Morocco clinched their maiden U-17 Africa Cup of Nations title on home soil after defeating Mali 4-2 on penalties following a tense 0-0 draw in Saturday’s final at the El Bachir Stadium in Mohammedia. The young Atlas Lions held their nerve in the dramatic shootout, which was stylishly finished off by a ‘Panenka’ penalty from Ilies Belmokhtar that sent the …

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has clarified that the male U-17 team, the Golden Eaglets, have not qualified for the 2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nation (AFCON) in Côte d’Ivoire and will resultantly miss the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar, after failing to pick their ticket at the just-concluded WAFU B tournament in Ghana. Manu Garba’s team beat …

Nigeria will face Ivory Coast in the semi-finals of the ongoing WAFU B U-17 Championship in Ghana on Saturday after sailing out of the group stage on top of the table with a 3-0 win over Togo in their last group game on Thursday. In the rescheduled last Group B game, which was played at the Rugby Pitch of the …

The head coach of the Golden Eaglets Nduka Ugbade said his team would have won against Burkina Faso if they had converted their chances. The Eaglets lost 1-2 to Young Etalons in the quarter-finals of the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations in Algeria. The defeat meant elimination from the tournament, and ending the World Cup ticket ambition for the five-time …

Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets await their quarterfinals opponent in the ongoing Africa U17 Cup of Nations in Algeria after coming from behind to beat South Africa 3-2 in their last group match in Constantine last night. Nigeria will face either Cameroon or Burkina, who go head-to-head tonight in their last Group C match. Five-time world champions Nigeria, who pipped Zambia 1-0 …

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has kicked South Sudan out of the U-17 Nations Cup holding in Algeria over age falsification after five players in the Bright Star Juniors squad failed the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) tests. CAF recently amended regulations regarding MRI. The part that indicates that the entire team will be disqualified if one player fails the …