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Victor Olorunfemi

Victor Olorunfemi is a sports reporter with Peoples Gazette. Prior to working with The Gazette, he was with Sports247 Nigeria, a grassroots football news platform. He is on Twitter/Facebook/Instagram @herovicofficial
January 25, 2024

AFCON’s group matches throw up promising underdogs, big names eat humble pie

Tunisia’s Eagles of Carthage were also humbled by underdogs.

Cape Verde national team
January 25, 2024

Morocco beat Zambia, help CĆ“te d’Ivoire sneak into knockout stage (Full Fixtures of Round 16)

Nigeria will face a familiar foe in Cameroon. Survival CĆ“te d’Ivoire will clash with searing Senegal.

AFCON
January 23, 2024

Tom Saintfiet resigns as Gambia national team head coach after AFCON failure

Saintfiet joined the Scorpions of Gambia as their head coach in 2018 and qualified the country for the AFCON in 2021 and 2023.

Tom Saintfiet
January 23, 2024

AFCON 2023: Nigeria to face Cameroon in round of 16; Senegal beat Guinea to end group stage

After a goalless first half, Toko Ekambi opened the scoring for Cameroon 11 minutes after the break, but Ablie Jallow cancelled the lead in the 72nd minute.

SUPER EAGLES AT AFCON
January 22, 2024

AFCON 2023: Nigeria beat Guinea-Bissau to reach knockout round; Equatorial Guinea thrash CĆ“te d’Ivoire 4-0

Ultimately, Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea have now advanced to the next stage of the tournament.

Victor Osimhen and Emilio Nsue
January 22, 2024

AFCON 2023; Themba Zwane nets brace as South Africa wallop Namibia 4-0 in Group E clash

The victory put South Africa second in the group with three points behind Mali.

South Africa’s Bafana Bafana
January 21, 2024

AFCON 2023: Nigeria must improve to beat Guinea-Bissau, says Jose Peseiro

Nigeria will face Guinea-Bissau in their last game of the group stage at the FƩlix Houphouƫt Boigny Stadium in Abidjan on Monday.

Jose Peseiro