Chelsea’s Ziyech, names final Squad for 2021 AFCON

By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Chelsea Football Club’s attacking midfielder, Hakim Ziyech has been sensationally dropped as Head Coach of Morocco national senior team, Vahid Halilodzic has  announced the Atlas Lions squad that will compete in the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon 2021. Accordingly, the Bosnian coach decided to give a debut call to Barcelona forward Abdessamad Ezzalzouli, after ...

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Costa Rica 2022: Busy time for Nigerian teams as CAF fixes Falconets, Cameroon 4th round tie for January 22

By Harry Awurumibe, Africa’s No.1 Women’s Football Journalist Nigeria’s U-20 women’s football team, Falconets will tackle their Cameroonian opponents on January 22, 2022 in the first leg of the fourth round FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup African qualifiers match. This is even as the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) has fixed the return leg match for the weekend of February ...

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Ahead AFCON 2021: Public Health Minister says Covid-19 not threat to Afrcan football fiesta

By Harry Awurumibe,  Editor-in-Chief, Abuja Less than four weeks to the start of the biggest Afrcan football fiesta,  the Afrca Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon, the country’s Minister of Public Health,  Dr. Manaouda Malachie has assured the world that the event will be successfully organized without any Covid-19 related hitches. It was exclusively gathered from a reliabe source in ...

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