Category: International Sports

Tunisia to face Burkina Faso in quarterfinals  CAFonline Tunisia and Burkina Faso are through to the quarterfinal stage of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Cameroon 2021 after beating Nigeria and Gabon respectively. The Carthage Eagles of Algeria defeated 10-man Super Eagles of Nigeria 1-0 in the Round of 16 match played at the  Roumdé Adjia Stadium in Garoua on Sunday. After a goalless first half skipper Youssef Msakni gave Tunisia the lead two minutes after recess. Maskni beat…

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The Super Eagles of Nigeria CAFonline Giants Nigeria and Tunisia lock horns in Garoua for the account of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations, Cameroon 2021 Round of 16 this evening from 21:00hrs CAT. The two teams are meeting for the sixth time at the AFCON, four of the previous five matches being played in knock-out games — with Nigeria are unbeaten in all five (W3 D2, excluding shoot-outs). Tunisia’s only successful AFCON meeting with Nigeria came in 2004,…

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CAFonline Burkina Faso v Gabon have everything to play for when they face each other in the Round of 16 this evening from 18:00hrs CAT. This will be the third Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) encounter between the two sides with Gabon unbeaten in the previous two meetings — both in the group stages (2-0 in 2015 and 1-1 in 2017). Burkina Faso have only lost one of their last nine AFCON matches (W4 D4), winning as many games…

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By Duncan Mlanjira Soon after the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals currently in the first knockout stages in Cameroun, the qualifying matches for the 34th edition Cote d’Ivoire 2023 will kick off in March — first with a preliminary round involving 12 least ranked teams. Ranked at 129th in the world and 33 in Africa as of December 2021, Malawi were amongst teams that were seeded from the preliminary round draw held by Confederation of African Football…

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By Duncan Mlanjira After the conclusion of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) group qualifying, Confederation of African Football (CAF) have selected the Best XI, but none of the Flames have been considered — not even as a substitute. The squad is dominated by west Africans as follows: Goalkeeper: Mohamed Elshennawy (Egypt) Right Back: Achraf Hakimi (Morocco) Central Back (R): William Troost-Ekong (Nigeria) Central Back (L): Ahmed Hegazy (Egypt) Left Back: Ghislain Konan (Cote d’Ivoire) Defensive Midfielder: Yves…

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By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi national football team is seeded from the preliminary round of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) due to their better standings on the FIFA rankings as of last December. The draw for the 34th edition, to be hosted by Côte d’Ivoire, will be conducted on Saturday at 15h30 GMT) and will be live on CAF digital platforms. Level 1 of the draw, which is for the highest of the 12 least ranked teams have…

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High-flying Côte d’Ivoire  By Duncan Mlanjira If the Flames breeze past North African giants Morocco on Sunday in their first-ever knockout stages of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), they will date the winners of match 7 of the Round of 16 match between Côte d’Ivoire and Egypt. After the last group qualifying matches on Thursday, the Round of 16 draw is: Sunday January 23 1. Burkina Faso v Gabon (Limbe Stadium, Limbe) 2. Nigeria v Tunisia (Roumde Adjia…

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By Duncan Mlanjira The 0-1 loss to Guinea followed by the impressive 2-1 win over Zimbabwe and the hard-fought 0-0 draw against Africa’s top ranked team Senegal earned Malawi as best third-placed team to qualify for their first-ever knockout stages. This follows results in Group D on Wednesday night in which Nigeria beat Guinea-Bissau 2-0 while Egypt beat Sudan 1-0. According to fixtures posted on skysports.com, the Flames date Morocco on Tuesday, January 25. The winners between Morocco and…

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Silver Strikers goalie Charles Thomu voted Man of Match By Duncan Mlanjira Having been beaten 0-1 by Guinea in the opener and beating Zimbabwe 2-1 before salvaging a 0-0 against Senegal on Tuesday, head-to-head rules Guinea as Group B runners-up — leaving Malawi to be considered as best third-placed team to qualify for their first-ever Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) quarterfinal qualification. The Flames put up a gallant fight against a star-studded Senegal — the number one ranked team…

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Peter Banda By Duncan Mlanjira Ahead of the do-or-die last Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Group B against Senegal this evening from 17:00hrs (CAT), Flames midfielder John Banda gives Malawians confidence that despite the west African being touted as favorites to carry the day, they are set to make a major upset. “Senegal look good on paper, but they have to know our game against them will be the biggest game of our lives,” he said at a pre-match…

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