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The International Football Federation announced Saturday that it would release one billion euros from its reserves to develop African football. The announcement was made by President of the football world governing body Gianni Infantino, who was taking part in the opening of a two-day seminar on the development of football infrastructures and competitions management on […]
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has released its three-man shortlist for the 2019 Player of the Year awards. Manchester City star Riyad Mahrez who captained Algeria to Nations Cup success in Egypt in 2019 and Liverpool duo Sadio Mane of Senegal and Egypt’s Mohamed Salah are on top of the list. Mane and Salah […]
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) Sunday handed the Moroccan U20 team the victory in their fix with South Africa by forfeit after the Bafana Bafana reportedly turned out late. The match scheduled Friday did not go ahead and the African football body gave a 3-0 walkover to Morocco. CAF according to Nigeria-based Brila.net, […]
Morocco denounced in the strongest terms the inclusion of the Polisario separatists flag in the website where the tickets of the African Cup of Nations in Egypt are sold. Spokesperson for the Moroccan government said such an act is categorically unacceptable and that Morocco’s presence within the African Union bodies shall in no way be […]
Representatives of Morocco and Tunisia in the various committees of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) will not be present during the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) held in Egypt June 21 – July 19. This decision of the pan-African body comes few days after the scandal of the final of the Champions […]
The emergency executive committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), convened Wednesday in Paris following the chaotic return match of the African Champions League between WAC of Casablanca and Esperance Tunis (EST), decided to withdraw the trophy to the Tunisian club and to replay the return match on neutral ground just after the African […]
The African football governing body CAF has pledged to tighten security during the African Cup of Nations to take place in Egypt, which has been battling with militant groups opposed to the regime of President Fattah al-Sisi. “Security is a big problem in the world, not only in Egypt. No country can be sure that […]
Morocco’s football association (FRMF) has raised concerns over attacks on its football teams, including the national team, noting that several African countries have been using referees to sabotage the country’s dominance on the continent. FRMF’s spokesman Mohamed Maqrouf, in a statement to local media Al Akhbar, brought up the recent chaotic referee decisions experienced by […]
The African Football Confederation (CAF) has corrected its mistake by removing the name and flag of the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) from the official ticketing website of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) due in Egypt from June 21 to July 19. It’s never too late to make it right. Following […]
Morocco will host in 2021 the U17 African Cup of Nations for the second time after it staged the event in 2013. Head of the African Football Confederation (CAF), Ahmad Ahmad, officially handed his organization’s flag to Morocco on Sunday, after he received it from the head of the Tanzanian football association, Wallace Karia. The […]