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Sierra Leone to appeal Caf’s decision on Benin match

Ihesiulo Grace 1 April 2021 0

The Sierra Leone Football Association has announced that they would appeal the Confederation of African Football’s decision to reschedule their match against Benin Republic. Due to a Covid-19 dispute, the Africa Cup of Nations Group L match at the National Stadium in Freetown on Tuesday,

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Ghana hold South Africa to grab 2021 AFCON qualification ticket

Ihesiulo Grace 26 March 2021 0

Ghana’s Black Stars qualified for next year’s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tagged “Cameroon 2021” after holding their hosts South Africa to a 1-1 draw in Johannesburg on Thursday. Ghana raised their tally to 10 points, the same as South Africa but led the Bafana Bafana on the head-to-head rule. Sudan is third with nine […]

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AFCON: Gambia qualify for first time ever, Gabon also through

Ihesiulo Grace 26 March 2021 0

Gambia’s Scorpions qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) for the first time ever after a slim 1-0 victory over Angola in Banjul on Thursday. The victory sees Gambia move to 10 points with one round of matches left. Assan Ceesay scored the lone goal for the Gambians in the 62nd minute to give […]

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AFCON qualifiers : Rohr recalls Iheanacho for Sierra Leone

Ihesiulo Grace 4 March 2020 0

Abuja – Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser Gernor Rohr has listed 24 players for two 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying fixtures against the Leone Stars of Sierra Leone this month. The players invited to camp include team captain Ahmed Musa, vicecaptain William Ekong and veteran defender Kenneth Omeruo. On the list which has three […]

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Germany, Nigeria friendly likely—Rohr

Ihesiulo Grace 26 April 2017 0

The Franco-German coach of the Super Eagles Gernot Rohr says a host of friendly games have been lined up for the team later in the year, to help them in competitive games. Nigeria will be heavily involved in AFCON 2019 and World Cup 2018 qualifiers later in the year, starting from the AFCON qualifiers against […]