The draw for the TN Mobile 9th African Women’s Championship – Namibia 2014 was held on Saturday, 19 July 2014 in Windhoek. After the event, Cafonline.com sampled the reactions of some officials of the teams involved. Below are the reactions; Enow Ngachu (head coach, Cameroon national women’s team) It is a difficult group and we have to work very hard to come out amongst the best. We have been working for a long time and we have to put in more effort in our bid to qualify for the FIFA Women’s World Cup. We have to maximize our chances during…
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Hosts Namibia have been handed a tough draw for the 9th African Women’s Championship, drawing seasoned campaigners Nigeria.The Brave Gladiators are housed in Group A with six-time winners, Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire and debutants Zambia for the 11-25 October 2014 Championship.Group B has South Africa, Cameroon, Algeria and Ghana.The draw was held in the Namibian capital, Windhoek, on Saturday, 19 July 2014 at a ceremony graced by the crème de la crème of personalities from all sectors of the economy.Namibian Prime Minister, Dr. Hage Geingob, remarked that Namibia is proud to host the tournament whilst assuring of his Government’s support towards…
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Uganda beat visiting Mauritania 2-0 in an exciting AFCON 2015 fixture in Kampala, Brian Majwega and Geoffrey Massa the heroes on a Saturday afternoon that ensured the Cranes took a giant step towards the group phase of qualification and remained on course to ending their 36 year absence from the Nations Cup.The Cranes showed their early intentions as they dominated opening exchanges but Mauritania remained composed thwarting all attempts by the hosts who were under pressure to perform before an expectant sell-out home crowd. The visitors, who replaced disqualified Equatorial Guinea were good value for their first half which ended…
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Botswana Zebras were in fine galloping form as they stormed to an impressive 2-0 win over Guinea Bissau to take a huge step towards sealing a place in the group phase of AFCON Morocco 2015 qualifying.Red hot Lemponye Tshireletso’s first half brace at the National Stadium in Gaborone was decisive for the Zebras.Botswana put in a virtuoso performance and had chances to score more goals but failed to convert their many chances as they ran rings around a disjointed Bissau defence.The Zebras started the game like a house on fire as they camped in the Bissau defence firing from all…
All is set for the much awaited official draw of the 9th African Women’s Championship – Namibia 2014.The draw will take place in the Namibian capital, Windhoek, on Saturday, 19 July 2014 at 17h00 local time (18h00 GMT).The event, the biggest footballing event to be staged in the Southern African country in recent times, will be graced by the crème de la crème of personalities from all sectors of the economy.Excitement has engulfed the Namibian capital, with the draw the talk of town, especially being the first time the Namibian national women’s team, Brave Gladiators, will be participating in the…
The draw for the 9th African Women’s Championship – Namibia 2014 will take place on Saturday, 19 July 2014 in Windhoek.The qualified teams are Namibia (Hosts), Algeria, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa and Zambia.Below is the procedure for the draw; A1 is the host country: NAMIBIAB1shall comprise of the cup holder, Equatorial Guinea, who did not qualify for the Final Tournament) or the team having obtained the best ranking in the previous tournament: SOUTH AFRICAThe 6 remaining teams (ALGERIA, CAMEROON, CÔTE D’IVOIRE, GHANA, NIGERIA AND ZAMBIA) are all seeded in the 2nd level in one bowl containing 6…
FIFA has today, 18 July 2014, lifted the suspension that was imposed on the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on 9 July 2014 on account of interference.FIFA has noted that the court proceedings and order preventing the president of the NFF, the NFF Executive Committee members and the NFF Congress from running the affairs of Nigerian football that prompted the suspension have been withdrawn.As statutory order has been reinstated at the NFF and the legitimate bodies reinstalled, FIFA has decided to lift the suspension as of today, Friday 18 July 2014.The lifting of the suspension means that all rights of the…
The CAF Disciplinary Board has handed a 3-match ban to Zamalek striker, Dominque Da Silva for physically assaulting the referee during their Orange CAF Champions’ League Group A clash with TP Mazembe (DR Congo) on 8 June 2014 in Lubumbashi.The player ran onto the field at the end of the game to physically assault the referee and was joined by reserve goalie Abdelrehim Mahmoud (number 21) and Hazem Mohamed Emam (number 7), who have each been handed one-match bans.The Board at its sitting on Thursday, 17 July 2014 at the CAF Secretariat in Cairo, Egypt, considered Article 82 (Principles of…