Africa

The newly-elected president of the Algerian Football Federation, Mr. Charaf-Eddine, went on a working visit at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, on Wednesday, May 19 where he was warmly received by CAF general secretary Veron Mosengo-Omba. Amongst the things they discussed were the development of refereeing in Africa, the Pan-African …

A few days before the kick-off of the 2021 Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations in Senegal, DR Congo has withdrawn from the tournament. Therefore, with reference to the rules of the competition, the tournament will now be played with seven teams and group A will be composed of Senegal, …

The Indian FIFAe Team is all set for an eFriendly against their South African counterparts in the FIFA 21 game, which gets underway on Saturday, May 22 at 8.30pm IST. The eFriendly will consist of four matches between eAthletes from both the Indian and the South African sides. Three points …

A CAF delegation team will arrive in Cameroon capital, Yaoundé on Friday, May 21 morning to begin an inspection tour in the country in preparation of next year’s Total Africa Cup of Nations to be played in Cameroon. The inspection tour will begin on Saturday, May 22 in Yaoundé. The …

The CAF Organizing Committee for Women’s football has decided to postpone the June qualifiers of the Total Women’s Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2022. This move, which is consistent with the decision to postpone men’s 2022 FIFA World Cup African Qualifiers, is as a result of the constraints posed by …

CAF (Confédération Africaine de Football) has announced a new team that will lead the work of CAF in the standing committees. This follows a proposal by CAF President Dr Patrice Motsepe to then CAF Emergency Committee, who, in turn, forwarded the names to the Executive Committee for ratifications. At the …

Rwanda president Paul Kagame has used the platform of the CAF Executive Committee meeting in Kigali to express his praise for the new mindset that is supporting African football to achieve its aims. “I’m very pleased, on behalf of my whole country, to have you here,” President Kagame said to …

The Executive Committee meeting, chaired by the CAF President Dr Patrice Motsepe, took key decisions on competitions, chairpersons and deputy chairs of CAF standing committees in Kigali, Rwanda today, May 15. The Executive Committee (EXCO) also reaffirmed their commitment to good governance, development of football infrastructure and professionalization of refereeing …

A development forum for talent and infrastructure in Africa was held; Event held as part of the FIFA Forward Programme; The aim is to create a forum for dialogue between the MAs, FIFA and experts. “We need to stop saying that we have to ‘develop’ football in Africa. The time …

The CAF (Confédération Africaine de Football) Executive Committee will meet in Kigali, Rwanda this weekend on Saturday, May 15, 2021. The meeting will be chaired by CAF president Dr. Patrice Motsepe. The last CAF Executive Committee meeting was held on March 30, 2021 by video conference. The CAF ExCo Agenda …