#2017 AFCON

[sportsvillagesquare]

Nigeria opens AFCON 2025 title chase with Tanzania duel

As it was 45 years ago when Nigeria first won the Africa Cup of Nations, the Super Eagles will again begin another title chase with an opening match with Tanzania. That is the sequel of the Morocco 2025 draw conducted Monday evening in Rabat. Nigeria last played Tanzania in Uyo on September 3, 2016, in a dead-rubber game for the 2017 edition in which both teams were already eliminated. It was…

[sariaisrael]

MSHERY ATAPOTEA KAMA KABWILI?

Likitajwa jina la Jamal Malinzi kitu cha kwanza kinachokuja kichwani kwangu ni Serengeti boys ya mwaka 2017. Moja ya kikosi bora cha vijana ambacho nimewahi kukishuhudia kwenye maisha yangu ya mpira wa miguu hapa Tanzania. Hii ndiyo Serengeti boys ilitoboa kufuzu michuano ya Afcon ya vijana walio chini ya umri wa miaka 17 nchini Gabon mwaka 2017. Kikosi ambacho kilisheheni nyota wengi ambao…

[jayessentialsblog]

former coach of the Super Eagles, Rohr has disclosed his best game

Gernot Rohr, former head coach of Nigeria's Super Eagles, has revealed his favorite game as head coach, stating that his favorite game was the 2017 World Cup qualifier victory against Zambia. Rohr is currently the manager of the Benin Republic national team. Nigeria secured a spot in the 2018 FIFA World Cup through qualification in a specific match, according to Rohr, who spoke at a news conference before the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match against Benin Republic. “The matches you spoke about were fantastic. My first match was here, against Tanzania, we won it. We had to go to Zambia and we won it. We started with victories here against the team you talked about,” Rohr said. “The victory against newly crowned African champions Cameroon was a big one, particularly wonderful for us. “The 1-0 victory against Zambia which gave us qualification for the World Cup was the best one. After we went to Algeria, we played a good match, drawing but lost on the green carpet. “Fortunately for everybody, we were already qualified.” Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) terminated Rohr's five-year contract with the Super Eagles just before the 2021 AFCON. Rohr's tenure saw Nigeria win crucial games against Argentina, Poland, Zambia, Algeria, Cameroon, Libya, and Brazil and Ukraine. Read the full article

[ghanashowbizonline]

Sports Today - “South Africa is as developed as Belgium and 10 times better than Cameroon”- Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos

Ghana Sports Today; bringing you all trending sports news as it happens. Get daily comprehensive summary of the recent sports – football news that have rocked the online scene. Check out the news below. Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos has revealed how he is enjoying his stay in South Africa. Hugo Broos, 71, won the 2017 AFCON with Cameroon and took South Africa to 3rd place in the 2023 AFCON.…

[sageglobalresponse]

AFCON: Iwobi Pulls Down Instagram Pictures Amid Online Troll

Super Eagles midfielder, Alex Iwobi, has deleted all pictures on his Instagram page.

This comes after Nigeria’s loss to Ivory Coast in the final of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), on Sunday.

The Nigerian team was defeated 2-1 by the host country, ending the team’s dream of a fourth continental trophy.

Hours after the encounter, Iwobi, who has been a subject of criticism from fans, deleted all photos on his Instagram page.

This was after fans abused him in the comment section of the pictures.

The Fulham midfielder featured for 79 minutes in the final as the Super Eagles failed to add to their three AFCON titles.

Iwobi left only one video post on his account.

Further checks revealed that he also disabled the comment section of the post for fear of being bullied.

Iwobi began his career at Arsenal, making 149 appearances and scoring fifteen goals.

He won the FA Cup in 2017, and scored in the 2019 UEFA Europa League final as well.

In August 2019, he transferred to Everton for an initial £28 million fee.

Iwobi represented England up to under-18 level.

He made his senior international debut for Nigeria in October 2015, and was part of their squads at the FIFA World Cup in 2018 and the Africa Cup of Nations in 2019, 2021 and 2023, finishing third at the 2019 tournament.

[heung-mins]

based on my research (see below) harry kane will never win a major trophy unless he somewhat manages to win one with bayern this season, which at this point seems unlikely. statistics show that the most recent players who have won at least one major trophy after leaving tottenham, have done so the year or the year after they left the club:

serge aurier (2017-2021): afcon trophy in 2024 juan foyth (2017-2021): europa league trophy in 2021 christian eriksen (2013-2020): serie a trophy in 2021

[wikiuntamed]

Top 5 @Wikipedia pages from yesterday: Wednesday, 24th January 2024

Welcome, ongi etorri, velkommen, 欢迎 (huānyíng) 🤗 What were the top pages visited on @Wikipedia (24th January 2024) 🏆🌟🔥?

1️⃣: Nikki Haley "Nimarata Nikki Haley (née Randhawa; born January 20, 1972) is an American politician and diplomat who served as the 116th governor of South Carolina from 2011 to 2017 and as the 29th United States ambassador to the United Nations from January 2017 to December 2018. A member of the Republican Party,..."

Image licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0? by Gage Skidmore

2️⃣: 2023 AFC Asian Cup "The 2023 AFC Asian Cup is the ongoing 18th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It involves 24 national teams after expansion in 2019, with Qatar the defending champions.On 17 October 2022, the AFC..."

3️⃣: XXXTentacion "Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy (January 23, 1998 – June 18, 2018), known professionally as XXXTentacion, was an American rapper and singer-songwriter. Though a controversial figure due to his widely publicized legal troubles, XXXTentacion gained a cult following among his young fanbase during his..."

Image by State of Florida

4️⃣: 2023 Africa Cup of Nations "The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, known in short as the 2023 AFCON or CAN 2023 and for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, is the ongoing 34th edition of the biennial African association football tournament organised by Confederation of African Football. It is hosted..."

5️⃣: Australian Open "The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. The Australian Open starts in the middle of January..."

Image by Tennis Australia and Landor Australia

[megaghananewsaid-blog]

'Bring It On'.... Chris Hughton Says After AFCON 2023 Draw

Chris Hughton, the head coach of the Black Stars, has spoken on the three nations that Ghana would play in the upcoming AFCON in Cote d’Ivoire in 2017. Subscribe to our newsletter! In Group B, the Black Stars will compete against Egypt, the dominant team in North Africa, as well as Cape Verde and Mozambique. Egypt, who reached the final of the most recent Africa Cup of Nations, has a record 7…

[xtraminute]

Cameroon, champions of Africa 🙌🏼

[thefalse9]

World Cup 2022: Group A Preview

Group A Dates, Times and Locations

Monday, November 21st

13:00 Senegal v Netherlands - Al Thumama Stadium

Monday, November 21st

19:00 Qatar v Ecuador - Al Bayt Stadium

Friday, November 25th

16:00 Qatar v Senegal - Al Thumama Stadium

Friday, November 25th

19:00 Netherlands v Ecuador - Khalifa International Stadium

Tuesday, November 29th

18:00 Qatar v Netherlands - Al Bayt Stadium

Tuesday, November 29th

18:00 Ecuador v Senegal - Khalifa International Stadium

Qatar:

For the host nation, the task is clear, and manager Felix Sanchez is a 46-year-old who knows the country - and its football teams well. The Spaniard first came to Qatar in 2006, joining Aspire Academy. Over the years, he's held positions with the Under 19's and Under 23's before taking over the national team in 2017. Since then, he's led the team to the Asian Cup in 2019 and third place in the Arab Cup in December 2021. He has worked with the squad in a variety of age groups, and he has a lasting relationship with many of them. That said? The task is impossible and getting out of the group stage is a bridge too far.

On the pitch, results count, but off it, the World Cup represents a chance for the nation of Qatar to showcase the country to the world. Nassar Al-Khater is the Chief Executive Officer of the FIFA World Cup and feels that visitors will not only be amazed by the quality of football and the stadiums that are being built. What he is choosing to ignore is the fact that they had to move the World Cup to December to deal with the oppressive heat, and the fact that hundreds of migrant workers have died building those same stadiums Qatar is putting forth as their "showcase to the world". You know, little things. Nothing major.

Netherlands:

Oh, the Dutch. Will the three-time finalists finally get their hands on the elusive trophy? The smart money would say no, but expect Holland to make it past the group stage and play some technical and appealing football on their way there. Talent like Depay, De Ligt, Van Djik, Malen, Danjuma and De Jong give this team match-winning ability throughout the pitch while newcomers Tyrell Malachia, Cody Gakpo and Noa Lang offer speed and the brilliance of unbridled youth and enthusiasm to a match side that could provide a surprise or two.

The issue is that Netherlands are perennial underachieves and with the recent cancer diagnosis of their manager, Louis Van Gaal, one has to ask how truly prepared is this squad? A soft group in qualifying did not provide the tests or the answers to the questions facing this squad, but lucky for them, those same questions won't need to be answered in the first three games. Once it becomes knockout time, however? Expect a quick dismissal for the Clockwork Oranje.

Senegal:

In World Football, there are always teams who are often overlooked solely due to their location or the exposure that their particular brand of football represents. To say that African teams get the short end of the stick both economically and from an exposure standpoint is old news by this point, but Senegal, this year's AFCON winners after a dramatic penalty shootout with Egypt? They're loaded and could make the furthest journey in a World Cup that we've seen from an African team in quite some time. Most would say that Senegal's fortunes rely on the exploits of Sadio Mane. A recent transfer to Bayern Munich after a sterling career at Liverpool, the gifted playmaker and goalscorer is the fulcrum of all things in the Senegal attack. Elusive, gifted at finding space and blindingly fast on a counter-attack, Mane has caused fits for EPL defenses for years and months after taking his craft to the Bundesliga, he'll be taking his talents to Qatar flanked by a sneaky good cast of supporting actors.

Eduard Mendy is as good a goalkeeper as there is in World Football today. At the back Koulibaly, and Diallo provide security in their respective positions, while Kouyate and Gueye secure the middle of the pitch and link play with the aforementioned Mane and his partner on the opposite flank, Ismalia Sarr; a man who seems like he was born with a rocket attached to his ass when you think about the speed he has. Senegal is good, perhaps sneaky good, but they won't be a surprise for long.

Ecuador:

Before the 2000s, Ecuador hadn't reached a single World Cup in their entire history. Entering Qatar, this will be their 4th consecutive World Cup and expectations are high for Ecuador to finally deliver an elusive round of 16 appearance, their last coming when they were eliminated in 2006 by a brilliant David Beckham free-kick vs England. Perhaps then, this is Ecuador's time.

Victories over Chile & Uruguay in the first round of World Cup qualifying and subsequent draws with Brazil & Argentina prove that Ecuador is better than people give them credit for, but more importantly, their talent gives them a legitimate shot to make it to the group stage out of Group A. Pablo Hincapie and Pervis Estupinan both ply their trade in Europe with Leverkeusen and Villareal respectively and provide solid coverage at the back. Gonzalo Plata, Moises Caicedo, Angel Mena, and youngster Alan Franco, who is carving up the Liga Professional de Argentina with Talleres provide options and a midfielder core than compete with anyone in Group A.

Their strength, however, would be their forward line. Michael Estrada and Leonardo Campana are developing tremendously as goalscoring threats at DC United and Inter Miami respectively, and reliable talisman Enner Valencia is still banging in the goals at Fenerbache even at the "advanced" age of 32. This is a quality team that looks worse than it is due to the glut of talent and quality at the top of half of CONMEBOL, but make no mistake, they can compete and win against any team in Group A.

Group Prediction:

Senegal

Ecuador

Holland

Qatar

[netbuzzafrica]

Black Stars fail to make 2017 AFCON final

Black Stars fail to make 2017 AFCON final

The worst Cameroon team in a generation – that’s what they were called before the tournament – have reached the Africa Cup of Nations final!

History has repeated it self once again! In 2008, it was the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon who stopped Ghana from qualifying to the finals with a lone goal after a tough game played by both sides and they have managed to pull it off again in the 2017 AFCON g…

[ghanashowbizonline]

Sports Today - Baciro Cande: Guinea-Bissau will not extend coach's deal after AFCON 2023 exit

YouTube Ghana Sports – bringing you all trending sports news as it happens. Get daily comprehensive summary of the recent sports – football news that have rocked the online scene. Check out the news below. GETTY IMAGESImage caption: Baciro Cande led Guinea-Bissau to qualification for the Africa Cup of Nations finals for the first time in 2017 Long-serving coach Baciro Cande will leave his post as…

[iamdixlow]

2017 AFCON: André Ayew Caught Performing Ritual Before Egypt Match [VIDEO] André Ayew was caught spraying an unknown substance on the pitch during a match warm up against Egypt Watch video below.

[sportsbotswana-blog]

Zimbabwe the only COSAFA side at 2017 AFCON

Zimbabwe the only COSAFA side at 2017 AFCON

Southern African side Zimbabwe is the only Council of Southern Africa Football Association (COSAFA) team that will be competing at the upcoming Total African Cup of Nations (2017 AFCON) in Gabon slated for January 14, 2017. Zimbabwe will be competing in the AFCON finals for the third time. They have previously played at the 2004 and 2006 AFCON finals where they were knocked off on the group…

[wikiuntamed]

Top 5 @Wikipedia pages from yesterday: Tuesday, 23rd January 2024

Welcome, bem-vindo, välkommen, tervetuloa 🤗 What were the top pages visited on @Wikipedia (23rd January 2024) 🏆🌟🔥?

1️⃣: 2023 AFC Asian Cup "The 2023 AFC Asian Cup is the ongoing 18th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It involves 24 national teams after expansion in 2019, with Qatar the defending champions.On 17 October 2022, the AFC..."

2️⃣: Nikki Haley "Nimarata Nikki Haley (née Randhawa; born January 20, 1972) is an American politician and diplomat who served as the 116th governor of South Carolina from 2011 to 2017 and as the 29th United States ambassador to the United Nations from January 2017 to December 2018. A member of the Republican Party,..."

Image licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0? by Gage Skidmore

3️⃣: 96th Academy Awards "The 96th Academy Awards is an upcoming ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which will honor the best films of 2023, and is expected to take place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, on March 10, 2024. The ceremony, to be televised..."

4️⃣: XXXTentacion "Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy (January 23, 1998 – June 18, 2018), known professionally as XXXTentacion, was an American rapper and singer-songwriter. Though a controversial figure due to his widely publicized legal troubles, XXXTentacion gained a cult following among his young fanbase during his..."

Image by State of Florida

5️⃣: 2023 Africa Cup of Nations "The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, known in short as the 2023 AFCON or CAN 2023 and for sponsorship purposes as the TotalEnergies 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, is the ongoing 34th edition of the biennial African association football tournament organised by Confederation of African Football. It is hosted..."