Badu Scores as Ghana Take Another Step Towards LA 2028
Evelyn Badu continued her impressive international form as Ghana swept past Mauritius 10-0 on aggregate to advance in qualifying for the 2028 Olympic Games.
The NSL Title Race Goes International
Six NSL players have been called into Canada's squad for October's friendlies against Denmark. With Montréal, Toronto and Ottawa separated by a narrow margin, the international window adds another test to an already tense title race.
Canada Lost in La Rochelle. The Bigger Test Comes in Toronto
Canada's September tour was never simply about the results. Scotland offered domination, England demanded resilience and France exposed the next set of problems. With England coming to Toronto and Ottawa in October, the Canadian women now have a chance to turn those lessons into progress—and the country's U SPORTS pathway will determine how long that progress can be sustained.
After Saturday, Canada's Questions Are Getting Harder
Canada's men learned how to close a Test in Tokyo. Canada's women showed they could stand with England for 80 minutes in Exeter. Two very different results offered the same lesson: Canadian rugby is moving from asking whether it can compete to asking whether it can sustain that level.
September is Telling Canada More Than Saturday's Results Suggest
Canada's men lost to Fiji and the women beat Scotland, but the results only tell part of the story. September is giving both teams valuable information about the challenges ahead of the 2027 Rugby World Cup.
Stay In The Game
Five points separate the top three teams in the Northern Super League with six matches remaining. But as Montréal, Toronto and Ottawa fight for the title, the race offers a useful reminder of what is at stake beyond the standings: the confidence, resilience and leadership that can grow when girls are given a reason—and the support—to stay in sport.
She Can See Herself Now
For Arianna, playing professional soccer is not simply a dream. It is an ambition that reaches from representing Canada to playing for the world's biggest clubs. Her mother's perspective offers a window into what AFC Toronto, the Northern Super League and a growing women's game can mean for the next generation of Canadian players.
Ange Postecoglou And Al-Nassr’s New Reality
Al-Nassr's financial reality has made Postecoglou's traditional ability to optimise talent more important than his ability to reshape the squad through spending. The opening 3–0 win offers the first evidence that he may already be doing exactly that.
WAFCON Ends. The Journey to Brazil Does Not.
For Esther Okoronkwo, Evelyn Badu and Linda Owusu-Ansah, WAFCON 2026 was less a destination than a measuring stick. All three Northern Super League players leave Morocco with different stories, but each returns to Canada with something tangible: experience, momentum and a clearer sense of where they fit on a changing African football landscape.
WAFCON Heartbreak for NSL Trio — But World Cup Hope Remains
The WAFCON journey is over for Northern Super League stars Esther Okoronkwo, Evelyn Badu and Linda Owusu-Ansah. Nigeria fell 1-0 to Cameroon and Ghana suffered a 2-1 defeat to historic debutants Malawi. But the road to Brazil 2027 is not yet closed: Nigeria and Ghana will play matches on Thursday for a place in FIFA’s World Cup Play-Off Tournament.
Badu Scores Crucial Goal as NSL Players Progress at WAFCON
The Northern Super League's influence at WAFCON continues to grow. Nigeria rested Esther Okoronkwo with qualification secured, Evelyn Badu sent Ghana into the quarter-finals, and Linda Owusu-Ansah's performances have put her in contention for Ghana's U-20 World Cup squad.
NSL at WAFCON: Badu Denied, Okoronkwo Rested as Knockout Race Tightens
Northern Super League players continued their involvement in the Women's Africa Cup of Nations on Matchday 2, with Esther Okoronkwo helping Nigeria edge closer to the quarter-finals, Evelyn Badu seeing a goal ruled out by VAR, and Linda Owusu-Ansah earning another appearance for Ghana in a pivotal group-stage encounter.
NSL at WAFCON: Three Journeys. One Tournament
Three Northern Soccer League players featured as WAFCON got underway. Esther Okoronkwo returned to Nigeria's starting line-up after months out, Linda Owusu-Ansah earned her senior Ghana debut and Evelyn Badu watched from the bench. Here's what Matchday 1 revealed—and what comes next.
When Systems Collide: Germany’s Late Surge, Côte d’Ivoire Refuses the Script
Germany survived until stoppage time, but only just. Against an Côte d’Ivoire side shaped by migration, French academies and the confidence of a 2024 AFCON title, the World Cup tie became less a contest of nations than a collision of footballing systems. In the end, Germany’s depth—and a stoppage-time finish from Deniz Undav—decided it. Barely.
Cabo Verde's Draw With Spain Wasn't a Miracle. It Was a Warning.
Spain were favourites. Nobody sensible disputes that. But the temptation to frame Cabo Verde's draw as a seismic upset misses the more interesting truth. This result was not football chaos. It was football evolution.
A nation built through smart diaspora recruitment, tactical clarity and years of competitive growth arrived on the World Cup stage and proved that the gap between football's traditional powers and its ambitious challengers is shrinking faster than many are willing to admit.
Two Young Football Nations, Different Stages of the Same Journey
Canada and Bosnia-Herzegovina opened their World Cup campaigns with a 1-1 draw in Toronto. Beneath the result sat a deeper story: two nations still writing their football identities, shaped by vastly different histories but connected by the same desire to belong among the game's established powers.