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🏆 Line-up set for 2026 World Cup

Africa will have 10 representatives for the first time in history, one (Cape Verde) of which will be debuting.

Congo DR the last to qualify for a return since 1974 after Tuesday’s playoff win over Jamaica.

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PENALTY MAGNET: Ghana and Wolfsburg defender Jonas Adjetey has conceded successive penalties in all three of his last appearances for both club and country.

🥅 vs Hamburg
🥅 vs Austria
🥅 vs Germany

The Black Stars are down by a goal at half-in Monday’s friendly vs Germany

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AFCON 2025: Senegal beat hosts Morocco 1-0 in extra-time to win continental showpiece, Brahim Diaz having missed a last-gasp penalty to win it for the hosts in normal time.

Sadio Mane’s side won their first tournament at AFCON 2021.

No country has won the cup twice since 2010.

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🏆 Afcon 2025: Mohamed Salah and Omar Marmoush score to earn Egypt a 2-1 win over Zimbabwe in their tournament opener.

It’s the Liverpool star’s 8th goal at Afcon since scoring his first in 2017. #AFCON2025

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🏆 AFCON 2025: Morocco beat Comoros 2-0 to open Africa Cup of Nations in fine fashion.

The Atlas Lions will seek to go all the way past the quarter final for the first time in 21 years. #AFCON2025

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2026 FIFA World Cup: The morning after the draw

Senegal, Ghana, South Africa, Côte d’Ivoire, Cape Verde (debutants), Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, & Tunisia will each be seeking to progress from the group stage & go on to become the first African nation to reach the World Cup final.

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🏆 2026 FIFA World Cup: Ghana 🇬🇭

The Black Stars are set to face England and Croatia in Group L of #WorldCup2026.

Otto Addo’s side have only managed to beat Serbia & the Czech Republic in their previous matches against European opposition, losing four others and drawing once.

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2026 FIFA World Cup: South Africa 🇿🇦

Bafana Bafana will face Mexico in the #WorldCup2026 opener. It will be a repeat of their meeting in the opening game of the 2010 tournament which ended in a 1-1 draw.

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2026 FIFA World Cup: Ivory Coast 🇨🇮

The Elephants have won only one of their four previous World Cup matches against European sides (1W, 1D, 2L). They face Germany in Group E at #WorldCup2026, seeking to qualify from the group stage for the first time ever.

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2026 FIFA World Cup: Senegal 🇸🇳

In Group I, the Teranga Lions will be looking to beat France for the second straight time at the World Cup, the first coming in their tournament debut in 2002 when the West Africans recorded a stunning 1-0 win.

#WorldCup2026

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🏆 2026 FIFA World Cup draw comes off today in the US

Africa’s 9 representatives will be finding out their first round fate

🇩🇿 Algeria
🇨🇻 Cape Verde (debutant)
🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire
🇪🇬 Egypt
🇬🇭 Ghana
🇲🇦 Morocco
🇸🇳 Senegal
🇿🇦 South Africa
🇹🇳 Tunisia

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There will be no Nigeria at the 2026 World Cup following defeat to DR Congo in the African play-offs.

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🏆 ROAD TO 2026 WORLD CUP

Nigeria have failed to secure an automatic qualification for the World Cup after finishing second behind South Africa.

They missed out on the 2022 edition after losing to Ghana’s Black Stars but still have a chance for next year through the playoffs.

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🇨🇲 Cameroon at 1990 World Cup

✅ First African team to beat cup holders (1-0 against Argentina).

✅ First team in WC history to win a match with nine players only, beating Argentina.

✅ First African team to reach quarter-finals.

The Lions are not going to the 2026 World Cup!

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🇲🇦 MOROCCO: The Atlas Lions reached a milestone at the 2022 World Cup in becoming the first African nation to reach World Cup semifinals.

Of their 26-man-squad, over half (14) were born outside the country of Morocco, while a further more born in Morocco held dual nationality.

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🏆 ROAD TO 2026 WORLD CUP

Cameroon have failed to secure an automatic qualification for the World Cup after finishing second behind Cape Verde.

The Indomitable Lions are the first team in World Cup history to win a match with nine players only, beating Argentina 1-0 in 1990.

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🏆 ROAD TO 2026 WORLD CUP

Senegal are set to make their fourth appearance at the World Cup next year.

At the 2018 edition in Russia, they became the first team to be eliminated at the group stage by fair play points tiebreaker, Japan the beneficiary.

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🏆 ROAD TO 2026 WORLD CUP

🇨🇮Côte d’Ivoire are set to make their fourth appearance at the World Cup.

The Elephants will be making a return for the first time in 12 years after missing the last two tournaments.

They will look to make it out of the group stage for the first time.

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🏆 ROAD TO 2026 WORLD CUP

Nigeria have failed to secure an automatic qualification for the World Cup after finishing second behind South Africa.

They missed out on the 2022 edition after losing to Ghana’s Black Stars but still have a chance for next year through the playoffs.

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🏆 ROAD TO 2026 WORLD CUP

🇨🇻 Cape Verde will become the 14th African nation to play at the World Cup, having upset Cameroon to the qualifying ticket.

Africa has had no debutants since presenting four (Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Angola, Togo) at the 2006 edition in Germany.

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🇬🇭 ROAD TO WORLD CUP

Mohammed Kudus’ goal helps Ghana beat Comoros 1-0 to make 2026 World Cup.

In Africa, only Nigeria (6) have won more games at the World Cup than the Black Stars (5), & only Morocco (semi-final) have ever progressed farther at the tournament than Ghana (QF).