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The Super Eagle's Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) elimination in the last-16 to Tunisia was a deep disappointment for many fans. Nigeria Football Federation, the NFF, has made public what former interim Super Eagles coach Augustine Eguavoen told the players following that shock exit from the AFCON2021. Augustine Eguavoen’s side had taken the maximum possible nine points and averaged two goals per match in the group stage. But the 1-0 loss for 10-man Nigeria marked the team’s first failure to reach the AFCON last eight since 1984. Interim boss, who has since stepped down and resumed his position as NFF's Technical Director, spoke to the players in his final team talk as the coach thereafter and urged them to put behind the disappointment in Cameroon behind them as quickly as possible and move on. "It's a bitter pill to swallow, no doubt about it," Eguavoen told the players before they…

Super Falcons captain Asisat Oshoala scored a first-half hat-trick for Barcelona Femeni in their 4-0 mauling of Real Betis in a Spanish Primera Iberdrola encounter to help the champions maintained their flawless record in the league this season with another comprehensive win on Saturday afternoon. Oshoala is just shaking off a knee injury she suffered when she ruptured a ligament in her right knee back in a Womens Champions League clash against Hoffenheim early November last year. The Nigeria international scored a hat-trick to take her tally in the league to 15 goals. The 27-year-old put Barcelona ahead in the 18th minute, finishing off perfectly a cross from Caroline Hansen.Oshoala then scored her second in the 37th minute, tapping home a low cross from Dutch star Lieke Martens. she completed her hat-trick in the 44th minute by capitalising on a defensive error to fire past Betis goalkeeper. The former Arsenal…

CAF President Dr Patrice Motsepe has conveyed heartfelt condolences to the families of the eight supporters who lost their lives at Olembe Stadium during the TotalEnergies fixture between hosts Cameroon and Comoros on Monday night. President Motsepe also announced that he will be requesting the CAF AFCON Organising Committee which is meeting tomorrow to move the next match which was scheduled to take place at Olembe Stadium on Sunday 30 January 2022 to take place at Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium pending a full report of an Investigation Committee consisting of CAF and Local Organising Committee members. Dr Motsepe stated that a moment of silence will be observed at today’s TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations fixtures to honour the memories of the eight. He said: “We are saddened when there is loss of life and all of us should put aside the legal issues and take responsibility. Our thoughts and prayers are…

The football world has gathered in mourning over the death of at least eight fans and 38 injured at the Yaounde Olembe Stadium in Cameroon on Monday before the host nation's round of 16 match in the Africa Cup of Nations, the government said in a statement. Images shared on social media, showed screaming fans being crushed at an entrance gate before the game against Comoros. According to eyewitness reports, people were “trampled” upon as fans forced their way into the stadium. “Eight deaths were recorded, two women in their 30s, four men in their 30s, one child, one body taken away by the family,” said a preliminary health ministry report obtained by AFP on Tuesday. Communications Minister Rene Emmanuel Sadi said that 38 people were injured in the crush, including seven seriously, according to a statement. Children are also believed to be among those involved in the tragedy with…