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Former coach of Bafana Bafana Owen Da Gama believes Orlando Pirates striker Evidence Makgopa should lead the Bafana attack tonight.

Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has reassured South Africa that his side is well-prepared ahead of the opening match against Mali on Tuesday night, highlighting wins against Morocco and DR Congo.

Cameroon coach Rigobert Song has opened up on the reason he left Andre Onana out of the squad for his side's 1-1 draw Guinea.

Victor Osimhen won the Serie A title with Napoli last season and ended 2023 by being named African footballer of the year, but the striker reckons lifting the Cup of Nations with Nigeria might just top the lot.I think I owe a lot of my success to them, because they have been sort of an inspiration to me while growing up," said Osimhen, who announced himself as the top scorer at the Under-17 World Cup in 2015.

Deon Hotto was Namibia’s hero with an 88th-minute header.

At abidjans felix houphouet boigny stadium, where Cape Verde beat ghana 2 1, thanks to Garry Rodriguess Goal in injury time. Before that, we had egypt with a late goal as well Mohamed Salah to the rescue. A 97th Minute Penalty saving egypt against the minnows, mozambique, a side who have never won a game at afcon in what is now 13 attempts. And var was needed to award that penalty to save the pharaohs. In the early game, victor osimhen, his first goal at afcon salvaged a 1 1 goal for nigeria aga...

Salah penalty rescues Egypt against Mozambique while Nigeria are held by Equatorial Guinea.

Ian williams reporting. Two major tournaments the Africa Cup of nations and the afc Asian Cup started this weekend. There were no major upsets on day two of the Asian Cup with two of the continents powerhouses, japan and iran, beginning their campaigns. Japan came into the tournament on a ten game Winning Streak and underlined their credentials as one of the teams to watch in qatar with a 4 2 win over vietnam, as Dan Ogunshakin reports. Beaten finalists in 2019, japan are many Peoples Tip for as...

Bafana Bafana have been handed a boost ahead of their opening match in the AFCON with three key players returning to training over the weekend.

Cameroon boss Rigobert Song made his aims of conquering TotalEnergies 2023 Africa Cup of Nations clear amid criticism levelled at Bafana Bafana by Samuel Eto'o.