{"id":42795,"date":"2026-08-17T07:47:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T05:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=42795"},"modified":"2026-08-17T07:47:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T05:47:39","slug":"ngahs-double-leads-cameroon-to-maiden-womens-cup-of-nations-title","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/ngahs-double-leads-cameroon-to-maiden-womens-cup-of-nations-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Ngah\u2019s double leads Cameroon to maiden Women\u2019s Cup of Nations title"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Cameroon claimed a first Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations title when they thumped surprise package Malawi 3-0 in the final as \u200bMarie Ngah\u2019s first half double helped seal victory on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Cameroon had lost \u200cthree finals but made it fourth-time lucky against a Malawi side making their debut at the continental championship and who are ranked 153 in the world and 32nd on \u200bthe African continent having had a fairytale run to the decider.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The \u200btwo finalists had already sealed their place at the Women\u2019s \u2060World Cup in Brazil next year, along with fellow semi-finalists Morocco and \u200bAlgeria.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The latter finished third after winning the bronze medal fixture on penalties \u200bon Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Under pressure International Association Football Federation Chief Gianni Infantino was all smiles as he handed the Indomitable Lionesses their medals in the presence of Confederation of African Football President Patrice Motsepe, \u200bwith several players requesting photographs with the Swiss.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Infantino has long enjoyed the support \u200bof many on the African continent as he bids for re-election next March despite revelations of \u200chis \u2060now abandoned plans to sell a stake in future World Cups that drew world-wide condemnation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":42796,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-42795","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Cameroon claimed a first Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations title","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/42795","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\/42795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42797,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/42795\/revisions\/42797"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=42795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}