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Botched AFCON Qualifier: CAF fines Libya $50,000, awards Nigeria 3 points

Ihesiulo Grace 27 October 2024 0

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) Disciplinary Board has slammed Libya with a 50,000 dollars fine and also awarded Nigeria three points from the botched Matchday 4 2025 AFCON Qualifier. The match earlier scheduled to be played between Libya and Nigeria in Benina on Oct. 15, was

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FIFA ban EX-CAF President Issa Hayatou

Ihesiulo Grace 5 August 2021 0

FIFA’s ethics committee on Tuesday handed a year suspension from football-related activities to former African Football Confederation (CAF) head Issa Hayatou over a disputed $1 billion TV and marketing rights agreement with France’s Lagardere Sports which infringed competition restrictions. Cameroon’s Hyatou, 74, must also pay a 30,000 Swiss francs (28,000 euros/$33,000)

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CAF Confederation Cup: Olisema’s last-gasp goal enough to seal Enyimba’s place in the quarter-finals

Ihesiulo Grace 28 April 2021 0

Enyimba reached the Caf Confederation Cup quarter-final and eased the pressure on coach Fatai Osho with a 1-0 win over Orlando Pirates on Wednesday night. Cyril Olisema’s last-gasp effort settled the keenly contested encounter in Aba, which the People’s Elephant had to win to make certain they did not crash out at the group stage […]

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CAF opens bidding for Women’s Champions League 2021 host country

Ihesiulo Grace 4 March 2021 0

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has opened the bidding process for the country which will host the inaugural edition of its Women’s Champions League. The CAF Women’s Champions League competition will be organized during the period of October, November, or December each year as per the resolution of the CAF Executive Committee. Seven teams […]

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CAF releases new schedule for qatar 2022 & Cameroon 2021 qualifiers

Ihesiulo Grace 21 August 2020 0

By Elijah Odetokun The new schedule for the postponed 2022 Qatar FIFA World Cup qualifiers in the Africa Zone has been officially released, according to a statement released by CAF. The matchdays one and two will take place between May 31 to June 15, 2021. The matchdays three and four are to be held between […]

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BREAKING: CAF announce new dates for AFCON 2021 qualifiers

Ihesiulo Grace 19 August 2020 0

The Super Eagles’ doubleheader tie against Sierra Leone in the AFCON 2021 has been scheduled to take place November 9th to 17th 2020. READ ALSO: Barcelona sack sporting director Eric Abidal Daily Times recalls that CAF postponed the AFCON 2021 qualifies match which was scheduled to kick off from March 25-31 indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic. […]

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FIFA joins forces with AU to fight domestic violence in Africa

Ihesiulo Grace 18 August 2020 0

FIFA has pledged support to join the African Union, World Health Organisation and Confederation of African Football to address the issue of domestic violence across Africa. According to FIFA, one of the proposed ways to fight this violence is the initiation of a campaign tagged #SafeHome, which has been supported by a number of African […]

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NFF Reveals How ₦772m Received From FIFA, CAF, Sponsors Will Be Shared

Ihesiulo Grace 11 August 2020 0

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has revealed how the money received from FIFA, CAF and its sponsors will be shared, Daily Times gathered. The NFF, coming from its executive committee meeting held via Video Conference on August 10, decided on how to distribute the funds round football stakeholders in the country. In a communique from the […]

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African FAs will receive US$200,000 grants- CAF

Ihesiulo Grace 29 May 2020 0

CAF President, Ahmad Ahmad, has confirmed the continent’s associations will earn US$200,000 grants as Covid-19 relief. This decision was reached by the CAF Emergency Committee to support Member Associations (MA). A total of USD 10.8 Million is expected to be distributed to 54 MA’s. ”Due to the fast-spread of COVID-19, African MA’s have suspended all domestic […]

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CAF Champions League, Confederation Cup finals postponed

Ihesiulo Grace 20 April 2020 0

CAF has officially postponed the finals of the 2019/20 CAF Confederation Cup and CAF Champions League indefinitely due to the current coronavirus crisis. In a statement published on its website on Saturday, CAF said the decision was made after the semi-finals were postponed a week ago.  READ ALSO: Abba Kyari death is a big loss […]

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CAF postpones interclubs finals indefinitely

Ihesiulo Grace 19 April 2020 0

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced the indefinite postponement of the finals of the Total CAF Confederation Cup and Total CAF Champions League 2019/20 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The postponement was contained in a statement on the website of the continental governing body. According to the statement, the new schedule would be […]

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Coronavirus: Africa Cup of Nations 2021 dates remain unchanged – Caf

Ihesiulo Grace 26 March 2020 0

The continent’s football ruling body has disclosed that the tournament billed for Cameroon will go on as planned despite the spread of Covid-19. The African cup of Nations 2021 will not be postponed amid the coronavirus outbreak, the Confederation of African Football (Caf) has confirmed. READ ALSO:low level clubs to get loans from Spanish Football Federation to pay […]

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Douala, Rabat to host CAF club competition final matches

Ihesiulo Grace 17 March 2020 0

The newly-built Japoma Stadium in the Cameroon city of Douala will stage the final of this season’s African Champions League, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) confirmed on Monday. The match is slated for May 29. It is the first year that the final will be played over a single leg and on neutral territory. […]

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CAF suspends El Nasr star after failing doping test

Ihesiulo Grace 12 March 2020 0

CAF on Wednesday suspended El Nasr el Benghazi player Khalid Al Maryam for three months after he failed a drug test. The total ban for the Libyan player is two years but 21 months has been suspended. The suspension takes effect from 27 February 2020 till 27 May 2020. Al Maryam failed that test during […]

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Will coronavirus affect continental football in Africa?

Ihesiulo Grace 3 March 2020 0

Nigeria was the first African country to report a confirmed case of the virus on the continent before Algeria followed suit. Senegal, Tunisia and Morocco have also confirmed that positive diagnosis of the virus in their countries this week. READ ALSO: Lobi stars bus catches fire The virus has spread to 77 countries and territories […]

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Nigerian Oshoala tip list for CAF award

Ihesiulo Grace 23 December 2019 0

Asisat Oshoala has made the top three lists of contenders for the 2019 Confederation of African Football (CAF) Women’s Player of the Year award. For the African Youth Player of the Year category, Victor Osimhen and Samuel Chukwueze made the cut, having to slug it out with Achraf Hakimi of Morocco. The list which was […]

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UEFA/CAF Tourney: Eaglets spank Turkey 2-0

Ihesiulo Grace 23 September 2019 0

Five time world champions, Golden Eaglets of Nigeria began their campiagn at the UEFA/CAF U17 Tournament by defeating Turkey.The host nation was lashed out two goals to none, Olakunle Olusegun and Divine Nwachukwu in each half of the game scored the goals.  Manu Garba, Head Coach of the Eaglets said after the game that it […]

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CAFCL/CC: Enyimba, Rangers hope dangling

Ihesiulo Grace 16 September 2019 0

Al-Hilal Omdurman holding Enyimba by 0-0 on Sunday afternoon in Aba, South East Nigeria, leaves the remaining two Nigerian representatives in the 2019/20 CAF Champions League (CAFCL) and Confederation Cup (CC) Enyimba hanging. The Sudanese side proved impenetrable although reduced to ten men after just twenty minutes when Hamid Nassir was shown a straight red […]

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Cas revokes Caf decision to replay Champions League final

Ihesiulo Grace 1 August 2019 0

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Wednesday overruled an African Football Confederation (CAF) decision to replay the abandoned Champions League final between Esperance and Wydad Casablanca. CAF last month ordered the second leg to be replayed at a neutral venue following the Africa Cup of Nations after Moroccan side Wydad walked off an […]

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CAF president Ahmad questioned by French authorities

Ihesiulo Grace 7 June 2019

The president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Ahmad Ahmad was questioned Thursday by French investigators, a source close to the probe told AFP, reportedly concerning a breach of contract with Puma. The source confirmed reports by France Afrique magazine that Ahmad was being questioned by France’s white collar crime investigation body, but did […]