The line up for the quarterfinals of the 2022-23 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League will take shape this weekend with the penultimate round of group stage matches lined up. Only Mamelodi Sundowns and Raja Club Athletic are assured of places in the last eight, and there are six more slots to …
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Gianni Infantino and President Paul Kagame were present as Rwanda became the latest country to follow the FIFA President’s call for every member association to name a stadium after Pelé, following his passing in December 2022. President Infantino made the call for the global football community to join together in …
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino has praised the inspirational governance of two of Africa’s most prominent leaders at a special ceremony organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) – where His Excellency Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda and His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco were celebrated …
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Major League Soccer and MLS NEXT today announced details for the 2023 Generation adidas Cup, a premier global youth tournament featuring representation from every MLS academy and renowned club academies from around the world. A record 49 different clubs from 12 countries and four continents will compete in U-17 and …
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1998 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations winning coach Ismaila Mabo passed away on Monday, 13 March 2023 in Jos, after a protracted illness, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has confirmed. He died in the early hours of Monday aged 80. Mabo is unarguably the most successful women’s coach in Africa, …
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Clubs from all six of FIFA’s confederations are assured of participating in the inaugural expanded 2025 tournament after the access blueprint was unanimously agreed upon by the FIFA Council in Rwanda on Tuesday on March 14, 2023. The initial decision to revise the format of the competition to a 32-team …
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Following three weeks of all action football in the TotalEnergies U-20 Africa Cup of Nations Egypt 2023, the CAF Technical Study Group (TSG) has named the best starting line-up of the tournament. New champions Senegal as expected dominate the team with four players while first-time finalists The Gambia have two …
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CAF President Dr Patrice Motsepe yesterday conferred CAF President’s Outstanding Achievement Award 2022 to His Excellency President Paul Kagame of Rwanda and His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco in Kigali, Rwanda in a glittering event. The event was attended by President Kagame, representative of King Mohammed VI and Minister …
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The Rwanda Football Association (FERWAFA) has become the 50th member association to implement FIFA’s hugely successful Football for Schools (F4S) programme, following a launch event in Kigali. The event was attended by FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura, Rwanda’s state Minister in charge of Primary and Secondary Education Mr Twagirayezu Gaspard, …
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Some of the global football stars including international legends, African stars and Football Leaders will be amongst the important guests that will attend CAF President’s Outstanding Achievement Award 2022 in Kigali on Tuesday tonight. The event will be live at 18h00 local time (16h00 GMT/ 18h00 Cairo/ 19h00 CEAT) on …
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