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According to a reliable source, the Super Eagles have suffered another late injury blow leading up to the 2023 AFCON as Real Sociedad striker Sadiq Umar has now also pulled out of the tournament.  Sadiq has suffered a knee injury and he will be out of action for at least three weeks.  Officials said he will now return to Spain to be attended to by his club medics.  He suffered the injury during Monday’s warm-up game against Guinea in Dubai  He suffered the injury during Monday’s warm-up game against Guinea in Dubai.  He failed to train fully with the rest of the Super Eagles squad yesterday and today.  This would have been the striker’s second AFCON after he also featured at the 2021 edition in Cameroon.  Victor Osimhen is now the only out-and-out striker on the Super Eagles squad before Sunday’s opening Group A clash against Equatorial Guinea.  Both Kelechi Iheanacho and Terem Moffi are only due in Abidjan by the weekend and so effectively ruled out of this game. Credit :S

With seven days to kick-off of Africa’s biggest event, the  TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Cote d’Ivoire 2023, CAF today released the final squad list for the 24 qualified teams. The opening match of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Cote d’Ivoire 2023 will be played in Abidjan on 13 January 2023. In line with the new Regulations, each Participating Member Association (“PMA”) is permitted to submit a final squad of up to 27 players; with only 23 available for selection for each match during the Tournament. A player in the final squad can only be replaced after a serious injury no less than 24 hours before the team’s first match. Below are the 24 nations in the battle of Cote d Ivoire. Winner of the championship will cart away $7million dollars following increment of the prize money by Confederation of Africa football, while the runner up will have a purse of $4million to take home. Angola Algeria Burkina Faso Cameroon Cape Verde DR Congo Cote d’Ivoire Egy