THE LEADING JOURNAL FOR AFRICAN SOCCER NEWS WORLDWIDE

The 48-team lineup for the FIFA World Cup is now complete after Turkey, Sweden, Czechia, and Bosnia (who shocked Italy) qualified from the Euopean play-offs together with DR Congo and, finally, Iraq, via the Inter-Confederation ‘pathways’.

Meanwhile, the semi-finalists in the  CAF Champions League have now been decided with Esperance, Mamelodi Sundowns, and Morocco’s RS Berkane and FAR Rabat, who eliminated the holders Pyramids, making it through.

And see ‘Reports & Analysis’ for John Bethell’s report on action from the UEFA Europa League.