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Actually, it will be the FIFA rankings to be released on October 23, that will determine the CAF playoff pairings..

So as it stands, we will be meeting either Gabon or Burkina Faso in the CAF playoff “semifinal”, if Nigeria and those countries maintain their respective positions from the September 2025 FIFA rankings..

iamoyindamola:
Until congo play it's Cameroon for now

Actually, it will be the FIFA rankings to be released on October 23, that will determine the CAF playoff pairings

Idea for future organization of Euro WC qualifiers:

All European teams can go into a big league table instead of being split into small groups.

The teams will then be seeded into tiers (based on strength), so every nation plays a fair mix of “strong” and “weaker” opponents.

Each country plays 8 matches in total: two against tier 1 teams, two against tier 2 teams, two against tier 3, and two against tier 4. No playoffs needed at the end, where the top 16 in the table qualify straight to the World Cup.

Under this format, scheduling is simple: all 8 matches can be played in just 2 international breaks (4 matches per break). Benefits include fewer matches, less travel, lower costs, easier recovery for players, and a clear, fair system that everyone can follow.

That is what I would do and this proposed format would increase interest as you would have top nations playing one another, instead of being dropped into a group of weaker nations. It would also give us just 2 international breaks, instead of the current 5, that are not beneficial to the European leagues.

UEFA are reportedly considering making significant changes to EURO (and World Cup) qualifiers to make them more “exciting”.

England’s combined EURO and World Cup qualifiers record, since the start of this century, is reportedly one of the reasons why Nyon is looking at shaking up the qualification format 😂

To put it into more perspective, the last time England lost a WC qualifier was… 16 years ago

KingTom:
Hardwork pays!!!! 🙏🏾 may God expand her source of income 🙏🏾

You be werey 😂😂

cococandy:
Laura Loomer and Steve Bannon losing their ish over Trump’s Qatari deal is nothing short of entertaining. A toddler could’ve told them for free that Trump only dances to money. No loyalty or America first like he claims. I mean he’s the same guy who said with his own mouth and I quote:

“We have to stop the funding of terrorism,” he said. “The nation of Qatar, unfortunately, has historically been a funder of terrorism at a very high level.”

So after they gifted him a plane, they’re no longer terrorists? Now they deserve military facilities on American soil. And now they deserve NATO level protection from American govt? 🤣

Oh shame on you embarrassing Trump supporters. Ihere. Big shame

Lmao
They will all learn the hard way 😂😂

D’Tigress 2026 FIBA WWC Qualifying tournament schedule is as follows:

March 11, 2026: Nigeria v. Colombia
March 12, 2026: Korea Rep v. Nigeria
March 14, 2026: Nigeria v. Philippines
March 15, 2026: France v. Nigeria
March 17, 2026: Nigeria v. Germany

I find it interesting that our arguably two toughest games would be the final two games..

lovewins:
Good thing is we are not under pressure for qualification so the games are at best preparatory and maybe to boost our rankings. This is hoping that Rena will use this as an opportunity to give a few persons the chance to integrate into the team. I don't except to see Ogoke, Ejiofor, Macaulay and Ojenuwa. I'll rather have Iriafen, Onyewere and Okanawa in their place. Pretty sure a few other names will come up before the tourney next year.

I agree with you on the need for the likes of Ojenuwa and Ejiofor to be given way more minutes than they got at the last Afrobasket. They both should play at least 3/4 of the games against Korea, Colombia, and the Philippines for us to properly see what they may offer at the World Cup.

Results of the 2026 FIBA Women’s World Cup Qualifying Tournaments’ draw..

I would realistically expect D’Tigress to win at least 3 of their 5 games, as the toughest ones would be vs Germany and France. Best case scenario, D’Tigress end the tournament with a 4-1 record😎

The qualifying tournaments will run from March 11-17, 2026.

Deltamani:
𝑩𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑲𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑵𝑬𝑾𝑺🚨📰

Wafcon Expands to 16 Teams For 2026 Finals

The Women's Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) finals will expand from 12 to 16 teams starting from the 2026 edition, the Confederation of African Football (Caf) has announced.

Next year's tournament in Morocco 🇲🇦 was set to have 12 competing sides, and qualifying for the finals has already reached the second and final round.

The expansion will likely require a third round of preliminaries to be played, with 11 remaining nations competing for four spots.

Caf is expected to announce further details after discussions at its executive committee meeting being held in Kinshasa.

Wafcon was an eight-team tournament from its first edition in 1998 until the 2018 finals in Ghana 🇬🇭.

The 2020 Wafcon was scrapped because of the Covid-19 pandemic, but the competition returned with 12 sides in 2022.

Caf has invested in order to improve women's football on the continent, with this year's tournament in Morocco seeing a 45% increase in the overall prize pot to $3.45m (£2.6m).

Champions Nigeria 🇳🇬 were handed $1m (£750,000) after winning a record-extending 10th Wafcon title.
"I am pleased with the progress we've made in women's African football," Caf president Patrice Motsepe said.

"Part of my starting point is making sure [men and women] are paid well and they can make a career out of football.

"I can assure you women's football will continue to improve because that is an area we are focussing on a lot."

#WAFWOS #WAFCON #africa #nigeria #SoarSuperFalcons

I support this move! But it should have been announced before the qualifiers began, instead of changing the rules in the middle of the game.
Anyway, CAF may have to extend the duration of the tournament by at least one or two days in the interest of the players’ health and adequate TV coverage

Una too get bad mouth 😂😂

Nazgul:
Free ke? No European country gives free visa to Sub Saharha African countries. You must pay for your visa fee.

And flight from Lagos to Paris using air France is over €2k. You've not even added your school fees, accommodation, feeding and other things.

By the time you add them, you'd reach close to €20k. When you convert it to naira you'll understand why Japa has reduced.

Wait… You really mean that a 6-hr (or less) flight costs €2,000?! That is extremely extortionate!

lovewins:
Is CAF and FIFA okay? Why are they fixing the WAFCON while the European season is still on, the champions league is still on and the NWSL is beginning? This isn't even taking into consideration when clubs are supposed to release players.

Also, why are they compressing the WAFCON into a 2 week tournament?

Again, is CAF okay?

I think CAF and FIFA were thinking that if the men’s AFCON is being held in the middle of the European season with only minor complaints from club managers, then the same can be done for the WAFCON

happney65:
So America has gotten to the stage of not being sure if a SC judgement will be enforced

Aha

The US is no different from kangaroo countries like Nigeria. Isn't it?

Na so I dey see am oh

Very soon, the courts may be nothing more than institutions that issue mere advisory opinions 😂🤣

bayelsaowei:
So what would SC do to the Ew-u that attempted to sack her?



DJT the tyrant.

Remains to be seen if the SC judgment will be enforced..

TheSuperNerd:
Insane Form from Gift Monday plus a record....

Amazing! She should keep up this form

Imagine going almost 9 years without winning the league! This is absolutely nuts!

Everyone, from the board to Maresca to the players who make stupeed decisions that result in red cards, are equally to blame for the present predicament.

WhoDeyHause:
Rubbish. Maybe the next thing is to turn a football match into 4 quarters or calling timeouts when Palmer has dribbled raya and is about to score. These fifa just want to spoil football for us just because of money.

Hehe.. If you thought that was bad, wait till you hear what the South American football confederation is proposing for the 2030 World Cup: they’re asking FIFA to increase the number of WC teams to 64 for that tournament 🙆🏽‍♂️😂🤣🤣😂

Roland17:
FIFA wan totally Americanize global football

They are essentially following the path of the NFL and NBA.

You get it 😁 Soon they will introduce timeouts 😁

🚩 At the U20 World Cup in Chile, FIFA will test an experiment that could change refereeing. It won’t be VAR, but a new tool called Football Video Support (FVS).
The twist: it will be the coaches — not the booth — who can request up to two reviews per match.

🟩 The gesture will be simple and symbolic: showing a green card to review goals, penalties, direct red cards, or cases of mistaken identity. The goal is to speed up the game, cut costs, and avoid the endless delays that came with VAR. Coaches will only get two chances to request a review.

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
Most Nigerians will still prefer US cox of the language barrier and perhaps economic reason.

I agree

Would you rather apply for China’s version of the H1-B? 😁

timbros:
But Man United na nonsense team o.

The moment Casemiro collected red card, they immediately recoiled back to their shell till the end of the game ... One would think they went a man down, no knowing the red card levelled things up.

This loss is on Maresca sha...

As in ehn! Even when Mourinho or Di Matteo teams were down to 10 men, they never subbed off THREE attacking players within 10 minutes; at worst they’d sub off only one attacking player. I really don’t know what Maresca was smoking sha, because that was textbook terrible game management

Gandah:
Brest formation is looking good with the two upfront

😂😂😂😂

BREAKING

Air Peace will construct a 32 billion Naira MRO facility at the MMIA, and will be completed by December 2026..

The MRO will be the second of its kind in Nigeria, following the establishment of a similar facility on the grounds of the Uyo international airport.

legitnow1:
THE ONLY REASON U BLOCK US IS SIMPLY TO LIE TO YOURSELF AND OTHERS.

IMAGINE A DEMOCRAT WHO FOUGHT AND SUPPORTED THE CONFEDERACY TO CONTINUE SLAVERY NOW ACCUSING THE REPUBLICAN WHO SUPPORTED THE FEDERATION TO ABOLISH SLAVERY .


STOP BLOCKING US AND LET US HAVE AN OPEN HONEST DEBATE.


CHARLIE KIRK WAS MURDERED BECAUSE RATHER THAN DEBATE HIM, A LEFTIST CHOOSE TO END HIM.


WE SEE THAT SAME INTOLERANCE HERE EVERYDAY.

For your info, Charlie Kirk wasn’t unalived by a “leftist”. It was a conservative that murdered him

In 2013, 83% of Democrats said a college degree was very important; now that number has dropped to 42%.

Likewise, 60% of Republicans in 2013 were of the opinion that a college degree was important; but as of 2025, that number has gone down to 20%..

Those stats just underscore the rising sentiment amongst young Americans about the desirability of gaining a college degree, especially when the costs (which usually involve taking out 5-figure student loans) are factored in.

GloriousGbola:
They have Def improved.

I was at the airport a month ago to pick up my folks and it was much faster than I expected

Nice! Imma wait till the renovation project is completed by mid 2027 to enjoy the super new facilities 😁

According to this latest release from FAAN, by June 2027, both MMIA international terminals 1 and 2 will have the combined capacity to process a minimum of 40 million passengers; or 7,040 passengers per hour…

Its considerable progress because the present MMIA Terminal 1 can only adequately handle 500 passengers/hour due to its decrepit state..

https://faan.gov.ng/news/faqs-on-the-mmia-rehabilitation-and-expansion-project/

That means that the Fall 2026 international calendar will run from September 19/20 - October 11

cococandy:
Yesterday Nancy wanted the death penalty for the shooter because she was told by Trump that it was a leftist.

Today they know it’s a republican boy, she wants to pray for him to find Jesus instead. What happened to the death penalty? It’s only good for the others but not their kind?

There’s something deeply deeply wrong with these people. I’m glad all of this is happening for everyone to see.

I really didn’t want to talk about this CK issue through a left v right paradigm, but people like Nancy Mace, via their hypocrisy, are forcing me to go in that direction. I’m only happy she has exposed her hypocrisy to the world.