Bafana Bafana
28 Mar
After a thrilling 3-3 draw with Algeria in Algiers on Tuesday night, South Africa’s Coach, Hugo Broos, thumbed his chest and said the Bafana Bafana are ready for any team in Africa, including Nigeria, whom they meet in a crucial World Cup qualifier in June, reports iol.co.za.
26 Mar
The South African Football Association (Safa) is adamant Bafana Bafana coach, Hugo Broos, is going nowhere despite a report in the Tunisian media yesterday that the Belgian is set to dump South Africa, reports timeslive.co.za.
7 Feb
Nigeria’s Minister of Sports Development, John Owan Enoh, has secured the sum of two hundred million naira for the men’s national football team, the Super Eagles, currently campaigning at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations. The minister commended the enthusiasm of the Chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, Imo State governor, Hope Uzodimma, and all…
7 Feb
South African club Chippa United are solidly behind their goalkeeper, Stanley Nwabali and his country, Nigeria, as they face the Bafana Bafana in the semi-finals of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
6 Feb
Nigeria’s Super Eagles will be in action on Wednesday when they take on South Africa in the semi-finals of the AFCON 2023. The Eagles will go into the tie as overwhelming favourites, thanks to their perfect record of three wins in three games at the AFCON against South Africa. For this to be achieved, the…
6 Feb
Napoli striker, Victor Osimhen, is set to face South Africa whom the Super Eagles will meet in one of the semi-final games of the 2023 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) on Wednesday.
6 Feb
The Super Eagles head coach, Jose Peseiro, on Tuesday said the goal of the team is just to beat South Africa and qualify for the final of the 2023 African Cup of Nations (AFCON).
6 Feb
Nottingham Forest defender, Ola Aina, has expressed the Super Eagles' readiness to face South Africa in the semi-finals of the 2023 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) on Wednesday.
6 Feb
Neil Tovey and Mark Williams, key figures when South Africa won their lone Africa Cup of Nations title, believe defeating 2024 semi-finals opponents Nigeria will be "tough".
6 Feb
Nigerians in South Africa have been warned to be mindful of where they watch the semi final African Cup of Nations (AFCON) clash between Super Eagles and Bafana Bafana and to equally refrain from wild celebrations should Nigeria win.
6 Feb
The Super Eagles of Nigeria may have won the semifinal clash against the Bafana Bafana of South Africa even before the match kicks off, if a declaration by former South Africa winger, Junior Khanye, is anything to go by.
11 Oct 2023
The draw for the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) will hold tomorrow in Abidjan, Ivorian economic capital, with the Super Eagles of Nigeria likely to face the Bafana Bafana of South Africa, as well as the Atlas Lions of Morocco in what could be the group of death.
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