Tag: AFCON
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Nigeria, Benin may co-host 2025 AFCON – Amaju Pinnick
President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick has said Nigeria and Benin Republic may co-host the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Pinnick made this known while speaking with journalists in Lagos State on Tuesday.
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CAF hints at postponing 2023 AFCON tourney in Cote d’lvoire
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) is considering postponing the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, according to reports. The competition has been scheduled to hold in Cote d’lvoire june, 2023. Recall that the 2021 AFCON was postponed and held in January 2022 in Cameroon due to ravaging corona virus in 2021.
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2023 AFCON qualifiers: Super Eagles must win every match – Peseiro
Ahead of Nigeria’s encounter against Sao Tome and Principe, Head Coach of the Nigerian senior men’s football team, Jose Peseiro has said the Super Eagles must win every match. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports São Tomé and Príncipe play hosts to the Super Eagles in one of the day-two matches of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Group…
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AFCON 2023: Super Eagles arrive in Agadir for São Tomé clash
Nigeria’s delegation to Monday’s 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against ‘The Falcons and True Parrots’ of São Tomé and Príncipe landed in the southern Moroccan city of Agadir on Sunday morning.
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AFCON 2023: Nigerian team hosted to a grand reception after beating Sierra Leone 2-1
The Super Eagles of Nigeria were hosted to a grand reception by staff of Johnwood Hotel by Bolton in Abuja Thursday night after they defeated Sierra Leone 2-1. In a two minutes’ video shared online, the staff lined up to form an isle at the entrance of the hotel, clapping and making sounds of jubilation…
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Flash: Super Eagles beat Sierra Leone 2-1
The Super Eagles on Thursday laboured to a hard-fought 2-1 win over the Leone Stars of Sierra Leone at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja The match was one of the Match Day 1 fixtures of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Qualifiers.
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Nigeria draw rivals South Africa in Women’s AFCON
Nigeria’s Super Falcons have South Africa as their Group C rivals in the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), as well as Botswana and Burundi. They were drawn in the same group at the official draw ceremony held at the Complex Mohamed VI in Rabat, Morocco on Friday.
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AFCON: Super Eagles to know group opponents as draws hold next week
Former Total Energies Africa Cup of Nations winners Lucas Radebe of South Africa and Salomon Kalou of Ivory Coast will be the two draw assistants for the Total Energies Africa Cup of Nations, Cote d’Ivoire 2023.
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President Buhari gifts Super Eagles 94 set house allocation
The 1994 set of the Super Eagles of Nigeria have been given house allocation in National Housing Estate across the country . The super Eagles of Nigeria won the AFCON held in Tunisia in 1994 and got promises (House) from the then head of state General Sanni Abacha.
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Super Eagles Midfielder Kelechi’s contract terminated by club side
Kelechi’s termination was announced via Huesca website Tuesday evening. The statement read: “The Huesca Sports Society has terminated the contractual relationship that the first-team footballer Kelechi Nwakali maintained with the Barça entity until now.