08 June 2015 12:22 Egyptian and African football giants Al-Ahly kept alive hopes of retaining the CAF Confederation Cup with a penalty shootout victory over Tunisians Club Africain in a weekend play-off.Ramadan Sobhy converted his shootout spot-kick to give the winners of a record 19 CAF titles a 5-4 victory on penalties at the Stade Olympique in Tunis suburb Rades.Club Africain had scored eight minutes into stoppage time to win the return match 2-1 and level the aggregate score at 3-3 after Ahly won in Cairo by the same score. Ahly will face two more Tunisian sides, Esperance and Etoile…
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08 June 2015 12:03 On 1 June, Nigeria goalkeeper Joshua Enaholo trudged out of New Plymouth’s Stadium Taranaki feeling down in the dumps. His first experience of the FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015 had been a sobering one, as he picked the ball out of his net no fewer than four times in the 4-2 loss to Brazil. He was not particularly culpable for the first threeCanarinho goals, but the MFM FC shot-stopper made an utter mess of the fourth, the one that put the game out of reach. “I wasn’t concentrating. The ball was wet and I failed…
07 June 2015 11:07 Ghana’s Hearts of Oak failed to advance to the mini-league stage of the 2015 Orange CAF Confederation Cup following a one-all draw with Esperance De Tunis in the reverse fixture of the 1/8th round playoff on Saturday. Hearts who lost the first leg 4-0 in Rades near Tunis, began the match confident of overturning the deficit and gave the followers a measure of hope by going ahead in the third minute through Isaac Mensah. Mensah darted to plant himself well in the visitors’ defence to tower above his markers and head home to send…
06 June 2015 11:14 Spirits were high after Ghana became the first of Africa’s four representatives at the FIFA U-20 World Cup to book their place in the knockout stages. Drawn into a challenging-looking Group B, the 2009 champions made it through with only an opening-game draw against Austria blemishing their record, having secured passage with a 1-0 win over Panama. The fact that pre-tournament favourites Argentina exited without a win to their name shows that the section was no formality for the West Africans. Their 3-2 triumph over the Humberto Grondona’s side, where they raced into a three-goal lead,…
05 June 2015 10:24 Ghana have qualified for the last 16 at New Zealand 2015 as Group B winners after a hard-fought 1-0 win over Panama at Auckland’s North Harbour Stadium. The Panamanians, who exit as a result of the defeat, were undone by a solitary Emmanuel Boateng goal, and missed a late penalty through Fidel Escobar. Ghana completely dominated the early exchanges and it was the Tetteh brothers, Samuel and Benjamin, who were causing most of the problems. The former has been one of the stars of the Black Satellites’ campaign and in four minutes he jinked skilfully to the byline…
04 June 2015 09:21 The road to Canada The African Women’s Championship (AWC) in Namibia was only the second time in the history of the competition that Côte d’Ivoire qualified for the showpiece event of women’s continental football. Les Elephantes stunned holders Equatorial Guinea in the qualifying rounds, advancing on the away goal rule after 2-2 and 1-1 draws. But unlike their first appearance in Equatorial Guinea in 2012, the west Africans managed to escape the group phase this time around. A victory against the hosts Namibia, a draw against Zambia and a defeat against Nigeria were good enough to see Clementine…
CAF is for reforms and a FIFA accepted by everyone The mail has been sent successfully 03 June 2015 02:17 Cairo, 3 June 2015. The Confederation of African Football has taken note of the decision of FIFA President, Joseph Sepp Blatter, to resign upon disposal and convene an extraordinary congress for the election of a new president. CAF commits to supporting reforms intended for the consolidation of a FIFA that will be accepted by everyone, and reiterates its determination to cooperate in safeguarding the moral and ethical values that underlie the practice of football, its organisation, administration and development. Subject…
03 June 2015 10:41 Colombia inched towards the last 16 with a point against Senegal, though know that they should have left with more than the 1-1 draw and already be secured a place in the FIFA U-20 World Cup knockout stages. The African side were the better in the early exchanges and got just reward thanks to a fine goal from Mamadou Thiam, but Alexis Zapata ensured they stayed ahead of their opponents in Group C with an equaliser from the penalty spot. Senegal rarely troubled Portugal in their opener, having fallen behind inside 30 seconds, but they looked…
FIFA President Blatter today announced at a press conference in Zurich that he will lay down his mandate at an extraordinary elective Congress. Until that election, he continues to carry out his functions. The FIFA President also announced a significant reform programme to be driven by Domenico Scala, the Independent Chairman of our Audit and Compliance Committee. Confederation of African Football (CAF) News
02 June 2015 02:46 Record U-20 World Cup champions Argentina suffered their first defeat in 19 FIFA U-20 World Cup games as Ghana secured a heart-pumping 3-2 win in Wellington. Goals from Benjamin and Samuel Tetteh put the African side in command, before Yaw Yeboah’s penalty seemingly sealed the result, though late Giovanni Simeone and Emiliano Buendia goals meant a tense finish, but nothing more. A meeting of the two heavyweights in Group B, once the pair got into their stride they put on a show of attacking football the fixture warranted, with 44 shots on goal across 98 minutes…