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Moroka Swallows striker Gabadinho Mhango still has hopes to represent Malawi after he was left out of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers squad. The Flames take on São Tomé and Príncipe and Equatorial Guinea in the qualifiers double-header, and despite his fine form at club level, Malawi national team...

Ghana head coach Otto Addo has sprung a few surprise exclusions from his 26-man squad that will face Mali and the Central African Republic in the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers double-header. Orlando Pirates goalkeeper Richard Ofori is one of the most notable absentees from the Black Stars squad...

Nigerian legend Victor Ikpeba states that the clash against Bafana Bafana during the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers is the game of their lives. Ikpeba played for The Super Eagles in the early 1990s and made over 30 caps for the side. He also played for German giants Borussia Dortmund between...

Benin coach Gernot Rohr feels the attacks on Nigeria coach Jose Peseiro by the media in the West African country are unjust, saying they have now accelerated to a personal level to the former FC Porto coach. This comes after Peseiro’s Nigerian side was held in two 1-1 draws in...

The Lesotho Football Association was keen to play in Bloemfontein at Toyota Stadium, which is close to them, but they found that the venue was not registered by SAFA to CAF to play in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. They also tried to have their World Cup qualifying match...

Bafana will be gunning to make two wins out of two in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers for the first time in 23 years when they visit Rwanda’s Amavubi at Huye Stadium this afternoon. Hugo Broos’ side started the Group C World Cup qualifiers with a narrow 2-1 win over...

Bafana Bafana defender Siyanda Xulu said playing competitive games before the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Ivory Coast next year is not an ideal preparation. CAF, instead of contesting that those nations who have qualified for the AFCON should be excused to play friendly matches, agreed with FIFA to...

Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos says it cannot continue that African countries play their home games outside their own borders because their home venues don’t meet CAF's minimum requirements. CAF has banned about 17 nations from playing home games in the ongoing 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, with Lesotho suffering...

Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has cautioned that the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers will be sort of a “battle” after his side battled through to beat Benin 2-1 at the Moses Mabhida Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Bafana, who have never won the opening World Cup qualifying match since 2006...

Benin coach Gernot Rohr said Bafana Bafana hugely benefitted in having Mamelodi Sundowns players as they lost to South Africa in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers at the Moses Mabhida Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Goals by Percy Tau - a Sundowns old boy - and the impressive Khuliso Mudau...