🌍🏆 AFCON 2027 Qualifiers | Matchday 1 Libya 2–2 Botswana Namibia 1–0 Congo Mauritania 3–1 CAR DR Congo 2–0 Equatorial Guinea Côte d’Ivoire 2–0 Ghana Sierra Leone 2–3 Zimbabwe Cameroon 3–1 Comoros Tunisia 1–1 Uganda 👏 Strong starts from Mauritania, DR Congo, Côte d’Ivoire and Cameroon.

Amahoro Stadium, tomorrow! 🇷🇼🔥 The Amavubi need us. Let’s fill the stadium and push our boys to victory over Liberia. The road to AFCON 2027 starts here! ⚽ Kuri Stade! Tuzabe benshi!

🌍🏆 The road to **AFCON 2027** officially begins tomorrow, 24 September! 48 nations. 24 places. 🇰🇪🇹🇿🇺🇬 📅 Matchdays 1 & 2: 24 Sept – 6 Oct 2026 🏆 Finals: 19 June – 17 July 2027 📺 CAF and broadcasters across Africa will bring the qualifiers to millions of fans. 🔥 The journey starts now!

⚽ Tanzania’s football story is bigger than one tournament. U-17 AFCON finalists, U-17 World Cup bound, CAF Schools champions, JKT Queens regional champions and U-20 AFCON 2027 qualified. 🔥 Today: Tanzania 🇹🇿 vs Sudan 🇸🇩 in the CECAFA U-20 final. The pipeline is growing. Tanzania is building. 📈

🌍🏆 **The road to AFCON PAMOJA 2027 starts today!** ⚽🔥 Eight Matchday 1 fixtures headline the action, including 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire vs Ghana 🇬🇭, 🇨🇲 Cameroon vs Comoros 🇰🇲 and 🇹🇳 Tunisia vs Uganda 🇺🇬. New campaign. New ambitions. One destination. 🏆🌍 #AFCON2027 #AfricanFootball #CAF

Uganda steps up AFCON 2027 preparations. President Museveni met CAF SG Samson Adamu and the National AFCON Task Force at State House, directing faster progress on infrastructure, training grounds, roads, airports and accommodation. Uganda will co-host AFCON 2027 with Kenya 🇰🇪 and Tanzania 🇹🇿. ⚽🏆

🇷🇼 Amavubi are looking sharper ahead of tomorrow’s AFCON 2027 qualifier against Liberia at Amahoro Stadium. The road to Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda is still long, but I have a strong feeling Rwanda will be at AFCON next year. ⚽️🇷🇼

🏆 AFCON 2027 Qualifiers | Matchday 1 The road to Kenya 🇰🇪, Tanzania 🇹🇿 and Uganda 🇺🇬 begins Thursday, 24 September. 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire vs Ghana 🇬🇭 🇨🇲 Cameroon vs Comoros 🇰🇲 🇹🇳 Tunisia vs Uganda 🇺🇬 Eight matches on the opening day. ⏰ All times GMT.

Three cities. Three races. Three Rwandan podiums. 🇷🇼🌍 🥉 Florence Niyonkuru — Copenhagen 🇩🇰 🥈 John Hakizimana — Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 🥇 Adeline Musabyeyeyu — Udine 🇮🇹 **Bronze. Silver. Gold.** The Rwandan flag was flying high across the international athletics scene this weekend. 🔥

🇹🇿 CAF President Dr Patrice Motsepe will address the media in Dar es Salaam on Thursday, 17 September, following a visit to Benjamin Mkapa Stadium to assess preparations for #AFCON2027. 🏆 🕦 11:30 EAT | 08:30 GMT

🇹🇿🤝🇪🇸 Tanzania’s Sports Minister Paul Makonda is in Barcelona for a four-day visit at the invitation of Joan Laporta. Talks will explore football development, talent, technical advancement and AFCON 2027 preparations. ⚽️🏟️

🏟️🏆 Two iconic venues for two Champions League finals! 🇩🇪 Munich Football Arena — 2028 🇪🇸 Camp Nou, Barcelona — 2029 European football’s biggest night is heading to two legendary stadiums. 🔥🌍

🇰🇪🌍 A historic day for African sport! Nairobi will host the 2029 World Athletics Championships, becoming the first African city ever to stage the global event. Kenya beat London, Rome and Munich to secure the 2029 edition. Nairobi 2029. Africa’s time is now. 🏃🏾‍♀️🏃🏾‍♂️

South Africans travelling halfway across the world to support the Springboks. 🇿🇦🏉 That kind of patriotism and unity is powerful. Imagine what Africa could achieve if we carried that same spirit everywhere we go. 🌍✊🏿

🟥 Phil Foden has been sent off against Manchester United, leaving Manchester City with 10 men. He is only the second Manchester City player to be sent off against United in the Premier League, and the first since Bernardo Corradi in 2006. A remarkable derby statistic. 👀

🚨🇸🇳 OFFICIAL: Édouard Mendy retires from international football. The Senegal goalkeeper leaves international football as an AFCON champion, closing a memorable chapter with the Teranga Lions. A proud legacy for Senegal. 🧤🏆🇸🇳

🇷🇼⚽️ A proud weekend for Rwandan football! APR FC and Rayon Sports have both advanced to the second round of their respective CAF competitions. Two big results for Rwanda and their fans. 👏🏾🇷🇼 Congratulations to both clubs! 💪🏾

🏆🇷🇼 MATCHDAY! Rayon Sports host Panthère du Ndé at Amahoro Stadium in the second leg of the CAF Confederation Cup preliminary round. The first leg in Cameroon ended in a draw. Now, Rayon Sports must win at home to secure their place in the next round. Everything to play for. ⚽️🔥

APR FC are through! 🇷🇼⚽️ A convincing 3-0 victory over Les Aigles du Congo at Amahoro Stadium sends the Rwandan champions into the next round of the CAF Champions League. ⚽️⚽️ Djibril Ouattara ⚽️ Ishimwe Christian 3-1 on aggregate.

Iñaki Williams has ended his international journey with Ghana. 28 caps. 2 goals. 3 major tournaments: 2022 World Cup, 2023 AFCON and 2026 World Cup. “I leave happy, proud and with the peace of mind of knowing that I gave everything every time I wore this shirt.” Ghana will always be a part of him.

🇨🇩✈️ Les Aigles du Congo have landed in Kigali. APR trail 1–0 ahead of tonight’s decisive second leg at Amahoro Stadium. **Can APR turn the tie around?** 🇷🇼🦁🔥 #CAFChampionsLeague

🔥 Kigali, it's time for continental football! 🇷🇼 APR FC begin their CAF Champions League journey tonight against Les Aigles du Congo at Amahoro Stadium. 6PM. One stadium. One mission. 🦁⚽

From dreaming of Old Trafford to making Rwandan football history. 🇷🇼🔥 Joy-Lance Mickels is set to become the first Rwandan footballer to play in the UEFA Champions League proper — at the home of the Manchester United side he has supported since childhood. What a journey. ⚽🇷🇼

🌍🇨🇮 A difficult Champions League night for Yaya Touré, as PSG beat his Slovan Bratislava side 6–1. But the bigger story is African representation on Europe’s biggest stage. From Champions League winner as a player to head coach in the competition. A new chapter for one of Africa’s football icons.

🇷🇼🔥 Patrice Evra is in Rwanda! The former Manchester United and France star has touched down in the Land of a Thousand Hills, with Kwita Izina on the agenda. 🦍⛰️ Football meets the beauty of Rwanda! 🇷🇼❤️ Welcome, Patrice! 🙌🏾 #Rwanda #KwitaIzina

🚨 Rwanda Football Federation (FERWAFA) President **Shema Fabrice has been remanded in custody for 30 days pending trial**, according to the court ruling. More details to follow. 🇷🇼⚽

🇷🇼🏆 CAF has asked Rwanda to consider hosting the Women’s Champions League Finals. If Kigali is selected, Rayon Sports WFC would qualify automatically. Rwanda could become the **4th host and first in East Africa**, giving women’s football a major boost. 🇷🇼⚽ A historic opportunity. 👏🏾

🥇🏆 MVP! Agnes Nabukenya, captain of Kawempe Muslim Ladies FC and Uganda international, has been named MVP! 🇺🇬👏 A well-deserved recognition. 👏

🚨🇦🇷 LIONEL MESSI SAYS GOODBYE. 20 years. One shirt. One nation. 🇦🇷 From heartbreak and criticism to Copa América, Finalissima and the World Cup. 🏆 “I gave everything I had, and I don’t have anything more to give.” What a journey. What a legacy. 🐐❤️🇦🇷

🏆🇺🇬 Kawempe Muslim Ladies FC are CECAFA Women’s Champions 2026! The Ugandan side defeated Kenya Police Bullets FC 1-0 in the final, with captain Agnes Nabukenya scoring the decisive goal to secure the trophy. A captain’s goal. A champion’s moment. 👑⚽