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• FIFA World Cup 2026 – African Edition

  Posted at 10:08 pm by Sibonginkosi Moyo, on Jul 26, 2026

  

  The 2026 World Cup had 48 teams participating for the first time. This meant that there were two knockout rounds: the round of 32 and the round of 16.

  10 African teams were there:

  Algeria

  Cape Verde

  DR Congo

  Egypt

  Ghana

  Ivory Coast

  Morocco

  Senegal

  South Africa

  Tunisia

  Nine teams qualified to the round of 32.  Egypt and Morocco made it through to the round of 16. Only Morocco made it to the quarter-finals. After the quarter-finals, all the African teams were out.

  One would wonder if any African country can win the men’s FIFA World Cup tournament.

  History has shown that some African teams have won junior tournaments previously:

  • Ghana: Won the FIFA U-17 World Cup two times (1991 and 1995) and also won the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2009.
  • Nigeria: Won the FIFA U-17 World Cup a record five times (1985, 1993, 2007, 2013, and 2015)
  • Morocco: Won the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2025 by defeating Argentina in the final.

  How can we replicate this success at the senior level? Let’s discuss!

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• AFCON 2025

  Posted at 7:24 pm by Sibonginkosi Moyo, on Feb 8, 2026

  Morocco hosted the 35th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). Twenty-four football teams competed from 21 December 2025 to 18 January 2026. The host nation did a great job hosting a five-star tournament.

  All was well till we got to the finals. Morocco and Senegal were the last two teams standing to compete for the trophy. Senegal’s Ismaila Sarr appeared to score, only for the goal to be disallowed by the referee. Later on, Abdoulaye Seck had fouled Morocco defender Achraf Hakimi. The referee consulted the Video Assistant Referee(VAR). It was a decision that clearly caused tension. After the penalty decision, the Senegalese coach was upset and ordered his players off the field. Some players went off the field. One of the people to remain was Sadio Mane. Mane was also able to convince his teammates to return and finish the game. This moment is a reminder of why this player is one of Africa’s most loved football players

  The penalty taker missed the penalty after a failed Panenka attempt. With this, the formal game ended and we continued to extra time. The winning goal was scored by Pape Gueye.

  A few days after the winning celebrations, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Disciplinary Committee suspended the Senegalese coach and some of the players from a number of matches. The total fines were a huge amount of money, USD615,000.00

  

  Sadio Mane

  

  Posted in Events | 0 Comments | Tagged AFCON 2025, African Sport, African youth, Sadio Mane

• African Cup of Nations(AFCON) 2024⚽️

  Posted at 5:49 am by Sibonginkosi Moyo, on Jul 29, 2024

  The Afcon is one of Africa’s most prestigious tournament as we africans come together for one of our favourite sports football.

  This was a competitive tournament with 32 Teams competing for the trophy. There were some upsets for example  heavy weights such. The games were thrilling, with same even getting all the way to penalties.

  The victory belonged to the host nation Ivory coast, who came from a goal behind to beat Nigeria 2-1. lift the cup. Felitaciations Cote d’Ivoire! 

  

  

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