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The University of Lagos Sports Centre and the Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval will be the centre of attention for African cricket lovers as the battle for Africa’s ticket to the 2026 ICC Men’s U-19 Cricket World Cup in Namibia and Zimbabwe begins today.
Nigeria conceded a last-minute goal in a major blow to its World Cup qualifying hopes on Tuesday, when Egypt and Morocco all but booked their places at next year’s tournament.
Cairo : Egypt's Zizo scored in first-half stoppage time as they beat Sierra Leone 1-0 on Tuesday to extend their lead at the top of their World Cup qualifying group.
The Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF), at the weekend, assured cricket stakeholders that everything is set for the highly-anticipated ICC U-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup Africa qualifier, which will hold in Lagos from March 28 to April 6, 2025.
The following are the World Cup qualifying fixtures in Africa for Matchday Six of the 2026 FIFA World Cup CAF qualifiers.
The President of the Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF), Uyi Akpata, has assured stakeholders in the sport that the country is ready to host the International Cricket Council (ICC) U-19 Men’s World Cup African Qualifier, which will hold in Lagos from March 26 to April 6, 2025.
Stakeholders in Nigerian football have described the recent election to decide Africa’s representatives in the FIFA Council held in Cairo, Egypt as a victory for Arab solidarity as candidates from Arab countries took five seats out of the seven allotted to Africa. This left only CAF President, Patrice Motsepe, and Niger Republic’s Djibrilla Hima Hamidou as the only Africans from outside the Arab bloc in the new FIFA Council.
Nigeria’s Amaju Melvin Pinnick is highly favoured to retain his seat as a member of the 37-person FIFA Council – the supreme governing organ for world football – when elections are conducted at the 14th Extraordinary General Assembly of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Cairo, Egypt, today.