Africa

UMBRO on Friday, December 18 announced a new long-term technical partnership with the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA). Wearing the double diamond for the next four seasons, the Leone Stars become the ninth African nation to join UMBRO’s roster of clubs alongside the most recent addition, Federation of Uganda Football …

In accordance with the Bureau of the FIFA Council decision to extend the mandate of the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) normalisation committee until January 31, 2021 and to reduce its composition to three members, FIFA has today appointed the following members to said committee: Ahmed Mohamed Megahed Osman (chairman); Mohamed …

UMBRO South Africa has announced a new long-term partnership as the official technical sponsor of the Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) for the next four years. The partnership will see UMBRO supply both men’s and women’s national teams with high-performance match kit, training and off field apparel, as well …

The Premier League and beIN MEDIA GROUP have today announced a major new rights deal that will see beIN SPORTS as the Premier League’s official broadcast partner in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) until 2025. The deal is for the 2022-2025 rights cycle and means beIN SPORTS can …

UMBRO have revealed the new 2020/21 kits for the 42-time Egyptian Premier League, 9-time CAF Champions League, 37-time Egyptian Cup and 2000 African Club of the Century winners, Al Ahly FC. For UMBRO it is important to recognise Al Ahly’s amazing achievements and their huge, incredibly passionate fan base – …

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 …