The Flying Eagles of Nigeria secured third place at the CAF U-20 Africa Cup of Nations Egypt 2025 with a dramatic 4-1 victory in a penalty shootout against tournament hosts, Egypt, on Sunday. The third-place clash, held at the 30 June Stadium in Cairo, ended 1-1 after regulation time. With no extra time in the playoff fixture, the match was …

Seven-time African champions, the Flying Eagles of Nigeria, will face hosts Egypt on Tuesday in a friendly game ahead of the 2025 U-20 AFCON which kicks off in Cairo on Monday, 27 April. The Flying Eagles arrived in the Egyptian capital city on Sunday, more than a week ahead of their first game against Tunisia next Thursday. A delegation of …

Nigeria’s Flying Eagles will begin their quest for an eighth continental title against Tunisia, Kenya, and Morocco in Group B of the 2025 U-20 AFCON in Egypt. The group-stage draw, conducted on Sunday at the Egyptian Football Association headquarters in Cairo, officially signalled the start of the 18th edition of the tournament that has long served as a launchpad for …

Over a century after the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb, British Egyptologists have made another groundbreaking find — the long-lost burial site of Pharaoh Thutmose II, a ruler of Egypt’s 18th Dynasty who lived nearly 3,500 years ago. The tomb, identified as “C4,” was discovered approximately 2.4 km west of the Valley of the Kings in Luxor. The Egyptian Ministry of …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board’s Equal opportunity Group,JEOG, will hold its First Africa Regional Conference on Equal Opportunity of Access to Higher Education,ARCEAHED,in Abuja on Tuesday. The conference with the theme:”Advancing Equal Opportunity Access to Higher Education: A Call to Action “, will draw participants from Ethiopia, Malawi, Egypt and other African countries. Speaking on Monday,at a press conference …

Egypt continues to amass medals in the table tennis event of the 13th African Games as the duo of Yousssef Abdelaziz and Mariam Alhodaby added the fifth gold medals after beating Algeria’s Stephane Ouaiche and Lucie Mobarek 3-0 to emerge as new mixed doubles champions. Nigeria missed out from the podium after losing in the quarterfinal of the mixed doubles …

Mozambique scored twice in second-half stoppage time to almost certainly send Ghana crashing out of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament at the group stage. The Black Stars looked to be cruising into the last 16 thanks to two Jordan Ayew’s penalties, one in each half. Just like they did in 2021 AFCON group game against Comoros in …

Group B giants Egypt and Ghana played a 2-2 draw in their second matchday in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) holding in Cote d’Ivoire. Egypt was forced to make a last-minute substitution substitution towards the end of the first half as star player Mohamed Salah felt uneasy. Ghana opened the scoring with a long shot by midfielder Mohammed Kudus …

Mohamed Salah scored a stoppage-time penalty to help Egypt salvage a 2-2 draw with Mozambique in their opening Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) match on Sunday. The seven-time champions took an early lead through Mostafa Mohamed, only for Mozambique to turn the game on its head with two goals in four second-half minutes through Witi and Clesio. Mozambique’s hopes of …

Egypt has become the first country to achieve the ‘gold tier’ status on the path of eliminating hepatitis C as per the World Health Organisation criteria. This means that Egypt has fulfilled WHO’s programmatic coverage targets that will set the country up to achieve the reduced incidence and mortality targets of full elimination before 2030. The WHO, who disclosed this …