Egyptian Deputy Prime Minister, Abdul Fattah Al Sisi, who also doubles as Minister of Defence and Army Chief of Staff on Monday, 24 February 2014, at his office in Cairo, granted audience to CAF President Issa Hayatou.The exchanges between the two were cordial and fruitful.CAF President expressed gratitude to the Egyptian authorities for the constant support and hospitality towards the continent’s soccer governing body since the early 60’s.CAF is an international organization with its headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. CAF has a Headquarters Agreement with the Egyptian Government. Confederation of African Football (CAF) News
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Zimbabwe African Nations Championship (CHAN) goalkeeper George Chigova is heading to South Africa after Premiership club SuperSport United signed him this week. The 22-year-old, who plays for Zimbabwe national champions Dynamos has a good outing during the just ended CHAN where he conceded only two goals during six games and helped his country finish fourth.A SuperSport official said the Zimbabwean signed a three-year deal and plans to join Pretoria outfit SuperSport in mid-year ahead of the 2014-2015 season. Chigova is currently playing in the Orange CAF Champions League with Dynamos. Chigova becomes the second Zimbo to be signed by a…
Al-Hilal coach Nasredddine Nabi has been talking to Cafonline.com ahead of their Orange CAF Champions League clash with Stade Malien of mali. The Omdurman-based club travels to Bamako this weekend as guest of the Malian champions in the 1/16th round first leg clash. Below are details of the interview with the Tunisia-born trainer;Cafonline.com: How have you been preparing for your first game in this year’s continental club championship?Nasredddine Nabi: Our preparations have not been enough. We’ve had only six weeks of training. I was thinking of a training camp in Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) but our schedule in the league affected…
Nigeria’s U-17 women’s team is holding a training camp in Faro, Portugal, ahead of the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica.The Flamingoes will be in the southern Portuguese city for 19-days to fine-tune for the global tournament scheduled for 15 March to 4 April.According to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), the team will engage selected clubs in Portugal to test their readiness for the world event. The Flamingoes will play their Belgium counterparts an international friendly on March 4 in Brussels before returning to Faro, to wrap up their preparations.Twenty-five (25) players made the trip, but four…
Ivory Coast and Swansea striker Wilfried Bony experienced mixed emotions away to Liverpool at the weekend, bagging a brace in a 4-3 English Premier League loss.Compatriot and African Footballer of the Year Yaya Toure was more successful, hitting the goal that gave title challengers Manchester City a 1-0 home win over Stoke City.Arthur Boka was another unhappy Ivorian scorer — his first goal of the season for German outfit Stuttgart could not prevent a 2-1 home defeat by Hertha Berlin.ENGLANDYAYA TOURE (Manchester City)Toure made sure that City kept on the tail of league leaders Chelsea by scoring the only goal…
Egyptian giants, Al-Ahly have overtaken Italian side, AC Milan as the Club with the most internationally recognized titles.The CAF Champions League holders attained the feat following their 3-2 win over CS Sfaxien of Tunisia last Thursday in Cairo, taking their tally of international titles to 19, one more than AC Milan.The breakdown of the ‘Red Devils’ titles are; eight (8) CAF Champions League [1982,1987,2001,2005,2006,2008,2012,2013]; four (4) CAF Cup Winners’ Cup [1984,1985,1986,1993]; six (6) CAF Super Cup [2002,006,2007,2009.2013,2014] and one (1) Afro-Asian Cup [1988].Milan’s 18 international trophy haul include seven (7) UEFA Champions League, five (5) UEFA Super Cup, two (2)…
Sudan champions, Al-Merreikh has appointed German Otto Pfister as head of the club.The 76-year old ‘journeyman’ replaces compatriot Michel Kruger, whose appointed was terminated following the Omdurman based-club’s exit from the 2014 CAF Champions League, losing 3-2 on aggregate to Kampala City Council of Uganda at the prelims.“The Board of Directors announces Otto Pfister as coach replacing fellow German Michel Kruger. The new coach will be in Khartoum in the coming days to begin his mission,” read a statement on the club’s website.Pfister makes a return to Merrikh almost seven years after guiding ‘Al-Zaeem’ to the final of the 2007…
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Egypt and Al-Ahly defender, Wael Gomaa has announced he will hang his boots at the end of the current season.The 38-year old, who has won several titles at both local and international levels, admits he “cannot to deliver as expected”, hence the decision to call it a day after a career spanning more than two decades.Though expected, the rock-solid defender chose to announce his retirement after leading Al-Ahly to the 2014 Orange CAF Super Cup, against CS Sfaxien of Tunisia on February 20 in Cairo.Emotions got the best of him as Gomaa was soaked in tears, taking everyone by surprise…
The Angola Football Federation (FAF) has named Romeu Filemon as head coach of the senior national team for a two-year term.The 49-year old replaces Uruguayan Gustavo Ferrin, who was fired following the failure of the Palancas Negras to qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.According to FAF, the new coach will be entitled to a monthly salary of 3 million Kwanza (about 30,000 US dollars), and his major priority is to guide Angola to the next year’s Orange Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.“There is much work ahead, but we will seek to select the best players with…