By Owolabi Abiola/First Zeal media Egypt and Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah was named BBC’s African Player of the Year for the second successive year on Friday as
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Category: Africa Round-Up
South Africa bid to host 2019 Africa Cup of Nations
By owolabi Abiola/First Zeal media cast South Africa has formally bid to replace Cameroon as hosts of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, a senior football
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AWARDS AND ACCOLADES : CAF AFRICAN FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR
Three Africa-based players have made the 10-man shortlist for this year’s Confederation of African Football (Caf) awards. Tunisia and Esperance forward Anis Badri joins Uganda and Mamelodi Sundowns goalkeeper
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Nigeria coach Thomas Dennerby happy to secure World Cup qualification
By Owolabi Abiola/First Zeal Media Coach of the Super Falcons of Nigeria, Thomas Dennerby says he is happy to achieve his first target at the
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Women’s AFCON 2018: Who goes through and who goes home as group stage comes to a close?
by Chibuogwu Nnadiegbulam, AIPS Young Reporter, Nigeria CAPE COAST, November 23, 2018 – Mathematically, all eight teams at this year’s Women’s Africa Cup of Nations
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Women’s AFCON 2018: Cameroon qualify for semis as Mali stun Ghana
by Chibuogwu Nnadiegbulam, AIPS Young Reporter, Nigeria ACCRA, November 20, 2018 – Six matches gone and the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations has so far
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Women’s AFCON 2018: Cameroon come from behind to beat Mali
by Atumkeze Kwaleh, AIPS Young Reporter, Cameroon ACCRA, November 19, 2018 – An inexperienced Mali team was defeated 2-1 by Cameroon on the opening day
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Women’s AFCON 2018: Key takeaways from South Africa’s famous victory over Nigeria
by Chibuogwu Nnadiegbulam, AIPS Young Reporter, Nigeria CAPE COAST, November 18, 2018 – South Africa took a huge step towards reaching next year’s FIFA Women’s
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Ghana skipper Muka makes her point three times over
by Lawrencia Nyamekye Adjei, AIPS Young Reporter, Ghana MONTEVIDEO, NOVEMBER 15, 2018 — Ghana’s Mukarama Abdulai has not had it easy. Her leadership qualities were
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Equatorial Guinea to participate in Women’s Africa Cup of Nations after appeal win
by Chibuogwu Nnadiegbulam, AIPS Young Reporter, Nigeria PORT HARCOURT, November 8, 2018 – Equatorial Guinea have been readmitted to this year’s Women’s Africa Cup of
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