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WAFCON: Hosts Morocco face record champions Nigeria at final hurdle

Pedigree of nine-time winners collides with boisterous home support as electric climax to tournament awaits

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Neel Shelat
Jul 25, 2025
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Morocco's Sakina Ouzraoui and Aziza Rabbahion after beating Ghana in the semi-final of WAFCON. Credit: Getty Images

At long last, the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) will draw to a close on Saturday, no less than a year later than originally intended. For fans of the host nation Morocco, it might just prove to have been worth the wait - depen…

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