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* Argentina dominated possession for long periods, but the African debutants stayed organised and made the champions work for every opening Maravi Express Cape Verde were minutes away from forcing a penalty shootout before an own goal from Diney Borges finally ended their brave resistance. It has ended their historic FIFA World Cup™ 2026 run in heartbreak after the Blue Sharks pushed the defending champions Argentina to extra time before losing 2-3 in a dramatic Round-of-32 tie in Miami….

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Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha will have to keep out Lionel Messi, perhaps the greatest player of all time * Messi, arguably the greatest player the world has seen, faces a 40-year-old goalkeeper who was a complete unknown three weeks ago * It encapsulates one of the best stories of this World Cup — Cape Verde, on their World Cup debut, defying the odds to reach the knockout rounds By Dale Johnson, BBC Sport Lionel Messi versus Vozinha. It is…

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* The remaining three African nations’ Round of 32 matches are this Friday night involving Egypt v Australia  (20h00); Cape Verde v Argentina (00h00); and Ghana v Colombia (03h30) * As Cristiano Ronaldo’s dreams survive after a late VAR drama disallowed Josko Gvardiol equaliser for Croatia in the 113th minute to date Spain, who beat Austria 3-0 Maravi Express From 10 representatives that Africa had at the FIFA World Cup™ 2026, only three are still in contention following the…

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* Africa’s new gap: From technical quality to 90-minute game management * We can match Europe and South America, now we must finish like them By Duncan Mlanjira The last set of the FIFA World Cup™ results has exposed a painful truth about African football; the gap is no longer technical — it’s psychological and managerial, contends an African football fan, Dennis Esikuri on his LinkedIn social media account. This follows heartbreaking results of four FIFA World Cup™ 2026…

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* We are playing to win — when expectations are low regarding a team, and if that team has the urge to win, it is possible * A small nation like Cape Verde should make an effort to always do that — to permanently surprise people By Paul Njie, BBC Sport Africa President of Cape Verde, José Maria Neves, predicts his country will defeat defending champions Argentina in the Round of 32 of the FIFA World Cup™ 2026 as…

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* The Lions of Teranga looked on course for a famous round-of-32 victory after goals from Habib Diarra and Ismaïla Sarr gave them a 2-0 lead with only five minutes of normal time remaining * But Belgium found a way back through Romelu Lukaku in the 86th minute before Youri Tielemans equalised three minutes later * The match then went into extra time, where Senegal came desperately close to forcing penalties Maravi Express Senegal’s FIFA World Cup™ 2026 journey…

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* Before Harry Kane’s late double turned the match around, handing the Three Lions a hard-fought 2-1 victory Maravi Express For 75 minutes, the Democratic Republic of Congo stood on the brink of achieving one of the greatest results in their football history — inspired by the brilliance of Brian Cipenga and a courageous collective display. The Leopards frustrated England before Harry Kane’s late double turned the match around, handing the Three Lions a hard-fought 2-1 victory. Against one…

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* The continent’s greatest FIFA World Cup™ moment is not a question of if — but when * Among the African teams at the FIFA World Cup™ 2026, only a few have local coaches — that is another point we need to think about * For example, Ghana appointed Carlos Queiroz after previously having a local coach Maravi Express Former Portugal and Liverpool defender, Abel Xavier, observes that African teams are currently closest to attaining the greatest achievement at…

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* Gabriel Martinelli came off the bench to send Brazil into the Round of 16 with a 96th-minute winner Maravi Express Monday night was an all-time of FIFA World Cup™ upsets that saw Paraguay shock four-time world champions Germany while Morocco ousted Netherlands — both in penalty shootouts. But for Brazil, it took Gabriel Martinelli’s 95th-minute strike for the four-time winners to dramatically come from behind to win 2-1 and advance to the Round of 16 — cruelly denying…

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