Author: Adejuyigbe Francis

Tunisia’s Africa Cup of Nations campaign Over as a goalless draw against South Africa left them bottom of Group E. Tunisia remarkably crash out of AFCON 2023 after a goalless draw against Bafana Bafana left them short in a tournament that started with a history-making defeat to Namibia ends at the group stage for the Carthage Eagles, who looked out of action from inception. Haythem Jouini headed over the bar in the dying embers but that proved about the only clear-cut chance the 2004 winners could create. It was a cagey contest in the sweltering heat of Korhogo, though South…

Ghana Football Association have announced that head coach Chris Hughton has been fired. This isn’t by any chance a surprise, as the abysmal record of crashing out of two consecutive AFCON tournament is a big deal for a National Team like Ghana. The search for a new Head Coach will commence in earnest as the Black stars look to put their current situation behind them.

Algeria have decided to part ways with head coach Djamel Belmadi – it’s over with immediate effect. This is following the woeful performance of the Algerian National Team at the on going AFCON tournament where they crashed out remarkably without winning any match. Details Later………

Super Eagles Ahead of the all important clash against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon, will train behind closed doors (Govima Sport Reports) Nigeria who qualified as runners-up from group A will battle it out against Cameroon in the Round of 16 of the 34th Africa Cup of Nations after the Indomitable Lions edged out Gambia 3-2 in a dramatic group C contest  on Tuesday. Reports coming out of the camp of the Super Eagles in Cote d’Ivoire suggest that the training session will resume without the presence of any media coverage. According to our correspondents, it was gathered that the…

As part of preparations for the AFCON tournament which was to be hosted by Cote d’Ivoire, Nigeria played against Guinea in a Pre-AFCON friendly which featured Real Sociedad striker, Umar Sadiq and this is the story behind the whole saga. (Govima Sport Reports) with credit to SportDokita via Twitter for the full story. Sadiq Umar was part of the team as the Super Eagles prepare for the AFCON tournament and During the friendly match against Guinea, Sadiq had a knock and the Nigerian medical team recommended an immediate substitution but Sadiq insisted that he was fine and saw out the…

Gambia’s head coach of the National team Tom Saintfiet  has resigned from his post following the team’s unsuccessful exploit at the AFCON tournament on going in Cote d’Ivoire. Gambia who couldn’t get a single point at the group matches had a thrilling encounter against  Cameroun which ended in a 3-2 defeat for Gambia in the Group C Final match. They crashed out of the tournament without any points and their 50 year old Belgian coach has dim it fit to call it a day in taking charge of the team. Gambia struggled throughout the Tournament having lost all the 3games…

Angola Beat Burkina Faso 2:0 last night to move through into the round of 16 and likewise also Burkina Faso who despite the loss still finished as group runners-up to make the knockout phase. Goals from Mabululu and Zini in the 36th and 90th minutes respectively inspired Angola to brush aside Burkina Faso. In what was a delightful 2-0 victory over Burkina Faso on Tuesday night. The win means Angola won Group D and will feature in the Round 16 stage of the 2023 AFCON in Ivory Coast. It was the final Group D game at the on going AFCON…

Algeria suffered a shock Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), group stage exit, as they were sensationally beaten 1-0 by minnows Mauritania. Mohamed Dellahi’s first-half goal proved enough to earn the Lions of Chinguetti a famous victory that ensured they progressed to the knockout stages for the first time in their history.  Djamel Belmadi’s side, who needed a win to guarantee progression to the last 16, had plenty of chances to open the scoring early on, as Youcef Atal and Adam Ounas both had shots saved. Their best opening fell to Houssem Aouar, although he failed to hit the target from…

Senegal ended their Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), group stage with a 100% record, as they eased past Guinea with a 2-0 win to top Group C. The National Elephants duly finish third in the group, but are guaranteed to progress as one of the four best third-placed teams. The reigning AFCON champions came into this top-of-the-group clash knowing their spot in the knockout stages was already guaranteed. Tensions still flared in the opening exchanges regardless, but once the dust settled, Senegal took charge of the contest, albeit without troubling lbrahim Koné between the sticks. Aliou Cissé’s side had previously…

Cameroon defeated Gambia in a dramatic 3-2 win to qualify for the round of 16 at the on going AFCON 2023 on Tuesday. Cameroon needed the maximum 3 point in their Group C clash with Gambia, to stand a chance of progressing after just one point in two games group games. The first half ended 0:0 before Cameroon got their opening goal in the 56 minutes thanks to Toko Ekambi, however Ablie Jallow leveled things in the 72 minutes to make the scoreline 1:1 Subsequently Gambia took the lead 2-1courtesy of Ebrima Colley with 85 minutes gone before Cameroon managed…

Nigeria’s Female Basketball Team D’Tigress and the current champions of Africa Basketball Championship will be competing in Belgium to pick a ticket for the Olympics. Says Musa Adamu Whilst chatting with Newsmen, the General Manager of Nigeria basketball national teams, Musa Adamu, has given assurances to Nigerians about the readiness of the reigning African basketball champions, D’Tigress of Nigeria that they will do well and make the nation proud at the FIBA Women’s Olympic qualifiers tournament, scheduled to hold between February 8-11 2024 in Belgium. In his words Adamu, acknowledges that there are apparent concerns by stakeholders and lovers of…

AFCON 2023 Reports: Egypt secured qualification from the Africa Cup of Nations group Stages For The Fourth Consecutive Time, Despite Conceding a Stoppage-time Equaliser Against Cape Verde in a Dramatic 2-2 Draw! As Ghana Looks Set To Exit AFCON Yet Again In Two Consecutive Tournament. Egypt needed a win to guarantee their place in the knockout stages of the AFCON via second place -but they would have to do so without their injured talisman Mohamed Salah, and found themselves facing a confident Cape Verde side with an unexpected 100% win record so far in the tournament. Having failed to win…