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Coventry secured promotion to the Premier League on Friday as the Championship leaders’ 1-1 draw against Blackburn ended their 25-year exile from the top-flight.

Frank Lampard’s side needed a point from their trip to Ewood Park to be certain of automatic promotion.

They did it the hard way, trailing to Ryoya Morishita’s deflected 54th-minute strike before Bobby Thomas headed the priceless equaliser in the 84th minute.

Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen has been named Footballer of the Year at the 72nd Annual Milliyet Sports Awards, one of Turkey’s most prestigious sporting honours, Saturday PUNCH reports.

The award recognises Osimhen’s pivotal role in Galatasaray’s historic domestic double last season, during which the 27-year-old forward’s 37 goals goals and seven assists helped the club dominate both the Süper Lig and Turkish Cup.

Jamaica have sealed their place in the final of the 2026 World Cup intercontinental play-off, thanks to a narrow 1-0 victory over New Caledonia.

The game was played in Mexico in the early hours of Friday.
Bailey Cadamarteri scored the only goal of the match in the first half, reacting quickest to blast in the rebound.

The Reggae Boyz will now face DR Congo, who are hoping to get Africa’s 10th ticket to the World Cup.

Recall that the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, recently failed in their bid to replace the Congolese in the intercontinental play-off.

African football has been thrown into fresh uncertainty after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) provisionally suspended a controversial ruling that stripped Senegal of their Africa Cup of Nations title and awarded it to Morocco.

In an interim decision issued this week, CAS accepted Senegal’s appeal against the Confederation of African Football Appeals Board and ordered a “freeze” on the implementation of its verdict.

The dispute stems from a chaotic final played in January 2026, in which Senegal defeated hosts Morocco 1–0 after extra time.

Drama unfolded late in the match when a contentious penalty was awarded to Morocco. Although the kick was missed, Senegal’s players briefly walked off the pitch in protest before returning to complete the game.

The decision effectively places the 2025 AFCON title in legal limbo pending a full hearing by the tribunal.

As a result, AFCON 2025 currently has no officially recognised champion, with a final ruling from CAS expected in the coming months while CAF has pledged to abide by the tribunal’s decision.

BigBreezeBabs:
That's most likely the semi final fixture.
While Arsenal go against whoever wins between Barca and Athletico.

Shimbo96:
Gabon vs Mozambique no be upset to you?

Questionnairae:
Who will Advance to Q/Final to face Nigeria?

LIKE for Algeria, SHARE for Congo DR

femi4:
There are 6 groups with 4 teams each.

The top 2 teams from each group qualify, which gives 2 × 6 = 12 teams.

To create a proper knockout stage where teams can be paired evenly, 4 best third-placed teams are added to make 16 teams in total.

This allows the competition to progress smoothly as Round of 16 → Quarter-finals (8.)→ Semi-finals (4) → Final (2).

Okechinwadike:
and to you is good for man city? If he gets injury nko.

femi4:
They will crash out. Only Morocco can go far

Mabuggi88:
From my check Nigeria is going straight to the final in Mexico if they could beat DRC Sunday. If that happens, we will likely see Bolivia 77, Curacao 86 + Suriname 126 and New Caledonia 150 from CONMEBOL, CONCACAF and OFC respectively.
In Asia Only Japan, Iran, Korean DPR and Australia are better than Nigeria on the FIFA ranking and all of them are sure for a straight world cup qualifications even though they have not concluded their qualifications.
There's going to be 2 teams from CONCACAF, one each from OFC, CONMEBOL, ASIA and CAF, no European team.
So we just need to beat Congo and we're in the final to see if we could qualify

Arda1000:
they succeed because of guns,many African ethnic groups tried their best to defend their territories but ofcourse they had weaker weapons

Arda1000:
rubbish they brought their greediness and barbaric lifestyles to us,we would have just been just fine had they not altered our ways of life

Kemetian:
Colonialists have Confused You.

That is why you are like that.