Algeria, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea and Zambia have all made their final push for considerations to be granted the rights to host and organize the Africa Cup of Nations in 2019 and 2021 with delegations from the five nations making 30 minutes presentations highlighting their proposed venues and explaining why their bids should be given the nod.The respective bidding detailed their listed venues and outlined several advantages why they should be considered ahead of other nations.The Executive Committee will continue with meetings Saturday 20th September. The winning bids will be announced at a press conference at the AU headquarters at…
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With 25 days to the opening ceremony of the TN Mobile 9th African Women Championship Namibia 2014, the trophy for the championship has arrived in capital, Windhoek.The trophy arrived in the company of Namibia Football Association (NFA) president, John Muinjo on Sunday, 14 September 2014 at the Hosea Kutako International Airport, Windhoek.Earlier, Muinjo had presented a progress report on the 11-25 October 2014 Championship to the CAF Organising Committee for Women’s Football on Friday, 12 September 2014 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. “The committee was overall satisfied with the progress made thus far but there are certain few critical issues that…
CAF President Issa Hayatou has expressed sadness over the death of Ntiero Effiom, a former coach of Nigeria Women’s national team, Super Falcons.The trainer passed away on Wednesday, 10 September 2014, at a private clinic in Calabar, after falling ill. He was 67.“On behalf of the CAF Executive Committee and on my own behalf, I extend my deepest condolences to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), the bereaved family and the Nigerian football family. My thoughts are with you at this difficult moment,” Hayatou said. Effiom was a recognizable figure in women’s football in Africa’s most populous country, guiding the Super…
There were home wins for Gabon, mali and Guinea in the quest for places at the African U-17 Championship Niger 2015. Gabon stunned reigning World Champions, Nigeria, 2-1 in Libreville, mali humbled Tunisia 2-1 in Bamako whilst Guinea managed a lone goal win over Togo in Casablanca in Sunday’s matches of the first leg of the final round qualifiers. The three teams join Ghana, South Africa and Zambia, who have a foot each at the final tournament courtesy victories in earlier games on Friday and Saturday. The Gabonese survived a Victor Osimhen fourth minute opener, rallying back through Horly Moudouhy…
Ghana and South Africa are in pole position to reach the finals of the African U-17 Championship Niger 2015 after claiming victories in the final round first leg qualifiers on Saturday.Whilst Ghana’s Black Starlets were 2-1 winners away over the ‘Les Lions Cadets’ of Cameroon in Yaounde, the Amajibos of South Africa accounted for the Young Pharaohs of Egypt by a similar scoreline in Rustenburg.Avoiding defeats in the second leg matches in a fortnight will hand the duo places for next year’s eight nation tournament.The Starlets, playing for the first time in the campaign following the withdrawal of their opponents…
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has severed tied with head coach James Kwesi Appiah after both parties agreed to part ways mutually.The decision come barely 48-hours after Appiah guided the Black Stars to a 3-2 win over neighbouring Togo in Lome in the Orange Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2015 qualifier.But his fate had been in a balance following the Black Stars poor showing at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, where the team churned out their worst outing, failing to win a game and bowing out at the group phase.“The Ghana Football Association (GFA) and Black Stars coach…
The Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Haile Mariam Dessalegn, will hold a meeting with the President of the Confederation of African Football Issa Hayatou on Friday 12th September, 2014. The meeting, scheduled for 10:00am local time, will be held in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa. Addis Ababa is the host of this year’s annual CAF meetings which run from the 12th through the 20th of September.The CAF President arrived in Addis Ababa on the night of September 10. Besides the meeting with the Ethiopian Prime Minister, Hayatou will also have a one-on-one audience with the President of the Commission of…
Cameroon, Cape Verde and Senegal maintained their winning momentum in the qualifiers with victories in Day Two (Wednesday) of the journey for places at the Orange Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2015.There were also wins for Algeria, Congo and Tunisia, who cemented their places at the summit of their respective groups.Seven-time winners, Egypt succumbed to their second successive loss, after North African fellows Tunisia pip them 1-0 in Cairo, just as former winners Ethiopia and Sudan.Below is the round-up of the groupsGroup ACongo cruised to their second win of the campaign beating Sudan 2-0 in Pointe-Noire. Ferebory Dore and Prince…
Guinea skipper, Kamil Zayatte is confident his side will come tops against the Cranes of Uganda in their Group E clash on Wednesday at the Namboole stadium.Guinea top the group with three points following a 2-1 win over Togo in their opening game and Zayatte says they are eager to maintain the momentum.“We are here to win the game. We started well against Togo and we need to continue with the form we showed,” he poured out to Cafonline.com after his team’s training session at Phillip Omondi Stadium in Lugogo.On the chances of the Syli Nationale, the England-based defender admitted…
In a letter dated 9th September 2014, addressed to the President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Aminu Maigari, the Secretary General of FIFA, Jerome Valcke noted the return to normalcy in the Nigerian Football Federation and compliance with conditions prescribed by the Emergency Committee of FIFA of September 3. The NFF is accordingly not suspended.This return to normality, as indicated in the correspondence from the President of the Nigerian federation to FIFA in a letter of 8th September, 2014, has been noted together with the reinstatement and return to work at the association headquarters in Abuja of the NFF president…