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23 Feb
The Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF), which on Wednesday, announced that it was withdrawing the men’s national team from participating in the 2025 AfroBasket qualifiers, which begins in Tunisia this weekend, yesterday said it had started moves to get the team to feature in the competition.
2 Feb
Ademola Lookman’s first half strike booked Nigeria’s place in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) semi-finals with a 1-0 win over Angola. The win continues the Super Eagles’ excellent AFCON quarter-final record, having lost only one of their previous 11 last-eight ties in the competition.
30 Jan
Cape Verde also known as Cabo Verde recently have been grabbing the headlines for all positive reasons, at the AFCON, after getting to the last eight of the competition. Here is the reason why the country change its name from Cape Verde to Cabo Verde. The country changed its name in 2013, and minister of…
28 Jan
As the knockout stage of 34th African Cup of Nations enters second day today in Cote d’Ivoire, football fans across the continent are angling for more upsets. It is the second time Cote d’Ivoire is hosting the competition, the first was in 1984.
23 Jan
The injured Mohamed Salah watched from the stands as Egypt played out a crazy 2-2 draw with Cape Verde at the Africa Cup of Nations on Monday
15 Jan
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Cape Verde malaria free.
4 Dec
The Super Falcons have promised to beat Cape Verde again when they meet tomorrow in the second leg of their Morocco 2024 African Women’s Cup of Nations qualifier.
30 Nov
Super Falcons of Nigeria thrash Cape Verde 5-0 in the 2024 WAFCON second round, first leg qualifier at the MKO Abiola stadium, Abuja on Thursday.
30 Nov
Cape Verde is one of the emerging nations in African women’s football. The team from the coast of the Atlantic Ocean has in recent times seen off stiff challenges from some of Africa’s more established sides.
18 Aug 2023
Amb. John Usanga, Nigerian Ambassador to Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde has refuted comments credited to him in the media on the 2023 presidential election as fake news. This is contained in a statement signed by himself and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday. According to Usanga, the…
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