FIFA President Gianni Infantino and CAF President Patrice Motsepe attended the official opening ceremony of Stade de Senegal, a state of the art stadium located in Diamniadio, 30km from Dakar, presided over by President of Senegal, Macky Sall. The inauguration of the 50,000 capacity venue was made all the more …
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The Matchday 2 of the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup Group Stage was played this weekend. Pyramids confirmed as ASEC woke up. Royal Leopards registered their first defeat for their first match in the competition. Group A In Lusaka, Pyramids beat Zanaco 2-0 thanks to a brace from Fagrie Lakay. The …
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino attended a stunning final day of the African School Champions Cup in Kinshasa, lauding “the beauty of football” and previewing a strong future for a tournament prioritising education and social development through football. Mr Infantino was joined at the Stade des Martyrs by several distinguished guests, …
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The inaugural Africa Schools Champions Cup has kicked off in style in Kinshasa with the joy of football being celebrated by participating teams representing six African member associations and an estimated crowd of 12,000 schoolchildren at the historic Stade des Martyrs. The festival atmosphere reached a crescendo towards the end …
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A social development programme involving all participant teams has kicked off the activities at the Panafrican School Championship in Kinshasa, with FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura lending her encouragement during a visit to the sessions. In collaboration with streetfootballworld, TackleAfrica and the United Nations Agency UNWomen, teambuilding sessions were activated …
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The FIFA Foundation has opened its inaugural Football 4 Schools project in Africa with children in Mauritania the first on the continent to benefit from the programme that puts football at the heart of social development. The project encourages youth participation in football through structured sessions, using football games to …
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With the aim of promoting women’s football, Petrichor and LaLiga, through its Foundation and its women’s football department, have joined forces to create a football league aimed at girls for girls under 13 and 15 years of age, from February to May of this year, in the central region of …
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Hervé Renard, the only coach to win the CAF Africa Cup of Nations with two different teams, recognises that one of strong points of African football is that players hone their skills by playing barefoot on any piece of land they can find, building up their strength and natural skills. …
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In line with the approved timeline for the bidding process of the 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, FIFA has received bids from the following member associations: Bahrain Football Association Seychelles Football Federation United Arab Emirates Football Association As stated in the Bidding Process Overview, FIFA will review and assess …
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A few hours after the final of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations 2021, CAF General Secretary Veron Mosengo-Omba together with a CAF delegation landed in Cote d’Ivoire – the country that will host the next edition of Africa’s single-biggest event in 2023. Mosengo-Omba was mandated by CAF President Dr …
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