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  • Nigeria beat Tunisia 3-2 to qualify for AFCON Round of 16

    Nigeria beat Tunisia 3-2 to qualify for AFCON Round of 16

    Nigeria held off a late Tunisia fightback to reach the last 16 of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.

    The Super Eagles led the Group C encounter in Fes 3-0 with 17 minutes remaining through goals from Victor Osimhen, Wilfred Ndidi and Ademola Lookman before Montassar Talbi’s header from a Hannibal Mejbri free-kick pulled one back for the North Africans.

    Tunisia were then given a late penalty, following a video assistant referee review, for a handball by Bright Osayi-Samuel and Ali Abdi converted in the 87th minute to set up a frantic finale.

    The Carthage Eagles came close to a dramatic equaliser in stoppage time when captain Ferjani Sassi headed narrowly wide, and there was still time for Ismael Gharbi to bobble a volley past the post.

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    Victory means Nigeria move on to six points and are guaranteed top spot in Group C with a game to spare, and will face a third-placed side from Group A, B or F in the next round.

    Tunisia remain on three points with Uganda and Tanzania on one point apiece after the East African rivals drew 1-1 earlier on Saturday.

    The Super Eagles remain in Fes to play Uganda on Tuesday (16:00 GMT), with Tunisia returning to Rabat to face Tanzania at the same time.

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  • Nigeria 3-0 Tunisia: Falcon’s Babajide dedicated goal to Jota goal 

    Nigeria 3-0 Tunisia: Falcon’s Babajide dedicated goal to Jota goal 

    Super Falcons attacker Rinsola Babajide showed her support for late Liverpool striker Diogo Jota after she mimicked the Portuguese’s iconic goals celebration in Nigeria’s 3-0 win over Tunisia at the 2024 Women’s African Cup of Nations in Morocco yesterday.

    The soccer world has been in mourning since Thursday following the death of the Portuguese star Jota in a car crash in Spain aged  28.

    His brother, André Silva – who was also a professional footballer – also died in the accident at the age of 25.

    Jota married his long-term partner, Rute Cardoso, with whom he has three children, less than two weeks before the crash.

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    Babajide who now Plies her trade for UD Tenerife in Spain was a player of Liverpool between 2017-18 and 2020-21 from where she joined Brighton and Hove.

    She showed her concern for the death of Jota after scoring Falcons’ second goal in the 3-0 win over the Carthage Lionesses of Tunisia in Casablanca on Sunday. I’m

    The striker who was in great discomfort after scoring the goal because of the knock she received earlier,  sat down and mimicked playing a video game just like the late  Liverpool jersey number 20  player always do.