Algerian football club USM Alger has announced the appointment of Nabil Maaloul as their new head coach on a two-year contract. The 61-year-old Tunisian tactician, who led Tunisia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, officially joined the club today, marking a significant move for the club. Maâloul’s appointment comes after a challenging 2023-2024 season for USM Alger, which saw them ...
African nations returned to action on Wednesday, June 5th in their quest to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The resumed qualifiers saw several closely contested matches across the continent. Togo were in action against South Sudan in Lome while Morocco played host to Central African Republic against Chad. Namibia were against Liberia in a match played in Johannesburg, ...
Tunisia head coach, Jalel Kadri feels that his side played well but were unfortunate not to get all three points after playing out to a 1-1 draw against Mali on Saturday evening at Korhogo’s Stade Amadou Gon Coulibaly. The 2004 champions came from behind to salvage a point in what was an evenly balanced match between the two sides. Speaking ...
Brazil will play the last two friendly matches ahead of the Qatar World Cup 2022 against Tunisia and Ghana, also qualified for the Cup, on September 23 and 27. Coach Tite summon the players for the next two matches on Friday. Ghana are in Group H, along with Portugal, Uruguay, and South Korea. Tunisia were drawn for Group D, which ...
Tunisia have sacked coach Mondher Kebaier following their quarter-final exit at the Africa Cup of Nations. The Carthage Eagles were beaten 1-0 on Saturday by a Burkina Faso side who are 30 places below the North Africans in the world rankings. Kebaier, 51, had been in charge of Tunisia since August 2019. His assistant Jalel Kadri will replace him as ...
The referee at the centre of controversy in the AFCON 2021 match between Tunisia and Mali has said that he feared for his life after reportedly suffering heatstroke during the game. Janny Sikazwe spoke to journalists in Zambia after returning to his home country, saying he was relieved to have gone back home alive. “I have seen people going for ...
Super Eagles’ first-choice goalkeeper Maduka Okoye and midfielder Alex Iwobi have come under attack following Nigeria’s 1-0 loss to Tunisia in the Round of 16 games at the ongoing African Cup of Nations (AFCON) The Carthage Eagles defeated the super eagles of Nigeria by 1:0 in Garoua on Sunday to advance to the quarter-finals of the African cup of Nations. ...
Jay Jay Okocha says Tunisia out-smarted and that there was no leadership in the 10-man Super Eagles team in Sunday’s shock last sixteen loss to The Carthage Eagles. Nigeria then suffered a further setback when 59th minute substitute Alex Iwobi barely lasted seven minutes before he was sent-off after Msakni felt the force of his studs. “We had a bad ...
Jay Jay Okocha says Tunisia out-smarted and that there was no leadership in the 10-man Super Eagles team in Sunday’s shock last sixteen loss to The Carthage Eagles. Nigeria then suffered a further setback when 59th minute substitute Alex Iwobi barely lasted seven minutes before he was sent-off after Msakni felt the force of his studs. “We had a bad ...
Tunisia has appealed to replay their Africa Cup of Nations Group F match against Mali after the game ended in a controversial 1-0 defeat. Mali were 1-0 up through Ibrahima Kone’s spot kick when referee Janny Sikazwe blew the final whistle early. The Zambian official blew the final whistle after just 85 minutes before restarting play for four minutes, but ...