World Football – Afcon 2025: Meet the contenders for African football’s biggest prize

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Can Morocco justify their tag as favourites on home soil? Could Mohamed Salah win an elusive title with Egypt? Can Nigeria bounce back from World Cup playoff disappointment? Could Riyad Mahrez and Sadio Mane be key for Algeria and Senegal? Or can Ivory Coast make it back to back titles?

Former South Africa captain Dean Furman and the former Sierra Leone captain Steven Caulker joins Lee James and John Bennett to preview the tournament to answer these questions and more in our Africa Cup of Nations preview.

They discuss who could go well at the African Cup of Nations, who could cause an upset and which players could shine at the tournament.

Timecodes:

04:45 – Interview with Morocco’s Sofyan Amrabat
07:30 – Can Morocco win as favourites?
11:00 – Interview with former Zambia forward Kalusha Bwalya
15:25 – Will talk around Mohamed Salah be a distraction for Egypt?
18:00 – Are South Africa good enough to win?
23:00 – Interview with Nigeria’s Frank Onyeka
24:45 – Does Victor Osimhen need to prove he is one of the best players in Africa?
27:50 – Interview with former Tunisia captain Radhi Jaidi
31:10 – Senegal focus
33:30 – DR Congo focus
36:00 – Algeria focus
39:25 – Interview with Sudan’s Abo Eisa
40:30 – Ivory Coast focus
43:05 – Cameroon focus
45:50 – Prediction time – players of the tournament, surprise team and winners

GROUPS

Group A – Morocco, Mali, Zambia, Comoros
Group B – Egypt, South Africa, Angola, Zimbabwe
Group C – Nigeria, Tunisia, Uganda, Tanzania
Group D – Senegal, DR Congo, Benin, Botswana
Group E – Algeria, Burkina Faso, Equitorial Guinea, Sudan
Group F – Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Gabon, Mozambique

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