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CAF Africa Cup of Nations 2025 Competition schedule – fixtures and kick-off times: All times in local time (same time as UTC). Sunday, 21 December 2025 (Group A) — Morocco vs Comoros, 19:00Monday, 22 December 2025 — Mali vs Zambia, 14:00 (Group A) · South Africa vs Angola, 17:00 (Group B) · Egypt vs Zimbabwe, 20:00 (Group B) Tuesday, 23 December 2025 — DR Congo vs Benin, 12:30 (Group D) · Senegal vs Botswana, 15:00 (Group D) · Nigeria vs Tanzania, 17:30 (Group C) · Tunisia vs Uganda, 20:00 (Group C) Wednesday, 24 December 2025 — Burkina Faso vs Equatorial Guinea, 12:30 (Group E)…

Week 15 in the NFL was by far the best slate of the season, and it definitely delivered. We have to start with the Chiefs missing the playoffs for the first time since the 2015 season after losing to the Chargers. Making matters way worse, late in the fourth quarter Patrick Mahomes suffered a knee injury that turned out to be a season-ending torn ACL. Is the Chiefs’ dynasty over? Not with Mahomes and Andy Reid, it’s not, but there are major questions to answer this offseason.From playoff elimination to playoff clinching, the Broncos (beat Packers) and Rams (defeated Lions) are…

The weather was frigid, but the Ravens showed plenty of fight. Baltimore couldn’t afford to lose Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals. It didn’t matter that the wind chill was 1 degree below zero at kickoff, or that the Bengals had just defeated the Ravens on Thanksgiving. The Ravens needed this one, and they took it. Their defense never let up on Joe Burrow, and his team never reached the end zone. When Cincinnati still had hope in the final quarter, Kyle Van Noy and Alohi Gilman snuffed it out, combining for an interception and 95-yard defensive touchdown that iced the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The NFL playoff picture began to unfold in Week 15.The Denver Broncos and the Los Angeles Rams each won their respective games and will be playing deep into January. The Broncos were able to hold off the Green Bay Packers while the Rams took care of the Detroit Lions.Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs learned their postseason fate as well. For the first time since the 2014 season, the Chiefs will not be a part of the playoffs. Furthermore, Mahomes will reportedly miss the remainder of the season with a torn…

An AFC matchup will put a bow on NFL Week 15 as the Miami Dolphins visit the Pittsburgh Steelers on ‘Monday Night Football’ at 8:15 p.m. ET. A MNF SGP could consist of NFL picks on the money line, which will be very popular considering Pittsburgh’s eye-popping streak. The Steelers have won 22 straight home games on ‘Monday Night Football’, last losing in 1991. If you expect that run to continue, and for Pittsburgh to win with points to spare, then you could also group in NFL picks against the spread with your Dolphins vs. Steelers SGP.Pittsburgh is favored by…

ARLINGTON, Texas — Just before the Dallas Cowboys kicked off on “Sunday Night Football” against the Minnesota Vikings in Week 15, former Cowboys All-Pro edge rusher and current Green Bay Packer Micah Parsons went down with a non-contact knee injury against the Denver Broncos.Dallas Pro Bowl cornerback Trevon Diggs, who was Parsons’ best friend on the Cowboys, immediately reached out. Parsons responded quickly and told Diggs he feared his ACL was torn, Diggs said. The Packers are reportedly bracing for that exact scenario. “I was devastated. As soon as I saw it happen, I texted him and made sure he was good,”…

Benin are aiming to impress at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) in Morocco as the squad prepare for their fifth appearance at the continent’s biggest football tournament.The Cheetahs made their finals debut in 2004 but recent years have been challenging, with the team missing out on qualification for both the 2021 and 2023 editions.After coming close to reaching the Fifa World Cup for the very first time, assistant coach and head scout Tunde Adelakun hopes to draw inspiration from their best-ever Afcon performance in 2019, when Benin reached the quarter-finals.”I want my team to play good football, and…

Deep-pocketed organizations have gained an advantage in recent years by flexing their financial muscle in the minor leagues. By spending freely on cutting edge tools like high-speed cameras and motion capture technology to gather data in-game, those teams widened the information gap over rivals with fewer resources.Not anymore.Beginning next season, MLB will regulate the in-game technology available for use across all minor-league parks, multiple league and team sources told The Athletic. The move is designed to bring parity and quell what until now has been an unchecked arms race.“We are taking this step to ensure that all 30 Clubs are…

Ed DoveDec 15, 2025, 01:09 PMCloseEd Dove is a writer and scout who has a deep and enduring passion for African sport, politics and literature. Instagram: @EddyDove22, Facebook: @EddyDoveAfricaThe Africa Cup of Nations brings together the continent’s top players to battle for CAF’s grandest prize, but whether it’s through injury, fallouts, failure to qualify, or a myriad of other reasons, not all of Africa’s biggest names will be present in Morocco for this month’s tournament.Ahead of the competition’s kickoff on Sunday, here’s ESPN’s African XI of players who WON’T be attending AFCON 2025.Despite being named in the tournament squad by…

 How many times over the last eight seasons have the Chiefs escaped doom? How many brilliant Patrick Mahomes throws, clutch Travis Kelce catches, devious Andy Reid schemes have frustrated the rest of the NFL when the Chiefs seemed beaten? Kansas City, which has reached the AFC championship the last seven years, always seemed to have some extra dose of magic that the rest of the league couldn’t access.AdvertisementOn Sunday against the Chargers, the magic finally ran out, in the most painful and wrenching of ways. Kansas City lost to the Los Angeles Chargers 16-13 as Mahomes suffered a left knee…