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Morocco begin AFCON qualifiers with win but Vieira’s Senegal held
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The Africa Cup of Nations, commonly abbreviated as AFCON in English and CAN in French, and currently known as the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, is the main biennial international men's association football competition in Africa. It is sanctioned by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and was first held in 1957. Since 1968, it has been held every two years, switching to odd-numbered years in 2013. The competition is expected to revert to even-numbered years and become a quadrennial event, taking place in leap years from 2028.
More on Wikipedia ↗The road to AFCON 2027 has only just begun, but several African heavyweights already know they have almost no room for error. Nigeria are in a group where only
Morocco, Côte d’Ivoire, Algeria, Nigeria and Cameroon were among the big African teams to make winning starts in the first round of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations PAMOJA 2027 qualifiers. The opening matches produced goals, comebacks and several away wins across Africa. Guinea-Bissau recorded one of…