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WAFCON: Bitter rivals South Africa and Nigeria prepare for intense semi-final clash

Two sporting powerhouses meet in box-office fixture in Morocco

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Firdose Moonda
Jul 21, 2025
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Africa is filled with rivalries - tribal and regional - but none as charged as the one between the continent’s economic power houses.

Nigeria, nine-time WAFCON champions and three-time AFCON winners, are giants of African football. But on the continent, where they’ve dominated for so long, South Africa are starting to become a prope…

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