Libreville, Gabon | AFP | CAF executive committee member Ahmad Ahmad said Friday he will challenge long-serving Issa Hayatou in March for the presidency of the African football body. Cameroonian Hayatou, 70, has run CAF since succeeding Sudanese Abdel Halim Muhammad in 1988 and is seeking an eighth four-year term. …
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The Uganda Cranes and goalkeeper Denis Onyango have been voted the best in Africa in 2016. This at the GLO CAF annual football Awards in Abuja, Nigeria. Cranes, best team in Africa, played a friendly in Tunisia on Thursday, and during the awards ceremony, were on a flight on their …
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Blida, Algeria | AFP | Reluctant favourites TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo are poised to win the CAF Confederation Cup after drawing 1-1 at Mouloudia Bejaia of Algeria Saturday in the first leg of the final. Jonathan Bolingi, one of four Congolese in the Mazembe starting line-up, …
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Fairytale African triumph for Sundowns, Onyango first Ugandan continental trophy winner Alexandria, Egypt | AFP | Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa won a fairytale first CAF Champions League title on Sunday despite a 1-0 second-leg loss to Zamalek of Egypt in Alexandria. A Stanley Ohawuchi goal on 64 minutes was not …
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Africa Cup of Nations draw LIVE: 8.30pm Pot 1 – Gabon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Algeria Pot 2 – Tunisia, Mali, Burkina Faso, DRC Pot 3 -Cameroon, Senegal, Morocco, Egypt Pot 4 – Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Guinea Bissau Uganda Cranes, back at the high table of African football for the first time in 38 years, will find out …
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Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | Confederation of African Football (CAF) presidents will be limited to three four-year terms with effect from the 2017 elections, the organisation confirmed Monday. There has been no limit previously with incumbent Issa Hayatou leading the African body since 1988. The 70-year-old Cameroonian has not …
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Panaji, India | AFP | An Asian football congress was scrapped after just 20 minutes on Tuesday as members overwhelmingly rejected its agenda in protest at FIFA barring a candidate from elections to its powerful new council. Asian Football Confederation (AFC) delegates flew from all over the region to a …
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Qualifiers for 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon after penultimate round of group matches this weekend: Guinea-Bissau (Group E winners) Morocco (Group F winners) Egypt (Group G winners) Ghana (Group H winners) Algeria (Group J winners) Senegal (Group K winners) Zimbabwe (Group L winners) Cameroon (Group M winners) **Mali …
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FULL-TIME Man City 2-2 Arsenal. Sanchez earns @Arsenal a big point in their bid for Champions League qualification pic.twitter.com/NjrCruUxxF — Premier League (@premierleague) May 8, 2016 Manchester, United Kingdom | AFP | Alexis Sanchez’s 68th-minute equaliser dealt a potentially fatal blow to Manchester City’s Champions League qualification hopes as Arsenal …
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UPL co ug CAF U20 First Round Qualification Return Leg Uganda 2-1 Rwanda (Agg 3-2) Uganda’s U20 side, the Hippos, will face Egypt in the final qualification round of the 2017 Caf youth championships after eliminating Rwanda 3-2 on aggregate at Mandela National Stadium, Namboole on Saturday. The Hippos, who …
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