Super Eagles captain William Troost-Ekong has talked up Nigeria’s prospect of winning a fourth African title at the 2025 AFCON in Morocco following the draw on Monday in Rabat. Three-time African champions Nigeria were handed a tricky draw for the group stages of the 2025 AFCON tournament in Morocco, lining up in Group C with Tunisia as well as two …

Uganda head coach, Paul Put has acknowledged the strength of the Super Eagles of Nigeria. The Cranes are drawn in Group C of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations with Nigeria, Tunisia and Tanzania. The East Africans defeated the Super Eagles 2-1 in their only meeting in the competition at the 1978 edition hosted by Ghana. Put admitted that his …

The draw for the 35th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), to be hosted by Morocco, has placed the Super Eagles of Nigeria in Group C. The former champions have another ex-champions (Tunisia) in that group with Uganda and Tanzania competing the quartet. The Super Eagles’ opening fixture will be against Tanzania. This will be the second time …

Nigeria and Rwanda have both arrived in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, ahead of Monday’s 2025 AFCON final day qualifying Group D match at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium. The Super Eagles, who forced Benin Republic to a 1-1 draw in Abidjan on Thursday to seal the top spot in the group, landed at the Obong Victor Attah International Airport …

Coach Augustine Eguavoen has set a goal of maximum six points from this month’s double header between the Super Eagles and Libya’s Mediterranean Knights in AFCON 2025 qualifiers’ Group D attrition as the race to next year’s Africa Cup of Nations finals hots up. Nigeria will host the first game at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State …

Nigeria, three-time champions and five-time runners-up, are expected to know their opponents for the qualification race of the 35th Africa Cup of Nations finals on Thursday. It was reported that the draw for the 2025 AFCON will be conducted in Johannesburg, South Africa. Ademola Olajire, Director of Communications at the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), stated this in a statement on …

The qualifying draw for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) will take place in Johannesburg, South Africa on 4 July, according to the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The 48 competing teams will be split into 12 groups of four, with the top two in each group reaching the finals in Morocco. The tournament hosts will be included in …

The qualifying (AFCON) draw for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (ACON) will take place in Johannesburg, South Africa on July 4, according to the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The 48 competing teams will be split into 12 groups of four, with the top two in each group reaching the finals in Morocco. The tournament hosts will be included …

The Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) has denied reports that the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, which will be held in Morocco has been postponed. This is in the wake of viral reports claiming the body had pushed the tournament forward by six months to the start of 2026 due to a clashing timeline with the expanded 32-team FIFA Club …

Inspectors appointed by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) are checking out the stadia and related facilities that Nigeria has put forward in a joint bid with Benin Republic to host the 35th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations in 2025. On the cards for evaluation are the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja; Godswill Akpabio Stadium, Uyo; Stephen Keshi …