AFCON 2021

January 12, (THEWILL) - Gambia began their first-ever Africa Cup of Nations campaign with a 1-0 victory over Mauritania, thanks to a first-half strike in the second game of Group F of the TotalEnergies 2021 AFCON. It was a tight...

January 12, (THEWILL) - After Egypt's 1-0 loss to Nigeria at the start of their African Cup of Nations campaign in Cameroon, fans reacted with humour, sarcasm, and criticism. The style of the loss added to the despair felt in...

January 12, (THEWILL) - Air Peace Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Allen Onyema, has promised to give the Nigerian Super Eagles a whooping sum of fifty million naira, if they win the ongoing African Cup of Nations, which kicked...

January 12, (THEWILL) - Goalkeeper Ali Abou Achrine was Sudan's hero as he saved a late penalty to keep his team in a 0-0 draw with Guinea Bissau in Garoua on Tuesday. It was a scoreline that capped an unhappy...

January 11, (THEWILL) - Nigeria won a crucial 1-0 TotalEnergies 2021 Africa Cup of Nations Group D opener match against Egypt in Garoua on Tuesday, thanks to a first-half goal from Kelechi Iheanacho. The match between the two group favourites...

January 11, (THEWILL) - Two of the African continent most successful football nations, Egypt and Nigeria, will lock horns in one of the most anticipated group games at the TotalEnergies 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon on...

January 09, (THEWILL) - Cameroon came from behind to beat Burkina Faso 2-1 in the opening match of the twice-postponed TotalEnergies 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) with Vincent Aboubakar keeping his cool to score two penalties. The continental football...

January 09, (THEWILL) - The TotalEnergies 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals begin on Sunday in Cameroon, after a tumultuous build-up and, in some quarters, still shrouded in doubt. Yet, AFCON has arrived and hosts, the Indomitable Lions of...

January 08, (THEWILL) - With due cognisance of the critical effect the prevalent COVID19 can have on the number of substitutions available to teams at the TotalEnergies 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has updated...

January 07, (THEWILL) - Nigeria's Super Eagles defeated Coton Sport Garoua, champions of the Cameroonian domestic league, 2-0 in a warm-up match ahead of the kickoff of hostilities in the TotalEnergies 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Group D fixtures. The...