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CAF sets CHAN 2024 date

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CAF President Patrice Motsepe confirmed the dates of the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) 2024 tournament to be played between February 1-28, 2025.

In a statement following the meeting of the CAF Executive Committee in Nairobi, Kenya on Monday, Mosepe said that the first round of qualifiers will be played on the weekend of October 25-27, 2024.

CHAN is scheduled to be hosted in East Africa as CAF will communicate in due course stadiums and other venues to be used for the competition. Motsepe visited some of the venues in Kenya that are being prepared for the tournament on Sunday.

While noting the progress made and the commitment of the Government of Kenya, Motsepe said there was a need for everyone to work together at speed to ensure that all venues and facilities are ready for the competition.

Senegal is CHAN’s current champion after defeating hosts Algeria two years ago in Algiers.

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President Federation Cup: NFF unveils venues, dates for quater-finals

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The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has announced venues and dates for the quater-final of the President Federation Cup.

Plateau United and Rangers will clash at the Area 3 Stadium in Abuja.

The encounter between Akwa United and Kwara United will be played at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium in Enugu.

Abakaliki FC abd Nasarawa United will lock horns at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City, while Wikki Tourists and Ikorodu City clash is billed for the Bwari Stadium in Abuja.

All the matches will kick-off at 4pm on Saturday, May 3rd, 2025.

The winner of the competition will represent Nigeria in the CAF Confederation Cup next year.

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U-20 AFCON: Flying Eagles Coach Unveils 24- Man Squad

The team is scheduled to play a series of warm-up matches in Egypt before their group opener against Tunisia on May 1.

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Head coach of the U-20 national team, Flying Eagles, Aliy Zubairu, has unveiled a 24-man squad for the upcoming U-20 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the 2025 U-20 AFCON will take place from April 27 to May 18.

Zubairu named first-choice goalkeeper, Ifeanyi Harcourt, defender and captain, Daniel Bameyi, midfielder Sulaiman Alabi, and forward Kparobo Arierhi in the squad.

The squad is a blend of home-based and foreign players who have intensified training in Abuja ahead of the tournament.

Some of the top foreign-based players invited include: Emmanuel Chukwu, Precious Benjamin, all of German outfit TSG Hoffenheim and Kparobo Arierhi (Lillestrom SK, Norway).

The Flying Eagles, who are seven-time African champions and two-time FIFA Under-20 World Cup runners-up, will depart Nigeria on Sunday for Cairo in a bid to clinch an eighth continental title.

The team is scheduled to play a series of warm-up matches in Egypt before their group opener against Tunisia on May 1.

They will then face Morocco on May 4, followed by a clash against Kenya on May 7 to wrap up the group games.

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Ex-Man Utd star Bastian Schweinsteiger ‘splits from wife’

It was reported that the two are frequently separated by thousands of kilometers, with Ivanovic staying in Serbia with her kids while Schweinsteiger travels the world, and while this situation persists, their relationship kept straining from all angles.

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Ex-Manchester United and Bayern Munchen star, Bastien Schweinsteiger and wife Ana Ivanovic are now separated from their union.

German outlet, Blunte, reports that the couples, having married for nine years, have now being separated since two months ago.

The couple has three kids between them.

It was reported that the two are frequently separated by thousands of kilometers, with Ivanovic staying in Serbia with her kids while Schweinsteiger travels the world, and while this situation persists, their relationship kept straining from all angles.

In addition, the reports says that while the couple’s last Instagram post together was in December 2024, they haven’t been spotted together for months despite getting married in Venice nine years ago.

It now remains to be seen whether both couples can eventually reconcile and work things out as the former midfielder is currently in Jakarta, Indonesia, leaving Ivanovic, a tennis ace who won the 2008 French Open, to rely on the support of her parents and brother who also live in Serbia.

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