qualifier

England grind past Andorra as style questions linger ahead of Serbia test The cheers at Villa Park were more relieved than rapturous. England beat Andorra 2-0 on Saturday in Birmingham, a result that keeps Thomas Tuchel’s side perfect in World Cup qualifying. Yet the manner of it—a labored first half, a breakthrough via an own goal, and a second from a set of impeccable delivery and timing—left a near-40,000 crowd murmuring about whether this team is edging toward pragmatism over panache. On a night when England had 83% of…

Djibouti pulled off a stunning 1-0 upset against Rwanda in the CHAN 2025 qualifiers at Amahoro Stadium in Kigali on Sunday. The decisive moment came from a late goal scored by Gabriel Dadzie. Djibouti was compelled to play their 'home' leg on Rwandan turf due to bans by CAF and FIFA but exhibited solid gameplay and seized a rare chance to leave the home crowd shocked.This match was supposed to be a fresh chapter for Rwanda at the newly spruced up Amahoro Stadium. Unfortunately, they failed to scorch the back of the net…

Nigerian pride was evident as the Super Eagles displayed a stellar performance, yet couldn't clutch an away victory against Rwanda. The home squad owes much to their goalkeeper for maintaining a stalemate. Despite the game concluding in a nil-nil deadlock, Nigeria comfortably remains perched atop Group D. Over in South Africa, the football drama peaked as Bafana Bafana clinched a narrow 3-2 victory over South Sudan. The match's tense finale saw substitute Mbatha net the winning goal in the dying moments of added time.…

The Government Committee of the Confederation of African Soccer (CAF) met in Kigali, Rwanda on Saturday, Might 15. Choices have been made on the group of main occasions on the continent. The postponement of the qualifiers within the Africa zone for the World Cup 2022 has been confirmed: the matches will happen at the top of 2021 and the start of 2022.…

We know of 23 of the 24 teams that will play the next African Cup of Nations football (CAN 2021) in January / February 2022 in Cameroon. However, there is still a place that can be attributed to CAN 2021, the Sierra Leone-Benin meeting in Group L in the qualifiers has been postponed until June 2021 after a controversy over positive Covid tests. The Africa Cup of Nations is almost full. Twenty-three of the twenty-four teams that will play in the final in January / February 2022 are now known. Before the last two days…