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Super Eagles miss CAF’s top five favourites to win AFCON
• Cote d’Ivoire, Benin Republic, Angola, Morocco, Tanzania lead contenders • Lookman among top five stars to watch in Morocco
Senegal to face resurgent Nigeria, Sudan in CHAN 2025 tournament
Holders Senegal will face a resurgent Nigeria and Sudan in Group D of the rescheduled African Nations Championship (CHAN) being co-hosted by Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda in August.
African Nations Championship postponed to August
The African Nations Championship (CHAN), due to kick off in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania in February, was postponed to August because stadiums were not ready, the organisers said Tuesday.
How poorly resourced coaches, limited exposure stunt Nigerian football
Nigerian football clubs were rated among the best teams in African football between the 1970s and 2000s. But that is now history; no thanks to the poor quality of coaches saddled with the responsibility of leading these teams and their limited exposure to contemporary realities of the game, CHRISTIAN OKPARA reports.
CAF explains 75% rise in CHAN prize money
President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Patrice Motsepe, has explained the rationale behind the increase in prize money for the 2024 Championship of African Nations (CHAN),
Why Lookman was the only choice despite Hakimi rumours
Ahead of Monday’s awards ceremony to honour the year’s outstanding achievements in the African game and to crown Ademola Lookman as Africa’s Footballer of the Year, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) had appeared to float the prospect that the Nigerian might miss out on a prize that appeared – from a distance – to be destined for him, writes ESPN.