Iwobi is optimistic they can go a step further this time around. “To win the AFCON, we were close the last one, we want to win the next,” he told Chinansa Anukam, hostess of the podcast ...

Legendary Italian referee Pierluigi Collina believes the penalty kick rule should be changed, not allowing the penalty taker ...

Cameroon’s 1988 AFCON-winning coach Claude Le Roy has tipped the Super Eagles as well as hosts Morocco, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Egypt and Algeria as the favourites to contend for the title in ...

The U-17 AFCON will take place in Morocco between March 30 and April 19, 2025, and will be a qualifier for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar in November – a tournament Nigeria has won five ...

Former Italian referee Pierluigi Collina reveals he blew the full-time whistle in the 2002 World Cup Final a few seconds ...

Legendary former referee Pierluigi Collina has proposed a major penalty-kick shake-up which would no doubt have the support ...

The AFCON 2025 tournament matches are set to begin from 21 December 2025 to 18 January 2026. The games will be played across six cities and nine stadiums. Host nation Morocco leads Group A, where they ...

Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets will not participate in the expanded 2025 U17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) taking place in Morocco, as confirmed by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Golden ...

Morocco’s announcement of nine venues for the hosting of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations final in December will add significantly to the number of stadia used in the history of the finals.

Comfortably carrying the “Underdogs” title, Southern African nation Botswana are preparing to make their second TotalEnergies CAF AFCON appearance. It has been a 13-year wait for the Zebras who last ...