With the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations qualifier matches now behind us, the focus shifts back to the most thrilling phase of continental club football this weekend. CAF has announced that the Quarterfinal Draw for the 2022/23 TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup will be conducted on Wednesday 05 …
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The CAF African Schools Football Championship is set for Durban early next month when 14 of the top boys’ and girls’ schools on the continent will meet for the right to be crowned African champions. It is a ground-breaking event that has huge ramifications for the future of football on …
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In an effort to streamline processes and create alignment, CAF has set-up a registration process for football scouts who will be attending youth competitions. This will be in effect from the TotalEnergies U17 Africa Cup of Nations Algeria 2023 that will kick-off on 29 April. This was necessitated by the …
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What is Seychelles famous for? Comprised of one hundred and fifteen islands scattered across 1,400,000 sq km. of ocean, if you were to conduct a questionnaire, tourism and idyllic holidays would feature prominently. Football? Maybe not so much. Mahé is the largest island, laying in the northeast of the Seychellois …
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Fatma Samoura ended a four-day visit to Senegal on Friday 24 March. Once again, the development of women’s football in Senegal was at the heart of discussions at a seminar which concluded her stay. Accompanied by a FIFA delegation consisting of Sarai Bareman, FIFA Chief Women’s Football Officer, and staff …
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After a busy first two days on an official visit to her native Senegal, FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura and a FIFA delegation devoted today on March 23, 2023 to two important pillars for the future of Senegalese football: infrastructure, with the laying of the foundation stone for the Demba …
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At the beginning of November 2022, serious allegations related to the sexual abuse of minors in the Congo DR Football Association (FECOFA) were made on several media platforms. In particular, various football coaches of different regions and leagues in Congo DR were accused of having abused minor players. Consequently, the …
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The CAF African Schools Programme is a development project that focuses on organised school football through the African Schools Football Championship that increase the social impact of football and build the capacity of participating countries through training programmes. There are three pillars to this project: THE GAME Nurturing football talent …
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FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura began a four-day visit to her home country Senegal on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. A reception at the office of his Excellency the Minster of Sport Mr. Yankhoba Diatara was first on her agenda, before a visit to the Senegal Football Federation’s new headquarters where …
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The CAF African Schools Football Championship Continental Final will be staged in Durban, South Africa from April 5-8 where the best schools’ teams from the continent will meet to crown the inaugural champions in the boys’ and girls’ events. We round up the numbers on this innovative competition that provides …
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