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After Arab League, CAF & Al-Jazeera TV adopt Morocco’s undivided map, including Sahara

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the Qatari TV channel Al-Jazeera have adopted Morocco’s undivided map, including its Sahara territory, dealing a hard blow to the Algerian regime and its polisario puppet. The move comes after the Arab League’s recent decision to adopt a unified map of the Arab world, showing undivided Morocco including […]

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Morocco wins diplomatic battle against Algeria at CAF (Jeune Afrique)

Morocco has won a diplomatic battle against Algeria at the Confederation of African Football and shattered its dream to see the so-called “SADR” admitted to the African football governing body, writes Jeune Afrique Monday. The CAF 43rd General Assembly convened in Rabat on March 12 actually approved an amendment to the confederation’s statutes stipulating that […]

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Issa Hayatou, appointed “honorary president” of CAF while President Ahmad is suspended for 5 years by FIFA

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) held a General Assembly (GA) on 11 December 2020 marked by the absence of its President Ahmad, suspended for 5 years by FIFA, and the appointment of its former boss, Issa Hayatou, to the honorary position of “honorary president” of the institution. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) closed […]

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FIFA: CAF President Ahmad Ahmad suspended for 5 years for violating the organization’s Code of Ethics.

While he was vying for another term at the head of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), the current president Ahmad Ahmad was suspended for five years by the international football governing body FIFA. The decision was announced this Monday after FIFA’s adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee found CAF President guilty of abusing […]

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Morocco bans Raja from traveling to Egypt for second leg CAF Champions League match over covid-19 cases

Morocco’s health ministry Tuesday ordered Casablanca-based popular football club Raja to go into self-isolation ahead of its away Confederation of African Football CAF Champions League tie in Egypt against Cairo-based Zamalek after the side reported nine cases of coronavirus. The ministry, Le360.ma reports, has sent a correspondence to the club after nine players of the […]

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Egypt will not vote at CAF March 2021 elections

Egypt will not vote for the election of a new president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to take place in March 2021 in Morocco’s capital Rabat over the absence of an elected president. CAF last week said it will stage the election of its president next year in the Moroccan capital. Egypt’s Football […]

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CAF offers to help Egypt investigate loss of AFCON trophy

The Confederation of African Football, CAF, Sunday proposed to help Egypt, Africa’s largest winners of African Cup of Nations (AFCON) trophies, after the loss of the historic cup. “CAF has been informed about the disappearance of the AFCON via the secretariat of Egyptian Football Association (EFA). We are open and the EFA can rely on […]

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Football: CAF has chosen two very different options for C1 & C2

The 2019-2020 Confederation Cup (C2) will end in Morocco behind closed doors, with the semi-finals on 22 September and the final on 27 September in Rabat. The Champions League (C1), meanwhile, will be contested in the form of two-legged matches between the Moroccan and Egyptian clubs still in contention. For the C1, the Confederation of […]

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Football: Africa Cup of Nations Rescheduled to 2022

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has decided to postpone the next Africa Cup of Nations (CAN) to January 2022 due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The 33rd CAN was initially scheduled to be held in Cameroon between June & July 2021, but in January 2020, the African football governing body decided to […]

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CAF, Speak Up Africa mobilize football players against COVID-19

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) in partnership with Speak Up Africa have launched a social media challenge to raise awareness on proven COVID-19 prevention methods. The partnership, part of the Stay Safe Africa campaign, is a new online challenge dubbed #19KickUpsAgainstCovid19. As part of the challenge, African football legends and influential players are inviting […]