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Cameroon vs Nigeria: The making of Africa’s biggest football rivalry

[ad_1] Saturday's game at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium in Abidjan will be a repeat of the 1984 Afcon final held at the same venue.On that occasion Cameroon, with stars like Roger Milla, Joseph-Antoine Bell and Theophile Abega, won 3-1 against a young Super Eagles team led by the late Stephen Keshi.Another painful defeat followed for Nigeria at the 1988 Afcon held in Morocco, with the Indomitable Lions sealing a second […]

todayJanuary 27, 2024 1

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Afcon 2023: What to look out for in the last 16 with Senegal, Nigeria and Egypt among hopefuls

[ad_1] Minnows Mauritania take on Cape Verde (Monday, 17:00 GMT) as their reward for shocking 2019 champions Algeria to register their first-ever win at the finals.The Lions of Chinguetti are the only team with a less than 1% chance of lifting the title, according to stats experts Opta. Coach Amir Abdou has emulated the success he achieved in taking Comoros to the last 16 in 2021."It's extraordinary what we are […]

todayJanuary 27, 2024

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Cameroon’s babies get world-first RTS,S malaria vaccine

[ad_1] Cameroon has kicked off a mass rollout of the world's first WHO-approved malaria vaccine, aiming to vaccinate 250,000 children in 2024 and 2025. Babies at a health centre near the capital Yaoundé were the first to get it. Reporter: Paul Njie. Filmed by Michel Mvondo. Edited by Kaine Pieri. Produced by Esther Kahumbi and Ellen Tsang. [ad_2] Source link

todayJanuary 26, 2024 1

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Afcon 2023: Record breakers, shocks and sackings – what we’ve learned at the tournament so far

[ad_1] Nigeria coming from behind to secure a point against Equatorial Guinea in just the second match of the finals only hinted at the upsets to come.Record seven-time champions Egypt took the lead after 89 seconds against lowly Mozambique, but needed a 97th-minute penalty from Mohamed Salah to scrape a 2-2 draw, setting the tone for the thrills to come.Former winners Ghana, Algeria and Tunisia all failed to progress to […]

todayJanuary 26, 2024

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