Cameroon World Cup hopes hit by injury blows
RABAT :Cameroon have been hit by two major injury blows, and face a possible third ahead of Thursday’s World Cup playoff against the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Gabon’s Aubameyang carries hopes of World Cup playoff underdogs
RABAT: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang could crown a chequered international career with success in the African World Cup playoff in Morocco this week but Gabon are very much the outsiders as four countries look to keep alive hopes of making next year’s finals. Gabon meet Nigeria in Rabat on Thursday, followed by a clash between Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo, in a playoff tournament for the four best runners-up across the nine already-concluded African qualifying groups. The nine winners are automatically through to next year’s finals in Canada, Mexico and the US but this week’s mini-tournament offers the possibility of a 10th representative for the continent. Thursday’s two winners will meet in a final on Sunday to determine the African side that advances to the inter-continental playoff in March, where the last places for the 48-team World Cup will be determined. French-born Aubameyang won the African Footballer of the Year award 10 years ago on the back of his scoring exploits with Borussia Dortmund and has been Gabon’s talisman since his first cap in 2009 but never able to steer his country to international success despite them twice hosting the Africa Cup of Nations. The 36-year-old’s 80-cap tally might have been substantially higher had he not clashed with administrators and coaches and more than once temporarily retired from international football
Gabon's Aubameyang carries hopes of World Cup playoff underdogs
RABAT :Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang could crown a chequered international career with success in the African World Cup playoff in Morocco this week but Gabon are very much the outsiders as four countries look to keep alive hopes of making next year’s finals.
Azerbaijan claims team gold as Turkiye tops judo medal standings at Islamic Solidarity Games
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Women’s Africa Cup of Nations finals increased to 16 teams
CAIRO :The Women’s Africa Cup of Nations is to be increased from 12 to 16 teams at the next tournament in March, the Confederation of African Football has decided.
African World Cup playoffs to be held in Rabat
CAIRO: Morocco’s capital Rabat will host next month’s African World Cup playoffs, using three different stadiums for the three matches, the Confederation of African Football said on Wednesday. Nigeria take on Gabon on November 13 at 1600GMT, followed by Cameroon against the Democratic Republic of Congo at 1900 GMT. A draw, to be held on Thursday, will decide which game is played at the Stade El Barid and which will go ahead at Prince Heritier Moulay El Hassan Sports Complex. The semifinal winners then meet in a deciding game on November 16 at the Stade Prince Heritier Moulay Abdellah with the winners advancing to the inter-continental playoffs in March. Nine African teams have already qualified for the World Cup, each finishing top of their groups, and the March playoff will decide the continent’s 10th representatives at next year’s finals in Canada, Mexico and the US The four teams in the November playoffs were the best runners-up across the nine African qualifying groups. Four different stadiums in Rabat will be used at the Africa Cup of Nations finals, which start on December 21.
Nkosi Ndebele beats Simbarashe Hokonya at PFL Africa headliner in Rwanda
RWANDA: Fights on the 2025 PFL Africa Semifinal: Rwanda card at Kigali’s BK Arena on Saturday night produced five stoppages and six hard-fought decisions, all in pursuit of a place in the 2025 PFL Africa Finals in Benin on Dec. 20.