Bongani Zungu scored in stoppage time to salvage a 1:1 draw for South Africa against Nigeria and Konate brace gives Senegal victory over Ghana in friendly.
Former France international Luis Fernandez is poised to take over as coach of Guinea and replace compatriot Michel Dussuyer.
The Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) confirmed they are looking for a foreign coach to replace Honour Janza who is currently at the helm.
If ambition had a league table, English Premier League club Sunderland would top it.
Algeria lost their first game since exiting the Africa Cup of Nations in the quarter-finals, losing 1:0 to Qatar in a friendly.
Stephen Keshi will return to take charge of Nigeria following lengthy contractual talks.
Besiktas striker Demba Ba has been recalled to the Senegal squad by new Teranga Lions coach Aliou Cisse.
Nigeria won a record seventh African Under-20 Championship title.
Northern Irishman Johnny McKinstry has been named as the new coach of the Rwanda national football team.
He is one of only four men to have won the FIFA World Player of the Year award three times or more.
African Player of the Year 2025. The 27-year-old beat Egypt captain Mohamed Salah and Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen after helping club side Paris St-Germain to the French title and a maiden Champions League trophy.
Hakimi, who missed out on the top spot in 2023 and 2024, became the first Moroccan to win the award since Mustapha Hadji in 1998.
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