The Confederation of African Football (CAF) organized a series of virtual meetings between September 21-24 with Member Associations and zones to present its women’s football strategy as well as the inaugural edition of the CAF Women’s Champions League scheduled for 2021. The virtual workshops, under the leadership of CAF Deputy …
Read More »CAF participates in UN meeting on sport for preventing & countering violent extremism!
Confederation of African Football (CAF) participated in the high-level virtual international expert group meeting on sport for preventing and countering violent extremism (PCVE) conducive terrorism, that took place from September 21-23, 2020. The meeting was held within the framework of the United Nations global program on security of major sports …
Read More »CAF Statement on CAS dismissal of appeal by Wydad!
CAF has today, September 18 taken note of the decision by the Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS) dismissing the appeal by Wydad Athletic Club of Morocco in full and confirming the decision of the CAF Appeals Board with respect to the 2018/19 CAF Champions League final. “The CAS Panel …
Read More »Decisions of CAF ExCo meeting – September 10, 2020!
At its meeting on Thursday, September 10, 2020 via video-conference, the CAF Executive Committee took the following decisions; The Committee ratified the decisions of the CAF Emergency Committee on the resumption of the qualifiers for the Total Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021 qualifiers and the FIFA World Cup Qatar …
Read More »CAF presents women’s football strategy to coaches, players!
CAF on Tuesday, September 8, held a historic meeting via video-conference with selected group of group of players and coaches to present the Women’s Football Strategy and the organizational aspects of the CAF Women’s Champions League. The meeting chaired by the Deputy Secretary General, Anthony Baffoe, was to share the …
Read More »CAF President Ahmad arrives in Cairo ahead of CAF meeting!
CAF President Ahmad Ahmad arrived today, September 6 in the Egyptian capital Cairo for updates on the activities of the organisation following the COVID-19 pandemic. He was met on arrival by CAF Executive Committee member Hany Abo Rida, Acting CAF General Secretary Abdelmounaim Bah and Director of the Office of …
Read More »CAF sets calendar for Africa’s 2020/21 Interclubs season!
Africa’s CAF (Confederation of African Football) has finalised the calendar for the 2020/21 Interclubs season! Engagement window: 1 September – 20 October 2020 Member Associations (MA) are requested to register their representatives on the CAF Content Management System (CMS) guided by the following scenarios; – For MA’s that completed the …
Read More »CAF & UEFA Assist launch League Development Programme!
With the support of the UEFA Assist programme, CAF has embarked on a project to develop the leagues across Africa in the quest to enhance the organizational structure and economic sustainability of the domestic competitions. Dubbed “CAF & UEFA Assist League Development Programme”, the project aims to support Member Associations …
Read More »FIFA, African Union, WHO & CAF promote campaign against domestic violence in Africa!
FIFA is joining forces with the African Union, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to jointly address the issue of domestic violence by launching the #SafeHome campaign across the African continent. The initiative is designed to support women and children victims of domestic violence, …
Read More »Postponement of FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2020 qualifiers in Africa!
Due to travel restrictions across parts of Africa as a result of COVID-19, the qualifiers for the 2020 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup – Costa Rica/Panama scheduled for September 2020 has been postponed. The First Round first leg was fixed for September 3-5, 2020 with the return leg from September …
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