Rwanda was held to a goalless draw at home by Gabon in the 2015 Orange CAF U-20 Championship qualifier played at the Regional Stadium in Kigali on Sunday. The second leg will be played in Gabon on the weekend of May 24 with the overall winner qualifying for the third and final round. The Junior Wasps failed to utilize several goal scoring chances to snatch a win over their Gabonese counterparts following their blunt striking force. They had the upper hand in the game but poor finishing from Betrand Iradukunda, Yannick Mukunzi and Maxime Sekamana gifted the Gabonese a draw…
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Now a veteran of the Côte d’Ivoire national team at 28 years of age, Salomon Kalou is coming off another successful year of European club football, and should be a mainstay in the Ivorian attack in Brazil.As Africa’s top ranked side, Les Éléphants once again have high expectations heading into an international event but the Lille forward, who played in three matches in South Africa four years ago, cautions supporters that advancing from Group C against Greece, Japan and Colombia will not be a simple task.Do you feel great anticipation as we near one month to go until the 2014…
CAF President Issa Hayatou has expressed deep sorrow at the tragic death of at least 15 football fans who were killed in a stampede during the Congolese league match between AS Vita Club and TP Mazembe in Kinshasa and immediately asked the Congolese football federation, FECOFA to give CAF a full briefing of the incident.Hayatou said the African football fraternity was deeply saddened by the incident and reiterated the determination of the governing body of African football to combat all forms of violence in the game.Hayatou proffered CAF condolences to the families of the victims, FECOFA and wished those reported…
Eyeing a place in the final group phase of qualifiers and a long awaited return to the Nations Cup finals since their last appearance in 1978, Uganda’s Cranes have stepped up their preparations for their first round first leg match against Madagascar this weekend.Defenders, Joseph Ochaya of Asante Kotoko and Henry Kalungi of Richmond Kickers boosted the Uganda team’s training camp as they trained with the rest of the players at Nakivubo Stadium at the weekend.Turkish based Martin Mutumba, is expected to resume training Monday after being rested on Sunday. The Cranes continue shaping up Monday at the Mandela National…
Ghana, mali and Zambia put their noses in front with victories away from home during the second round first leg matches of the Orange CAN U-20 Championship Senegal 2015 on Saturday.The trio thus stands in a good stead to reach the final round ahead of the second leg in a fortnight.Ghana’s Black Satellites humbled the Shooting Stars of Sierra Leone 2-0 in Freetown to remain on course for a fourth successive appearance at the biennial championship since 2009. Dennis Tetteh and Prosper Kassim scored in each half to secure victory.In Ouagadougou, a Saliou Guindo hat-trick silenced and killed off the…
The race for places at the Orange CAF U-20 Championship Senegal 2015 gets keener with the first leg matches of the penultimate round taking place this weekend.Reigning African champions, Egypt and 12 others who drew a bye at the first round joins the survivors from the previous round for this stage which has 28 teams.The interesting trend for this weekend games is the fact that big guns such as Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria and mali are involved in tricky away duels with trips to Khartoum, Freetown, Dar es Salaaam and Ouagadougou as guests of Sudan, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Burkina Faso…
“All roads lead to Khartoum Stadium” – these are the words on the lips of every football lover in sudan ahead of the derby between Al-Merrikh and Al-Hilal on Saturday, 10 May 2014. On this occasion, life in the three major cities in the capital namely Khartoum, Omdurman and Khartoum North, completely grinds to a halt and humans and vehicular movements on the streets are cast in blue, white, red and yellow colors of the two most successful clubs in the history of Sudanese football. Tickets are fast selling at the 30,000-capacity Khartoum Stadium whilst other locations are over whelmed…
CAF’s first Football Centre of Excellence was officially opened Monday 5th May by CAF president Issa Hayatou and FIFA president Sepp Blatter during which time the CAF football head said the development represented a massive leap for the continent’s soccer development. The official opening of the Center of Excellence Mbankomo took place 30kilometres outside Yaounde. Similar centers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Dakar, Senegal are scheduled in the coming months. On the sidelines of the official opening of the center, Hayatou emphasized the significance of the center, the brighter prospects of the African game and why African football holds the…
Kampala City Council Authority Football Club (KCCA) has successfully defended the FUFA Super league title following a 3-1 home win over arch-rivals Sports Club Villa at the KCCA Stadium in Lugogo on Tuesday. Uganda Cranes international Steven Bengo opened the scoring for KCCA with a 21st minute strike before defender Ronnie Kisekka made it 2-0 just before the break. William Wadri made it three before Kiseeka deflected into his own net to give SC Villa a late consolation.With the victory, KCCA accumulated 60 points from 30 games, one ahead of second placed Sports Club Victoria University. It is KCCS’s 10th…
Mamelodi Sundowns have clinched the South African Premier Soccer League (PSL) title for the sixth time.With a game to spare, ‘The Brazilians’ snapped the title after a 3-0 thrashing of former champions, SuperSport United in the penultimate encounter of the season on Tuesday (6 May 2014).Second-half strikes from Surprise Moriri, Teko Modise and Cuthbert Malajila in Pretoria took the championship race beyond holders Kaizer Chiefs, despite managing a lone goal win away at Pretoria University. Sundowns are now on 64 points, four points richer than Kaizer Chiefs.Previous winners in 1997/98, 1998/99, 1999/2000, 2005/06 and 2006/07, Sundowns will represent South Africa…
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has announced a 30-man provisional roster for the FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014. The announcement on Tuesday followed a meeting of the NFF with Super Eagles head coach, Stephen Keshi.GOALKEEPERS: Vincent Enyeama, Austin Ejide, Chigozie Agbim, Daniel AkpeyiDEFENDERS: Elderson Echiejile, Juwon Oshaniwa, Godfrey Oboabona, Azubuike Egwuekwe, Kenneth Omeruo, Joseph Yobo, Kunle Odunlami, Efe AmbroseMIDFIELDERS: John Mikel Obi, Ogenyi Onazi, Ramon Azeez, Joel Obi, Nosa Igiebor, Michael Uchebo, Ejike Uzoenyi, Sunday Mba, Reuben GabrielFORWARDS: Ahmed Musa, Shola Ameobi, Emmanuel Emenike, Obinna Nsofor, Osaze Odemwingie, Babatunde Michael, Victor Moses, Uche Nwofor, Nnamdi Oduamadi Nigeria is one of…
CAF inspectors arrived in Algeria Tuesday and immediately commenced inspection of facilities the country has lined-up as it bids to host the Africa Cup of Nations. Algeria is among six countries who are contending to host the African Nations Cup in 2019 and 2021.The CAF delegation of Messrs. Amadou Diakite and Djibrin Adoum, both CAF Executive Committee members, FIFA Expert Walter Gagg, CAF Expert Paul Bassey and Amr Fahmy, the CAF Manager of Africa Cup tournaments was met on arrival at Algiers airport by Mohammed Raouaraou, the President of the Algerian Football Federation (FAF) and other members of the Executive…
Soon after guiding Nigeria to win a record fourth title at the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates, Coach Manu Garba was elevated to the U-20 level fondly referred to as the Flying Eagles. A silent achiever, Garba assisted late coach Yemi Tella when Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets won the 2007 African Under-17 Championship in Lome on their way to being crowned world champions at the 2007 FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Korea. He led his home state’s Gombe Youth Team to win the Umbro under-18 Tournament in Manchester in 2005 amongst other honours recorded as a…
CAF president Issa Hayatou and FIFA president Sepp Blatter commissioned the first of three CAF Football Centres of Excellence in Cameroon which the African football head said represented a massive leap for the continent’s soccer developmental strides.“The whole of African can be proud of this centre and is a great leap for this continent. We have put the centre at the disposal of the five African representatives for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil,” Hayatou after the symbolic cutting of the ‘ribbons’ with Blatter.”I’m convinced this will go a long way to put African football on the world map,”…
Nigerians Shola Ameobi and Peter Odemwingie scored in big English Premier League victories for Newcastle United and Stoke City respectively at the weekend.Ameobi grabbed his second goal in three matches as the Magpies defeated Cardiff City 3-0 and Odemwingie broke the deadlock in a 4-1 triumph over Fulham.Ramon Azeez was another Nigerian on target, snatching a stoppage-time winner for relegation-threatened Spanish La Liga side Almeria.ENGLANDYAYA TOURE (Manchester City)Produced another impressive display during the 3-2 win over Everton in a season where he has been driving City towards the Premier League title. The Ivory Coast midfielder set up Sergio Aguero for…
Esperance Sportive de Tunis have wrapped up the 2013/2014 Tunisian ‘Ligue 1’ title with two games remaining.The ‘Blood and Gold’ made certain of the title after a lone goal victory over US Monastir in a Week 28 fixture on Sunday (4 May 2014) in Rades. Midfielder Hocine Ragued scored the only goal as Esperance opened an 11-point lead over rivals CS Sfaxien, who were held 1-1 away at Stade Tunisien. Esperance will play in next year’s Orange CAF Champions League for the seventh successive season since 2009.The Tunis-based club is currently involved at the mini-league stage of the premier continental…
Rwanda giantsAPR FC lifted the 2013/14 Turbo King Football league title on Sunday to become the first club to win 14 national league titles.The military side was crowned champions without kicking a ball after their opponents AS Muhanga failed to turn up for the game following a players’ strike over unpaid wages.To APR, this was a historical title following their decision in 2012 to offload foreign players and field only Rwandan players as a way of giving a chance to homegrown talent.They went on to recruit the crème de la crème of local talent, but failed to retain their title,…
The CAF Referee Instructors and Assessors Course opened in the Egyptian capital Cairo on Sunday 4 May with a call to participants to keep abreast with technological advancement trends.The course, running from the 4th through 9 May 2014 seeks to evaluate the Instructors and Assessors and also introduce them to new methodologies in the discharge of their duties.Areas for review during the five-day course which will tackle both practical and theoretical sessions include Video and Match Analysis, Online reporting, Editing of Clips, Methodology and Teaching practices as well the use of the CAF Content Management System (CMS).In his opening remarks,…
With barely a fortnight before the matches of the group phase of the continental club championships, Egyptian giants, Al Ahly and Al-Hilal of sudan have made changes to their technical staff.Ahly Youth team coach Fathi Mabrouk has replaced Mohamed Youssef until the end of the season. Youssef, an ex-defender of the club, who guided Ahly to a record extending eighth CAF Champions League title last year, shockingly tendered in his resignation last Friday. Youssef left alongside Football Director Sayed Abdel-Hafiz and Football supervisor, Hady KhashabaThe Cairo-based side starts its campaign in the Orange CAF Confederations Cup against Group B fellows…
The Executive Committee of the Confederation Africaine de Football under the chairmanship of CAF President, Issa Hayatou met on 29 and 30 April 2014, at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.Fifteen (15) points were on the agenda including revision of the regulations of the Orange Africa Cup of Nations, Interclubs competitions and the CAF Disciplinary Code, for which a working group was established.The Executive Committee examined the report of the working group point-by-point during the two days but resolved to defer the adoption of the amended texts at its next meeting on 8 June 2014 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, after…