{"id":27063,"date":"2026-02-27T09:17:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T07:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers-qa\/channelafrica\/news\/super-falcons-to-play-cameroon-in-wafcon-warm-up\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:35:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:35:01","slug":"super-falcons-to-play-cameroon-in-wafcon-warm-up","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/super-falcons-to-play-cameroon-in-wafcon-warm-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Falcons to play Cameroon in WAFCON warm-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Nigeria&#8217;s Super Falcons will step up their preparations for the upcoming Women&#8217;s Africa Cup of Nations with a two-match friendly series against Cameroon in Yaound\u00e9, as the countdown to Morocco intensifies.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">The Nigerian Football Federation has confirmed that the ten-time African champions will travel to the Cameroonian capital this week for a double-header against the Indomitable Lionesses, offering head coach Justine Madugu a final opportunity to assess his squad against elite continental opposition. With the 2026 TotalEnergies CAF Women&#8217;s Africa Cup of Nations due to kick off in Morocco in a matter of weeks, the title holders have opted for competitive match practice rather than extended training camps alone.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">\u00a0\u00a0The two friendlies are scheduled for Saturday and next week Tuesday, forming the core of the Super Falcons&#8217; final build-up phase.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22138,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-27063","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The two friendlies are scheduled for Saturday and next week Tuesday.","published_date":null,"news_description":"The two friendlies are scheduled for Saturday and next week Tuesday.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/27063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/27063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27335,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/27063\/revisions\/27335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=27063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}