The Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Dr Patrice Motsepe together with Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) President, Yasser Al Misehal announced a landmark five-year cooperation and development agreement. The partnership will foster growth opportunities for African and Saudi Arabian football. The signed Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”) will focus on …
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CAF has strongly condemned unruly behaviour by a section of supporters during two TotalEnergies CAF Champions League fixtures in Tunisia and Morocco on Saturday, April 29 night: Esperance Sportive de Tunis vs JS Kabylie and Raja AC and Al-Ahly in Casablanca. CAF General Secretary, Veron Mosengo-Omba said the matter will …
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CAF has received declaration of interest from six countries in the bidding process to select the host nation for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations. At the expiry of the deadline set by the administration, CAF recorded four bids from six countries: The bidding nations are (in alphabetic order): Algeria …
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CAF has opened the bidding process for the next host of CAF Women’s Champions League 2023 and TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (“CHAN”) 2024 competitions. The submissions for applications will close on Sunday, May 6, 2023. The CAF Executive Committee shall be responsible for examining candidatures from National Associations for the …
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With the upcoming knockout phase of CAF Interclub Competitions: the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League and TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup, CAF has gone an extra mile to equip referees ahead of the crucial weekends. From Friday, April 14 until next week Tuesday, April 18 CAF will hold Elite Referees’ course in …
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CAF General Secretary Veron Mosengo-Omba welcomed the new Sports Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, François Kabulo Mwana Kabulo, who was on a working visit at CAF Headquarters. DR Congo Sports Minister was accompanied by Mr. Guy Kabeya Muana Kalala and Mr. Dieudonne Sambi Nsele Lutu, both FIFA/CAF delegates …
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The CAF Disciplinary Board met this week to deliberate on two matters: The eligibility of Ahmed Refaat of Future FC Player (Egypt) in the TotalEnergies CAF Confederation Cup matches and the protest of Al Merrikh Club on the substitutions made by Esperance de Tunis during the match between both teams. …
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Young and aspiring footballers from the Clermont township, benefitted from the legacy programme of the CAF African Schools Football Championship on Friday, after CAF along with their legends partnered the eThekwini Local Municipality to host a successful coaching clinic at the Christianenburg Stadium. The coaching clinics were conducted on the …
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The Confédération Africaine de Football (“CAF”) Executive Committee unanimously agreed on behalf of African Football to support Morocco’s 2030 FIFA World Cup bid. Morocco recently announced at the 73rd FIFA Congress in Kigali, that it is bidding to host the FIFA World Cup 2030 in partnership with Spain and Portugal. …
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The draw has been completed for the inaugural CAF African Schools Football Championship Final with intriguing first round groups in both the boys’ and girls’ competition as the race begins to be crowned continental champions in Durban, South Africa. The competition will get under way on Wednesday at the King …
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