World Cup play-off latest score, match stream and goal updates - Super Eagles face tough test as they continue bid to reach World Cup

Senegal’s bonds are trading at “stressed levels,” Maciej Woznica, a fixed-income portfolio manager at Coeli Frontier Markets — a unit of Coeli Asset Management, which oversees about $4.8 billion — said on Tuesday. There’s a risk of “potentially more pain in short-dated bonds,” he said.

Star African strikers Victor Osimhen of Nigeria and Bryan Mbeumo of Cameroon want to grace the 2026 World Cup tournament, but only one of them can succeed. Nigeria face Gabon and Cameroon meet the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday in Rabat in the semifinals of an African playoffs series for the global showpiece.

Around the half-hour mark, hundreds of Gabon fans swarmed into the stand behind Nigeria’s goalkeeper Nwabali. They waved flags, blew whistles and banged drums. It’s no coincidence that the momentum in the first half shifted in Gabon’s favour following their arrival. Aubameyang and denis Bouanga started to threaten on the counter.

Gabon coach Thierry Mouyouma has lamented the costly defensive lapses after the Panthers lost 4-1 to the Super Eagles in their World Cup playoff semifinal.

The Super Eagles of Nigeria returned to training on Wednesday evening as preparations intensify for Thursday’s 2026 FIFA World Cup Africa playoff semi-final against Gabon. The squad had suspended training on Tuesday over a dispute concerning unpaid allowances,

A court in Gabon convicted the wife and son of the ousted president on Wednesday for financial crimes and sentenced them in absentia to 20 years in prison, the latest blow to a family that held power for more than half a century.

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In Gabon, the trial in absentia of former First Lady Sylvia Bongo Ondimba and her son Noureddin Bongo Valentin promises to be a major test for the independence of the judiciary. Accused of embezzlement of public funds and money laundering, they are scheduled to stand trial before the Special Criminal Court on 10 November 2025.

Nigeria vs GabonThe first semi-final of the 2026 World Cup playoffs is set for Thursday. Check out the official lineups for this high-stakes Nigeria vs Gabon clash.The opening semi-final of the 2026