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.
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Familiar foe for African Champions League holders
JOHANNESBURG : African Champions League holders Pyramids of Egypt will be up against a familiar foe in the group phase of this year's competition but were also drawn with two other debutants.
Cole ‘Full Send’ Young claims middleweight crown at Power Slap 17 in Riyadh
RIYADH: American striker Cole “Full Send” Young delivered a career-defining performance on Friday night at Mohammed Abdu Arena, capturing the world middleweight championship at Power Slap 17 — part of the Riyadh Season.
Canada’s U17 women’s soccer squad to meet Brazil in World Cup quarterfinal
Canada scored three goals in each half en route to a comfortable 6-0 win over Zambia in Round of 16 play Wednesday, setting up a quarterfinal date with Brazil at the FIFA Women's U17 World Cup in Sale, Morocco.
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.
Canadian women down France to top Group D at FIFA U17 World Cup in Morocco
Canada defeated France 2-1 Saturday to finish atop Group D with its third straight win at the FIFA Women's under-17 World Cup.
Canada downs Nigeria 4-1 in FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup opener
Melisa Kekic scored the winner in the 73rd minute and fellow substitute Julia Amireh added two insurance goals as Canada defeated Nigeria 4-1 Sunday in its opening game at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Sale, Morocco.
Canadian under-17 women suffer injury setback on eve of FIFA U-17 World Cup
Canada has suffered a blow on the eve of its opening match at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Morocco, losing co-captain Emma Reda to injury.