Africa

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) wants to revolutionize the key aspects of continental football, by setting up a licensing system which aims to give a qualitative boost to the sector, particularly on the technical side, i.e., coaches. A total of 21 coaches, including Africans, Europeans, and Brazilians, have been …

The CAF Executive Committee met today, Thursday, December 10 in Cairo. The committee approved major reforms aimed at better ways of combating corruption and bad governance, protecting the integrity of the game, as well as several measures in response to the health crisis linked to the Coronavirus. At the opening …

The Bureau of the FIFA Council has decided on November 30, 2020 to extend the mandate of the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) normalisation committee, which was due to expire on November 30, 2020 until January 31, 2021. The decision was taken with the primary objective of allowing the normalisation committee …

The draw for the U-20 North African Football Union (UNAF) tournament was conducted on Monday, November 30 in Tunis, Tunisia. The tournament, which serves as the regional qualifiers for the Total U-20 Africa Cup of Nations Mauritania 2021, will take place in Tunisia from December 15–27, 2020. Five teams will …

The CAF/UEFA Assist League Development Programme held on Monday, November 30, 2020 an online meeting with Ethiopian Football Federation project team to introduce the project set to kick off at the eastern African country. Dubbed “CAF & UEFA Assist League Development Programme”, the project aims to support Member Associations to …

The interim President of CAF Constant Omari has praised the organisation of this year’s CAF TOTAL Champions League after the final was played on Friday, November 27 night. Mr Omari was in attendance when the historic final between Al-Ahly and Zamalek from Cairo was played in the presence of the …

The Confederation Africaine de Football (CAF) and Egyptian Football Association (EFA) expressed their great interest in the Total CAF Champions League final between Zamalek SC and Al Ahly SC at the Cairo International Stadium next Friday at 9:00 pm Cairo local time. Following the current situation of COVID-19 pandemic, CAF …

The adjudicatory chamber of the FIFA independent Ethics Committee has declared Mr. Ahmad Ahmad, President of the Confederation Africaine de Football (CAF), and Vice-President of FIFA, responsible for having acted in violation of the FIFA Code of ethics. Consequently, the adjudicatory chamber banned him from all football-related activities (administrative, sports …

The adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee has found Ahmad Ahmad, the President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and a FIFA Vice-President, guilty of having breached art. 15 (Duty of loyalty), art. 20 (Offering and accepting gifts or other benefits) and art. 25 (Abuse of position) of …

The President Confederation of African Football (CAF) Mr. Ahmad Ahmad has sent his sincere condolences to the Ivorian Football Federation (FIF) following the death of its President Mr. Sidy Augustin Diallo, who died on Saturday, November 21, 2020. On behalf of the African football family and his own personal behalf …