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2025, 2027 AFCON: CAF names hosts

September 27, 2023September 27, 2023 Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has named Morocco hosts for the 2025 AFCON, while a joint bid from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania got the nod for the 2027 AFCON. Morocco won the hosting right by garnering 22 votes, after Algeria, Zambia and a joint bid by Nigeria/Benin Republic withdrew before the voting. At their voting at the Cairo Marriott Hotel in Egypt on Wednesday, the Executive Committee of CAF announced the North Africans and East Africans as hosts for the 2025, 2027 editions respectively A joint bid by Nigeria…

AFCON 2021: Mukansanga makes history, leads all-female referees

January 17, 2022January 17, 2022 Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Rwandan–born referee, Salima Rhadia Mukansanga, will make history when she becomes the first woman to referee a match at the finals of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) on Tuesday. A statement on the CAF official website said Mukansanga, 35, will take charge of the group stage match between Zimbabwe and Guinea on Tuesday at 17:00 local time (16:00 GMT) at Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium in Yaounde. She is part of the quartet selected as match officials at the match; making it the first time ever that an all-women team officiates…

CAF announces date for FIFA World Cup 2022 qualifiers, AFCON 2023 draws

January 9, 2022January 9, 2022 Aminu Imam

The Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) at the weekend, announced the dates for both the FIFA World Cup, Qatar 2022 qualifiers and the Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, Cote d�Ivoire 2023 qualifiers draws. CAF, which disclosed this in a statement via their website on Saturday, disclosed that the AFCON, Cote d�Ivoire 2023 qualifiers draw will be conducted on January 21, 2022, in Douala, Cameroon. The preliminary round will be played by a knock-out system � home and away fixtures. It will include the lower-ranked teams in…

Boost for girl-child as FIFA, CAF president arrive Nigeria for A’isha Buhari Cup

September 17, 2021September 17, 2021 Aminu Imam

President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and FIFA Council Member, Amaju Melvin Pinnick, says the presence of FIFA president, Gianni Infantino and CAF President, Patrice Motsepe, at the opening ceremony of the maiden edition of the A’isha Buhari Invitational Tournament, also known as A’isha Buhari Cup, in Lagos on Wednesday, is a boost to push for more attention to the challenges confronting the girl-child in Nigeria and the African continent. Infantino and billionaire businessman, Motsepe, who took leadership of the African football �ruling body six months ago, landed in…

2020/21 CAF Champions league: 22 teams qualify for first round

December 7, 2020December 7, 2020 Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

All the 22 qualifiers for the first round of the 2020/21 CAF Champions league have emerged after the preliminary-round, second-leg matches were concluded at the weekend. Here is how they qualified with first-leg results in brackets � Stade Malien, Mali 2-0 Ashanti de Siguiri, Guinea (2-1) � Stade Malien was awarded a 2-0 win as the match could not be played after 4 of the 17 players from Ashanti de Siguiri tested positive for COVID-19. Teungueth, Senegal 2-0 Gambia Armed Forces, The Gambia (1-1) � Teungueth qualified on 3-1 aggregate.…

2020/21 CAF Confed. Cup: All 2nd-leg, preliminary-round fixtures at the weekend

December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The following are the fixtures for second-leg in the preliminary round of the 2020/21 CAF Confederation cup, to be played this weekend (4, 5 and 6 December). First-named teams are second-leg hosts, with first-leg results in brackets- Tevragh-Zeina, Mauritania vs AS Kaloum Star, Guinea (1-1)Renaissance, Chad vs CI Kamsar, Guinea (0-0)USGN, Niger vs Yeelen Olympique, Mali (1-0)Kano Pillars, Nigeria vs ASC Diaraf, Senegal 1-3Al Mokawloon Al Arab, Egypt VS Arta/Solar7, Djibouti (1-0)Horseed, Somalia VS Al Ittihad, Libya (1-4)Fasil Kenema, Ethiopia VS US Monastir, Tunisia (0-2)Al Rabita, South Sudan VS Namungo,…

Coronavirus: CAF President, Ahmad, released from hospital

November 12, 2020November 12, 2020 Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Ahmad Ahmad, was discharged from the hospital on Wednesday. Ahmad, who tested positive to Covid-19 on October 30, went into isolation and observation at the AS Salam International Hospital in Cairo, Egypt, and doctors authorized him to leave Wednesday morning. Now not contagious anymore, and with minimal risk of complications, the CAF President returned to his home in Cairo. According to the CAF media outlet, doctors have prescribed at least 20 days of convalescence, during which he will have to limit…

AFCON trophy �stolen� at CAF headquarters in Egypt

September 5, 2020September 5, 2020 Ishaku Yohanna

The Africa Cup of Nations trophy has reportedly been �stolen� from the Egyptian Football Association headquarters in Cairo. The Egyptian Football Federation confirmed to Goal that the trophy won by the Pharaohs three times in a row has been lost. Ex-Egyptian Football Association vice-president Ahmed Shobeir earlier revealed that the trophy was discovered missing during preparations to build a museum to house all of the silverware won by the North African nation. �Officials of the committee which meets every five years and currently manages the Football Association were surprised that…