The five African countries that have qualified for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ will know their fate today, 01 April 2022 at the Final Draw in Doha, Qatar. All the 32 sides that will be involved in the tournament will be drawn into eight groups of four for the tournament that will be played in November and December 2022. ...
Algeria inflicted a rare home defeat on Cameroon as the 2019 African champions took a crucial 1-0 lead from the first leg of their 2022 World Cup play-off. Playing in Douala, where Cameroon have been unbeaten since losing a Nations Cup qualifier in 2000, veteran Islam Slimani’s winner handed Algeria coach Djamel Belmadi the perfect 46th birthday present. Five minutes ...
Ajax goalkeeper Andre Onana has reportedly been involved in a sickening car crash on his way to play for Cameroon in their World Cup play-off against Algeria. Horrifying pictures show two cars smashed into each other at the front, with both bonnets destroyed and the ground covered in debris. Onana had been travelling to Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon, when ...
Ten African countries will be battling for their reserved five places in the 2022 Fifa World Cup to be played in Qatar from November 21 to December 18. On Friday, March 25, the Democratic Republic of Congo will host Morocco as Cameroon entertain the former Africa Cup of Nations champions Algeria. Tunisia will be away to Mali as the newly ...
Nigerian international Jay Jay Okocha was part of the football legends that graced the inauguration of the Diamniadio Olympic Stadium in Dakar, Senegal. The Senegalese government splashed heavily on a multi-purpose stadium, which can host football, rugby and athletics and they have inaugurated it two weeks after their AFCON glory. Reports have it that the Teranga Lions will now make ...
A woman identified as Adileusa filed a lawsuit in 2018 alleging that Samuel Eto’o was the biological father of her daughter It was alleged that Eto’o met the woman in Madrid back in 1997 when he was on loan at Leganes from Real Madrid Eto’o, who allegedly broke off contact with the woman in 1998, has never engaged the court ...
Cameroon head coach Toni Conceicao believes that the Africa Cup of Nations scheduling risks compromising the competitiveness of the competition, and has described the weekend’s fixture programme as a ‘shame for African football’. Toni Conceicao has criticised the Nations Cup scheduling, which he believes compromises the players’ safety. The Portuguese manager must prepare his Indomitable Lions side for their third-placed ...
The Africa Cup of Nations third-place play-off has been brought forward a day from Sunday to this Saturday, 5 February, the Confederation of African Football said on Wednesday. The match will now be played on Saturday at 8pm local time having initially been scheduled to start just three hours before the final on Sunday. Both matches will be played in ...
Cameroon will have their biggest test in the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) when they meet Egypt in the semifinal at Olembe Stadium on Thursday at 9 pm. According to former Cameroon player Roger Feutmba the host nation has not been tested in this tournament yet but their first test will be the Egypt game at the Olembe Stadium on ...
The Gambia coach Tom Saintfiet has labelled Cameroon as future champions after they eliminated them from the Africa Cup of Nations at the quarter-final stage on Saturday. The Belgian tactician praises the Indomitable Lions after they ended the Scorpions’ fairytale in Cameroon The Indomitable Lions reached the last four on home soil after they secured a 2-0 win against the ...