Tag: U20
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FIFA U20 WC: Senegal’s culpable ineffectiveness
Senegal failed to progress beyond the first round of the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Samba Diallo’s team-mates were guilty of ineffective finishing in all three of their group stage matches, which explains their early elimination. Senegal have been eliminated from the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Their failure to qualify was confirmed by their…
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FIFA U20 WC: A half way convincing start for Africans
The U20 World Cup opened this May 20 in Argentina and will continue until June 11. It has 4 African representatives. All have played their first game in the competition with mixed results overall. In the balance sheet, there are 2 victories and 2 defeats. Nigeria sets the pace The Flying Eagle (group D) opened…
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U20 AFCON: 4th African championship title in a row for Senegal – Highlights
Senegal is the African champion of the under 20s. This Saturday, March 11, the Cubs have dominated the Gambia (2-0) with a performance controlled from start to finish. Moreover, Lamine Camara and his teammates won all the individual awards. The good star of the Senegalese selections continue to shine. After the senior AFCON, beach soccer,…
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AFCON U20: Senegal and Gambia into the finals – Highlights
Senegal-Gambia, it is the poster of the final of the Africa Cup of Nations under 20 years in Egypt. The Lion Cubs and the Scorpions came to the end of their opponents respectively Tunisia (3-0) and Nigeria (1-0), on Monday, March 6 in the semi-final. The magic continues to happen. The Lion Cubs of Senegal…
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U20 AFCON: Gambia and Tunisia in the semi-finals – Highlights
Gambia and Tunisia join Senegal and Nigeria in the semi-finals of the U20 AFCON. The Scorpions laminated South Sudan (5-0), while Tunisia eliminated the Congo in the penalty shootout (3-3, 4-5 pen), on Friday, March 3. The Harras El-Hedoud stadium witnessed the XXL performance of the Gambia U20. The young Scorpions joined the final four…
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U20 AFCON: Senegal and Nigeria seal semi slots – Highlights
Senegal and Nigeria qualified for the semis of the TotalEnergies U20 AFCON on March 2, 2023 in quarter-final bouts against Benin and Uganda. The two teams didn’t just progress to the next round of the competition, but obtained tickets for the U20 FIFA World Cup billed May, later this year. The first team that qualified…
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South Sudan sack coaches ahead of AFCON U-20
The South Sudan Football Association (SSFA) has sacked the two coaches who guided the team to qualify for the U-20 TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2023. In a letter dated January 11th, 2023 and signed by SSFA’s Secretary General Victor Lawrence Lual, it was communicated that the head coach Charles John Guit and his…
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AFCON U20: Congo and Central African Republic complete the list of participants
The UNIFAC tournament, qualifying for the AFCON U20, continues in Brazzaville. And the host country of the tournament, Congo has signed a great performance. The Red Devils have qualified for the final stage of the competition. They demolished in fine style their neighbors of DRC (3-0), on Wednesday, December 14. The Congolese were called to…
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Football: Uganda Hippos celebrate winning U-20 CECAFA title in Khartoum
The Uganda Hippos team retained the CECAFA U-20 title after stopping South Sudan 2-1 in the final played on Friday at the Al Hilal Stadium in Khartoum, Sudan. Felix Agumemboki Abishai gave South Sudan after 15 minutes but Uganda leveled matters through Issa Bugembe. In the second half midfielder Titus Ssematimba netted Uganda’s second goal.…