Belgian Saintfiet named Togo coach The mail has been sent successfully 20 May 2015 10:33 Experienced African hand Belgian Tom Saintfiet is to coach the Togo national side after his appointment was announced by the Togolese Football Federation (FTF) on Tuesday. The 42-year-old — who has previously coached among others Namibia, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia and Malawi — will sign a two year contract in the coming days with the target of guiding Togo to the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations, which is being hosted by Gabon. Saintfiet, who will be assisted by former Togo international Jean Paul Dosseh Abalo, replaces Tchanile…
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19 May 2015 02:23 Ghana forward Andre Ayew celebrated his final days with Marseille by being named on Monday best African player in France’s Ligue 1. Ayew, 25, finishes in front of Ivory Coast’s Max Gradel (Saint-Etienne)and Tunisia’s Aymen Abdennour (Monaco). The winger — a member of the Ghana side that lost to Ivory Coast 9-8 on penalties in this year’s Africa Cup of Nations final — was picked by a jury of journalists and received the Marc-Vivien Foe Trophy handed out by French radio station RFI and TV channel France 24. “I am very honoured to have received such…
19 May 2015 08:17 Senegal and Southampton sharpshooter Sadio Mane needed just 176 seconds at the weekend to score the fastest English Premier League hat-trick. His amazing achievement in a 6-1 thrashing of Aston Villa bettered by 97 seconds the 21-year record of Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler. Mane wreaked havoc against visiting Villa between the 13th and 16th minutes of the first half as the ‘Saints’ remained in contention for a Europa League place. ENGLAND SADIO MANE (Southampton) The Senegal winger had the match, or perhaps the three minutes of his life, as he scored the quickest hat-trick in Premier…
18 May 2015 11:49 Tunisian giants, Esperance were the biggest winners during the weekend first leg matches of the 1/8th round playoff of the 2015 Orange CAF Confederation Cup, thanks to a 4-0 thumping of Ghana representatives, Hearts of Oak on Sunday. The ‘Blood and Gold’ were simply too much for the Phobians in the encounter held in Rades, a repeat of the CAF Champions League final meeting between the two sides 15-years ago, with an outcome that has almost secured them a place at the mini-league stage of the second-tier continental club championship. Nigeria-import Samuel Edouk scored…
17 May 2015 09:53 Moroccan side, Raja Athletic Club, CS Sfaxien of Tunisia and Mali’s Stade Malien took giant steps towards the mini-league stage of the 2015 Orange CAF Confederation Cup following victories in the first leg matches of the 1/8th round playoff on Saturday. The fact is that each side won by an identical scoreline, 2-0, sending their guests packing out empty. Three-time African champions, Raja had first half goals from Abdelkabir El Ouadi and Nigeria-import Christian Osaguona enough to secure victory over Tunisian side, Etoile du Sahel at the Mohamed V Complex in Casablanca. El…
16 May 2015 08:46 APR have won the 2014/15 Rwanda Premier League with one match to spare after a 2-2 draw with Isonga on Friday evening. The military team now has 52 points from 25 matches, enough to guarantee them the title, with six points separating them and second place, AS Kigali. Against relegation-bound Isonga, APR struggled to break the jinx early in the first half against a side certain to play in the second-tier of Rwanda football next season. Striker Michel Ndahinduka scored a brace in the second half before Danny Usengimana and Alexis Ndacyayisenga equalized…
14 May 2015 10:48 CAF President Issa Hayatou has expressed sadness over the death of legendary ex- Ghanaian footballer and coach, Cecil Jones Attuquayefio. The ex-forward passed away on Tuesday, 12 May 2015 in Accra after a protracted illness, aged 70. “On behalf of the CAF Executive Committee and on my own behalf, I extend my deepest condolences to the Ghana Football Association (GFA), the bereaved family and the Ghanaian football family. My thoughts are with you at this difficult moment. “African football has lost one of its astute servants. From his playing era to his coaching…
13 May 2015 02:10 Over a decade ago when Hearts of Oak became continental champions, they did it in style; beating Esperance 2-1 in Tunis before signing it off 3-1 in the reverse fixture in Accra to win the prestigious CAF Champions League in 2000. Captain of the Hearts side that took the continent by storm, Jacob Nettey, led a gifted side that dazzled every step on the way into the history books. On Saturday, 17 May 2015 in Rades near Tunis, the ‘Phobians’ clash with Tunisian champions, Esperance, in a repeat of the 2000 historic meeting and…
13 May 2015 09:17 “The first time I was discriminated against, I was shocked. I was younger, so it was difficult to take in. Every time I touched the ball there was a chant, there were monkey sounds – it hurt a lot. After, I would think to myself I have to fight against this, I have to show I am stronger than this.” Some of the negative experiences throughout Yaya Toure’s career lend weight to his position as a consultant on the FIFA Task Force against Racism and Discrimination. The Côte d’Ivoire captain was amongst a panel of speakers…
12 May 2015 10:50 The FIFA/CAF Regional Seminar for National Security Officers opened on Tuesday, 12 May 2015 in Cairo, Egypt, highlighting the role of security and the need for safety during matches. The seminar which runs till Thursday, 14 May 2015 seeks to strengthen the security and safety management during competitions and matches, and also provide assistance and equip the Security officers to handle related issues in their respective National Associations. CAF Deputy General Secretary, Essam Ahmed in his opening remarks stressed on the on the fact that security and safety provides the environment for a festivity…
African Stars are Namibia League Champions The mail has been sent successfully 11 May 2015 10:30 African Stars have been crowned winners of the 2014/2015 Namibia Premier League, their first title in four years. The ‘Reds’ as the capital based are nicknamed wrapped up the title on the penultimate day of the season, taming relegation-bound Rebels 4-0 on Sunday (3 May) before signing off in grand style with 3-1 win over Tura Magic in the final game of the season last Sunday (10 May 2015). African Stars finished on 68 points, 10-points more than rivals Black Africa, which…
10 May 2015 11:42 Kenya’s no-show at the Olympic Games saw yet another setback after crashing out of the qualifiers for the African U-23 Championship Senegal 2015, the continental qualifiers for the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games. The Harambee Stars beat Botswana 4-1 in their second leg first round clash in Nairobi on Saturday, but it was not enough to see them through. The Zebras advanced on the away goal rule after a 4-4 tie on aggregate. It means that the East African nation will have to wait for another four years to break their Olympics hoodoo.…
07 May 2015 02:19 Rwanda coach Jonathan McKinstry has named 18-man team which will face Somalia in the return leg of the first round of the Africa U-23 Championship Senegal 2015 qualifier on Sunday at Gouled Stadoium in Djibouti. Speaking to cafonline.com, McKinstry said, “We have had a good week of training and I believe the boys are ready for the task ahead. We still needed to correct a few things from the first leg and I am glad we have managed to do that. “We are confident going into the second and we believe a draw would…
06 May 2015 01:42 Cairo, 6 May 2015: The Confederation of African Football, CAF, and Qatar Football association have signed a five-year Cooperation Agreement for the development of football between the two organisations. CAF President Issa Hayatou and QFA President Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al -Thani signed the agreement on Wednesday 6th of May at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The cooperation will be focusing on exchanging expertise and experience in various areas such as administration, coaching, sports medicine, refereeing, youth football and women football, infrastructure development, marketing and communications. “I am looking forwards to a…
Djibouti Telecom claim league title The mail has been sent successfully 06 May 2015 10:44 Djibouti Telecom Football Club has been crowned the winners of the 2014/2015 premier division for the third time on the trot. They were presented with the medal and trophy at a colourful ceremony held at the National Technical Centre on Tuesday (5 May 2015). Djibouti Telecom wrapped up the title in grand sty with a 9-0 drubbing of AS Jeunes Jago in the final game of the season last Monday. They finished on 45 points, six-points richer than second-placed AS Port in the…
05 May 2015 09:30 Live report: CAF Interclubs draw The draw for the mini-league stage of the 2015 CAF Champions League and the 1/8 th round playoff of the CAF Confederation Cup was held on Tuesday, 5 May 2015 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The draws were conducted by the CAF General Secretary, Hicham El Amrani assisted by 1st Vice President, Suketu Patel, 2nd Vice President Almamy Kabele Camara and CAF Executive Committee member, Mohamed Raouaraoua. Group phase of 2015 Orange CAF Champions League Group A Smouha (Egypt) Moghreb Tetouan (Morocco) TP Mazembe (DR Congo) El…
04 May 2015 05:31 The Organising Committee for the CAF Interclub competition at its meeting on Monday, 4 May 2015 in Cairo approved the procedure for the draw of the 2nd 1/8th round of the CAF Confederation Cup and will take place in two phases. The first phase will see pitting the winners of the 1/8th round of the Orange CAF Confederation Cup against the losers of the 1/8th round of the CAF Champions League. The 16 clubs have been divided into four pots based on their rankings. Pot A contains the top-ranked teams by CAF from the…
04 May 2015 10:24 For the first time since 2010, Esperance will be missing from the group phase of the CAF Champions League. The 2011 winners beat Sudanese side, El Merreikh 2-1 in their second leg clash on Sunday in Rades, but it was the visitors who progressed to the mini-league stage for the first time since 2009 on the way goal ruler after a 2-2 tie on aggregate. It was the Omdurman-based club, which broke the deadlock after only 14 minutes through Ahmed Abdallah to stun the host crowd. Esperance were dealt a blow as striker…
03 May 2015 01:26 Cairo, 3 May 2015. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the Qatari Football Association (QFA) will sign a cooperation agreement on Wednesday 6 May, 2015. The signing ceremony is scheduled for 15:30hours local time, 13:30GMT, at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. This agreement will run for an initial period of five years and can be renewed. It will regulate the two organizations’ collaboration and cooperation, whose focus will include exchanges of experiences and capacity building of their respective affiliates in areas as varied as: sports medicine, refereeing, administration, development, training, management, infrastructure, women’s football…
Five-star Ghana complete Liberia double The mail has been sent successfully 03 May 2015 11:01 Ghana’s Black Meteors beat Liberia 5-1 on Saturday to complete a double and set up a date with Congo at the second round of the qualifiers of the African U-23 Championship Senegal 2015. The Meteors were simply too much for their Liberian counterparts, who adopted the northern Ghanaian city of Tamale, as their home grounds following a home ban due to the Ebola virus outbreak. With a 2-0 cushion from the first leg at the same venue seven days ago, the Ghanaians confirmed…