It is the third meeting between these teams in three years and South Africa believe they have mastered how to beat Nigeria.The Bafana Bafana defeated the Super Eagles 2-0 in Uyo in 2017 and forced the same team to a draw at home.

The former Technical Director, Nigeria Football Association (NFA), Olatunde Disu OFR, on Monday warned that the Super Eagles would face a tricky and a tougher encounter against the Bafana Bafana in the quarter-finals of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Egypt. Disu gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of…

Super Eagles striker and scorer of the third goal in Saturday’s round of 16 clash against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroun, Alex Iwobi...

Several hours after the Bafana Bafana of South Africa ended the Pharaohs’ campaign in the on-going 2019 Afcon with a 1-0 defeat on Saturday...

South Africa caused the biggest upset yet of the on-going African Cup of Nations in Egypt yesterday when they knocked out the hosts to book a place in the quarterfinals. They will meet Nigeria in a game nobody thought was possible before yesterday’s events in Egypt. Earlier in Alexandria, Nigeria had beaten Cameroon 3-2 against…

South Africa coach, Stuart Baxter yesterday said his team’s display in their 0-1 loss to Cote d’Ivoire showed they could provide a tough test for any opponent at the Africa Cup of Nations, reports AFP. Nicolas Pepe twice went close with free-kicks on another hot afternoon in Cairo but it was Jonathan Kodjia’s goal on…

Jonathan Kodjia struck the only goal as Ivory Coast defeated South Africa 1-0 in the steamy Cairo heat on Monday in a meeting of former Africa Cup of Nations champions.

With barely 17 days to the kickoff of the Africa Cup of Nations, South Africa and Mali have received injury blows. South Africa’s Keagan...

The South African football fraternity was yesterday plunged into mourning following news of the death of former Bafana Bafana striker, Philemon Masinga.

The Super Eagles regained some respect in African football last weekend. They drew with Bafana Bafana in Johannesburg. They had lost in their first-leg encounter in Nigeria a long time ago. 

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Super Eagles on their qualification for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations following the 1-1 draw against the Bafana Bafana of South Africa, in Johannesburg, yesterday.

Nigeria, yesterday, booked a place in the finals of the 2019 Total Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), which will take place in Cameroun. The country secured the spot after the Bafana Bafana...