Africa

Two years to the day of signing a Memorandum of Understanding between the two organisations, African Union (AU) Chairperson Félix Tshisekedi and FIFA President Gianni Infantino have discussed an action plan that will accelerate several aspects of the agreement aimed at contributing for the benefit of African society, and, in …

The Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) met on Saturday, February 6 in Yaoundé and took note of the decision taken by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on January 29, suspending the sanctions taken by the Adjudicatory Chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee against Mr. …

Thursday, February 4, during a call that preceded the 34th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU), AU chairperson Cyril Ramaphosa and FIFA president Gianni Infantino spoke of the positive momentum generated between both organisations in the past two years …

Following the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) announcing the suspension of the sanction pronounced against him by the Judging Chamber of FIFA, Ahmad Ahmad, President of Confederations of African Football (CAF), has resumed his duties. Last Friday, January 29, 2021, CAS suspended the sanction pronounced by …

The Bureau of the FIFA Council has decided to extend the mandate of the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) normalisation committee, which was due to expire on January 31, 2021 until July 31, 2021. The Bureau observed that the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the implementation of stricter measures in Egypt, …

Hosts Mauritania have been handed a tough draw to face former champions Cameroon at the Total U-20 Africa Cup of Nations next month. The home side will also play Uganda and Mozambique in the Group A of the tournament following the draw conducted in Yaounde on Monday. Two former title …

The draw for the TOTAL U-20 Africa Cup of Nations, Mauritania 2021 will be conducted next week Monday, January 25, 2021 at Hilton Hotel, in Yaoundé́, Cameroon. The draw will start at 11:00 local time (10:00 GMT). Due to COVID-19 restrictions, there will be limited media access. The draw will …

In light of recent media speculation about the creation of a closed European ‘Super League’ by some European clubs, FIFA and the six confederations (AFC, CAF, Concacaf, CONMEBOL, OFC and UEFA) once again would like to reiterate and strongly emphasise that such a competition would not be recognised by either …

Today’s draw at the Home of FIFA in Zurich mapped out the road to global glory for the six clubs competing in the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup – Qatar. Tigres UANL and Ulsan Hyundai FC will face each other in the first game scheduled for February 4 at 17:00 …

The Confederation Africaine de Football (CAF) and the digital television operator StarTimes have announce the signing of an agreement by which the media group obtains the broadcasting rights for the Total African Nations Championship, Cameroon 2020 (Total CHAN Cameroon 2020), scheduled from January 16 to February 7, 2021 in Cameroon. …