Africa

Eight matches will be played this weekend from Friday, December 3 to Sunday, December 5 for the third qualifying round first leg of the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup – Costa Rica. After two thrilling rounds, the race for qualification is halfway through. This new stage will mark the …

World football governing body FIFA have appointed normalisation committees for African countries Guinea and Chad. Guinea The Bureau of the FIFA Council has decided to appoint a normalisation committee for the Guinean Football Association (FGF) following a series of irregularities that took place during the electoral process of the FGF. …

FIFA Chief Refereeing Officer Pierluigi Collina has described how the latest tests of semi-automated offside technology at 2021 FIFA Arab Cup are “the most important trial so far”, as the systems were explained in today’s episode of FIFA’s Living Football magazine show. One of the goals of the FIFA President’s …

FIFA and CAF yesterday signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will pioneer a new era in the advancement of professional refereeing in Africa. The MoU was signed by FIFA President Gianni Infantino and CAF President, Dr Patrice Motsepe in Cairo, Egypt during the 13th CAF Extraordinary General Assembly. …

The 52 Members of the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) have unanimously voted to support the proposal for a biennial FIFA World Cup. The 13th CAF Extraordinary General Assembly met in Cairo, Egypt yesterday. The meeting was attended by Minister of Sport and Youth in Egypt, Dr. Ashraf Sobhi, FIFA …

Infantino promises to give African football support it “deserves”; FIFA President highlights “unequalled” potential of African football; IMC & Pan-African Super League on agenda at CAF Extraordinary General Assembly. Speaking during the 13th CAF Extraordinary General Assembly in Cairo, FIFA President Gianni Infantino assured delegates that FIFA will continue to …

CAF President Dr. Patrice Motsepe said he believes while it is good to bring theory and ideas in resolving Africa’s challenges, the current leadership of CAF will be judged only on results. Speaking to the Member Associations at the CAF Extraordinary General Assembly, the CAF President once again called for …

Confederation Africaine de Football (CAF) will hold its 13th Extraordinary General Assembly (EGA) in Cairo, Egypt on Friday, November 26. 2021. The Extraordinary General Assembly will start at 09h00 and will be live on CAF YouTube and www.cafonline.com. The meeting will be chaired by CAF President Dr. Patrice Motsepe. Amongst other …

As part of the countdown to Africa’s biggest sporting event, CAF yesterday announced the launch of the official match ball for the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations. The new official match ball, named ‘Toghu’ after the traditional outfit that is very popular in Cameroon, will be used by the 24 …

Sportklub has acquired exclusive media rights in the Balkans region (including Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Republic of North Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia) for the next two editions of the CAF TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations as well as knockout phases of the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League 2022 and …