https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/bayisenge-rwanda-fifa-world-cup-qatar-2022-3073907 is titled "Bayisenge and Rwanda aiming high once more."
Still praying, really really praying for my country of Ghana to qualify for Qatar. Not only do we have new talent coming into the squad but a new coach on top of it...I just really want to see my Black Stars back on the world stage
https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/...-achievement-in-the-fifa-world-cup-67-3075901 is titled "Sweet 16 for history-making Algeria." It's about World Cup 2014 without mentioning anything that could help them qualify, but it's still under the World Cup 2022 heading.
https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/nsengi-biembe-i-see-the-congolese-players-as-my-sons is titled "Nsengi-Biembe: I see the Congolese players as my sons." https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/zahoui-central-african-republic-don-t-feel-inferior-to-the-giants is titled "Zahoui: Central African Republic don't feel inferior to the giants."
https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/kadewere-i-m-convinced-we-will-make-zimbabwe-smile is titled "Kadewere: I'm convinced we will make Zimbabwe smile."
https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/dussuyer-keen-to-spring-a-surprise-with-benin is titled "Dussuyer keen to spring a surprise with Benin." https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/mauritania-s-man-mountain-eyeing-fresh-peaks is titled "Mauritania's man mountain eyeing new peaks." https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/el-badry-our-biggest-achievements-have-been-with-egyptian-coaches is titled "El Badry: Our biggest achievements have been with Egyptian coaches."
https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/el-badry-we-plan-to-make-the-best-use-of-salah is titled "El Badry: Salah is the epitome of dreams and hard work."
https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/velud-my-success-has-come-because-i-love-africa is titled "Velud: My success has come because I love Africa." Hubert Velud coaches Sudan. https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/congo-dr-s-kiassumbua-keen-for-more-world-cup-glory is titled "Congo DR's Kiassumbua keen for more World Cup glory." https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/...-central-african-republic-is-my-biggest-dream is titled "Kethevoama: Major tournament with Central African Republic is my biggest dream." https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/...tion-has-only-increased-appetite-for-football is titled "Al Harash: Libya's situation has only increased appetite for football."
https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/neveu-aubameyang-treats-all-the-gabon-players-as-friends is titled "Neveu: Aubameyang treats all the Gabon players as friends." Patrice Neveu is Gabon's coach. He's coached in eight African countries, France, Haiti, and China PR. https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/news/mauritius-hoping-for-rosy-future is titled "Mauritius hoping for rosy future." Defender Lindsay Rose is their only player on a European club. He plays for Aris Thessaloniki in Greece, who are in the Europa League Qualifying Rounds for the second consecutive season, and they will find out their Qualifying Round 2 opponent in four days on Monday.
https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/mexer-mozambique-means-so-much-to-me is titled "Mexer: Mozambique means so much to me." https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/kouka-i-ll-score-more-goals-than-salah-next-season is titled "Kouka: I'll score more goals than Salah next season." https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/samatta-my-english-breakthrough-can-inspire-other-tanzanians is titled "Samatta: My English breakthrough can inspire other Tanzanians." https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/wanyama-kenya-won-t-complain-about-the-draw is titled "Wanyama: Kenya won't complain about the draw." https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/rohr-nigeria-confident-we-can-be-at-qatar-2022 is titled "Rohr: Nigeria confident we can be at Qatar 2022." https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/zambia-s-daka-happy-to-be-judged-against-the-best is titled "Zambia’s Daka happy to be judged against the best."
https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/beaumelle-cote-d-ivoire-inspired-by-the-golden-generation is titled "Beaumelle: Côte d'Ivoire inspired by the golden generation." https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/the-african-keepers-leading-the-way is titled "The African keepers leading the way."
https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/cavalli-and-niger-dreaming-of-historic-world-cup-participation is titled "Cavalli and Niger dreaming of historic World Cup participation." He said that Algeria is the top team in the group and the other three are about equal, but Burkina Faso is much better than Djibouti.
https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/laba-following-in-coubadja-s-footsteps-for-togo is titled "Laba: I want to emulate Coubadja for Togo." https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/djibouti-s-coach-and-captain-dream-of-a-better-future is titled "Djibouti's coach and captain dream of a better future.
https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/mohamud-ali-i-m-a-winner-just-like-my-namesake is titled "Mohamud Ali: I’m a winner, just like my namesake."
https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/six-the-world-cup-is-the-dream-of-all-guineans is titled "Six: The World Cup is the dream of all Guineans." Didier Six is Guinea's coach.
https://www.youtube.com/fifatv will have video in English and French in most countries. 36 of the 47 countries it cannot be watched in are in Africa, and the reason FIFA cannot stream in those countries is that a company owns the rights. I am in the USA, and I will watch little or none, but I still like that I can watch. 40 of the 154 qualifiers this month are in Africa, and the first game is Central African Republic vs. Cabo Verde (Cape Verde Islands) at 2:00 P.M. local/3:00 P.M. Central European Time/9:00 A.M. USA Eastern. Wikipedia says it will be in in Douala, Cameroon. Wikipedia says these September games will be in neutral sites: Group A: Niger vs. Burkina Faso in Marrakesh, Morocco on September 2 Group A: Djibouti vs. Niger in Rabar, Morocco on September 6 Group A: Burkina Faso vs. Algeria in Marrakesh, Morocco on September 7 Group C: Central African Republic vs. Cabo Verde (Cape Verde Islands) in Douala, Cameroon on September 1 Group D: Malawi vs. Mozambique in Johannesburg, South Africa on September 7 Group E: Mali vs. Rwanda in Agadir, Morocco on September 1 Group H: Namibia vs. Congo in Johannesburg, South Africa on September 2 Group I: Guinea-Bissau vs. Guinea in Nouakchott, Mauritania on September 1 Those are eight games, which is one-fifth (20 percent) of this month's games. Here are seven articles. https://www.fifa.com/news/past-glories-inspire-sudans-present is titled "Past glories inspire Sudan's present." https://www.fifa.com/football-development/fifa-forward/news/key-leap-forward-nicaraguan-football is titled "Bounou: There's not a bad national team in Africa." Yassine Bounou is Morocco's goalkeeper. He plays for Sevilla in Spain and won the 2019-2020 Europa League. https://www.fifa.com/news/cuper-hoping-to-make-the-leopards-roar is titled "Cuper hoping to make the Leopards Roar." Hector Cuper coaches DR Congo. https://www.fifa.com/news/duarte-senegal-favourites-anything-can-happen is titled "Duarte: Senegal the favourites but anything can happen." Togo’s Portuguese coach is Paulo Duarte, and the article compares it to World Cup 2006 Qualifying, when Togo surprisingly won a group over Senegal, who reached the World Cup 2002 Quarterfinals. Now Togo down from a FIFA Rankings peak of 36th to 133rd. https://www.fifa.com/news/mugabi-there-should-be-no-limits-on-ugandas-ambition is titled "Mugabi: There should be no limits on Uganda's ambition." Bevis Mugabi is a Ugandan defender. Playing for Motherwell in Scotland, he jumped 75 centimeters to head the ball when it was 262 centimeters above the ground to score a goal, which broke Cristiano Ronaldo's record of jumping 71 centimeters to head the ball when it was 256 centimeters above the ground. Uganda goes to the country east of them Kenya, and then hosts top seed Mali. They need at least 4 points to contend to win the group considering they will have to go to Mali. https://www.fifa.com/news/african-world-cup-qualifiers-preview is titled "Giants enter Africa's race to Qatar." https://www.fifa.com/news/ten-players-to-watch-africa-world-cup-qualifying is titled "Ten players to watch in Africa." They are Mohamed Salah of Egypt, Sadio Mane of Senegal, Kalidou Koulibaly of Senegal, Edouard Mendy of Senegal, Riyad Mahrez of Algeria, Achraf Hakimi of Morocco, Franck Kessie of Cote d'Ivoire, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Gabon, Thomas Partey of Ghana, and Naby Keita of Guinea.
https://www.fifa.com/news/no-limits-for-talented-tanjy-as-mauritania-chase-world-cup-breakthrough is titled "No limits for talented Tanjy as Mauritania chase World Cup breakthrough." Hemeya Tanjy plays for the Mauritanian national team and was the leading scorer in the Mauritanian league. He uses his left foot because of Lionel Messi. Their group has Tunisia and Zambia who have had success recently, along with Equatorial Guinea. They opened by losing 2-1 hosting Zambia. https://www.fifa.com/news/-broos-logarusic-south-africa-zimbabwe-derby-interview is titled "Broos and Logarusic braced for southern Africa derby." Hugo Broos coaches South Africa, and Zdravko Logarusic coaches Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe hosted, and it was 0-0. Top seed Ghana won, but 1-0 hosting Ethiopia isn't impressive. https://www.fifa.com/news/akonnor-eyeing-world-cup-return-for-black-stars is titled "Akonnor eyeing World Cup return for Black Stars." Charles Akonnor is Ghana's coach. https://www.fifa.com/news/penalty-hero-eyeing-liberia-world-cup-landmark is titled "Penalty hero eyeing Liberia World Cup landmark." Ashley Williams is Liberia's goalkeeper. At age 19, he had a 90+5th minute penalty kick at Sierra Leone for Liberia to win the aggregate 3-2. Liberia won the first leg 3-1 at home, and if Sierra Leone scored the penalty kick, they would have advanced on away goals. In the FIFA Rankings used for the draw, Sierra Leone was 34 spots above Liberia. The penalty kick save was on September 8, 2019. Williams said that left-footed kickers normally shoot penalty kicks to the goalkeeper's right, and right-footed kickers normally shoot penalty kicks to the goalkeeper's left. From the shooters' point of view, it means shooters normally use their left foot to kick left or their right foot to kick right. I do not remember ever hearing a penalty kick strategy other than random guessing or having watched the shooter's prior kicks. He plays for Real Balompedica Linense in Segunda Division B, which is the third level in Spain. He wants to follow in the footsteps of Manuel Neuer and play for Bayern Munich. The article has highlights of both legs in September 2019. Liberia started Round 2 with a 2-0 loss at Nigeria, with Kelechi Iheanacho scoring both goals. He plays for Leicester City, and he used to play for Manchester City.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_–_CAF_Second_Round has the standings and schedule. Every team played 2 of 6 games except for Guine and Morocco, whose game was postponed because of a coup in Guinea. https://www.fifa.com/news/early-casualties-and-upsets-as-african-race-begins is titled "Early casualties and upsets as African race begins." https://www.fifa.com/news/cape-verde-stadium-puts-on-a-show-for-world-cup-qualifier is titled "Cape Verde stadium puts on a show for World Cup qualifier."
https://www.fifa.com/news/poulsen-and-the-taifa-stars-a-perfect-match is titled "Poulsen and the Taifa Stars – a perfect match." Kim Poulsen is Tanzania's coach. https://www.flashscore.com/football/africa/world-cup/fixtures/ has the schedule. CAF has 41 games from tomorrow (Wednesday 6 October) through Tuesday 12 October. All 40 remaining teams play twice except for Guinea and Morocco who play three games including on 12 October to make up the game scheduled for last month and postponed due to the coup d'etat in Guinea. There are 2 games on 6 October, 8 on 7 October, 6 on 8 October, 6 on 9 October, 8 on 10 October, 5 on 11 October, and 6 on 12 October. https://www.flashscore.com/football/africa/world-cup/standings/ has the standings.
https://www.fifa.com/news/four-african-youngsters-to-watch-in-world-cup-qualifying is titled "Four African youngsters to watch on the road to Qatar." https://www.fifa.com/news/oumarou-making-plans-for-niger is titled "Oumarou making plans for Niger." Youssouf Oumarou plays defense for Niger. Equatorial Guinea won 2-0 hosting Zambia, and Central African Republic scored in the 90+1st to win at a Nigeria team 90 spots above them in the FIFA Rankings. Nigeria is still in first, but first and last are separated by 3 points. Zambia, Mauritania, Rwanda, Sudan, and Madagascar are among the teams who could be eliminated this month. Benin has 7 points from 3 games and leads a group that also has DR Congo, Tanzania, and Madagascar.
https://www.fifa.com/news/lions-lead-the-way-in-africa is titled "Lions lead the way in Africa." It incorrectly says that DR Congo does not contol their own destiny. DR Congo (5 points) goes to Tanzania (7 points) and hosts Benin (7 points). If DR Congo win both games, they will have 11, and Tanzania and Benin will have 10 or fewer. Morocco and Senegal won their groups to advance to Round 2, and the other eight groups will be decided in November.
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https://www.fifa.com/news/what-african-nations-need-to-reach-the-final-round is titled "What African nations need to reach the final round?" https://www.fifa.com/news/evidence-i-didnt-think-i-was-good-enough-to-become-a-professional is titled "Evidence: I didn’t think I was good enough to become a professional." Evidence Makgopa plays for South Africa. https://www.fifa.com/news/africa-november-2021-world-cup-qualifying-preview is titled "Twenty-one nations vie for eight berths in Africa."
https://www.fifa.com/news/mali-among-giants-as-field-is-set-for-final-round-in-african-qualifying is titled "Mali among giants in Africa's final round."
Poor kid for mali just scored a cheap own goal and then got a red card. So far today north African teams hold the edge against sub saharans