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CAF unveils categories for 2018 awards

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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has unveiled 11 categories for the 2018 CAF Awards.In a statement on Monday, CAF revealed the categories for both individual and collective awards. Nominees will be selected based on their performance from February 2018 to November 2018.The winners for the African Player of the Year and Women’s Player of […]
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Finishing Moves

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Four goals to nil. Against the defending African Champions and bitter rivals Cameroon. After losing to South Africa, a team that had never defeated us competitively. At the same Uyo Stadium that people called cursed. That is how the Super Eagles won back the hearts of Nigerians. It was an apprehensive atmosphere for a lot […]
Football Sports

Football Is a Religion in Nigeria – Okocha

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A legend of Nigerian football, former Paris Saint-Germain playmaker Augustine “Jay-Jay” Okocha was back in France for the 12th Match Against Poverty. Answering the call of Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldo, the men behind this unique initiative, the 41-year-old lit up the star-studded event and showed he had lost none of his magical skills. Sitting down […]
Football Sports

Uduaghan Bails Warri Wolves out Again

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The Managing Director of Warri Wolves, Davidson Owumi, has praised the sports-loving Governor of Delta State, Emmanuel Uduaghan, for coming to the rescue by bailing the team out after providing fund for the team to travel to Congo. Apart from making available funds for the trip, the Governor equally released money to offset part of […]
Football

Confed Cup: Action Begins on Friday

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The Absa Premiership title race might be over, but Orlando Pirates and several other African clubs still have a chance to fight for glory in the CAF Confederation Cup. The action begins on Friday when FC MK Etancheite take on Warri Wolves at 16h30 in Kinshasa while Club Africain will battle it out with ASO […]
Football Sports

Seychelles Officials for Warri Wolves, FCMK Clash

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Mr. Bernard Camille from the Indian Ocean island of Seychelles has been appointed by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) as Referee for this weekend’s CAF Confederation Cup second round, first leg match between Warri Wolves of Nigeria and FCMK of Democratic Republic of Congo. Camille’s compatriots, Hensley Danny Petrousse, Jean Joseph Felix Ernesta and […]
Football Sports

‘Pillars Shift Focus on League’

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Nigerian champions Kano Pillars now have no choice but to realign their focus on the league, after failing to advance to the second round of the CAF Champions League at the weekend. Pillars suffered a heavy first-round defeat against Morocco’s Moghreb Tetouan, leaving their Nigeria Premier League title defence as their only hope of silverware […]
Football

Gabon Named Hosts of AFCON 2017

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Gabon has been named hosts of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. They beat Ghana and Algeria to the hosting rights of the 31st edition of Africa Cup of Nations. CAF President IssaHayatou announced the winner on Wednesday following votes by the CAF Executive Committee. Delegations of the bidding countries presented their bids to the […]
Football

Anouma Voted out of FIFA, CAF

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Once seen as a potential challenger for the CAF presidency, Ivorian Jacques Anouma saw his profile in international football politics dealt a crushing blow on Tuesday, as he lost his seat on the exalted FIFA Executive Committee. The former president of Ivorian football federation got only 20 votes at the election conducted as part of […]
Football Sports

CAF Honours AU Commission Chairperson

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The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, will receive the Platinum Order of Merit of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) today in Cairo. This will be during the 37th Ordinary General Assembly of CAF which officially opened on Monday evening in the presence of the FIFA President Joseph […]