The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has released the nominees for the other categories for the 2013 Glo-CAF Awards.The categories are National Team of the Year, Youth National Team of the Year, Club of the Year, Coach of the Year, Most Promising Talent, Referee of the Year, Fair Play, Legend and Platinum awards.The winners will be decided by votes from the CAF Technical & Development and Media Committees, except Fair Play, Legend and Platinum awards, which are not subject to vote. For this year, there will be no votes for the Youth National Team of the Year, which has only…
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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has released the shortlists for the 2013 African Player of the Year and the African Player of the Year (Based in Africa).This follows voting from members of the Technical & Development and the Media Committees from the initial list of nominees.Ten (10) players made the cut for the flagship African Player of the Year category, and five (5) for the African Player of the Year (Based in Africa).The Head Coaches of the National Associations affiliated to CAF will vote in their order of preference to decide on the eventual winners of the two categories.Initially,…
Zimbabwe will engage neighbors Mozambique in a friendly match both sides intend to use to fine tune for next month’s African Nations Championship finals in SA. The match is scheduled for Sunday December 8 at Barbour fields Stadium in Zimbabwe’s second largest city of Bulawayo.Zimbabwe coach Ian Gorowa recently announced a 24 man squad in preparedness for CHAN but has said he will cast his eye further before settling on a final squad, “The purpose of such matches like the one against Mozambique is for us to have a closer look again at some of the players who could make…
Hosts Lesotho twice came from behind to force a 2-2 draw with Comoros, while Botswana defeated Swaziland 2-0 on a thrilling opening day of the 2013 COSAFA Youth Championships in Maseru on Tuesday 3rd December 2013.According to reports from the official Cosafa website, the third match scheduled for the opening day between Kenya and Mauritius was postponed due to travel issues suffered by the East African guests.But the two games that were played offered excellent entertainment for the fans at the Setsoto Stadium. Comoros looked as though they were headed for a famous victory, but the resilience of the hosts…
Vincent Enyeama was once again ‘Man of the Match’ for Lille against Marseille on Tuesday (December 3) in the French Ligue 1. The Nigerian crossed the 1000 minute mark without letting in a goal at the 57th minute of the encounter which his side triumphed by a lone goal.The goalie took his record to 1035 minutes, inching closer to the all-time record held by Gaetan Huard, formerly of Bordeaux, who went 1176 minutes without conceding during the 1992-93 season.Since September 15, Enyeama has yet to pick the ball from his net capping it with high class and decisive saves.Born on…
Rivals Ahly and Zamalek have been drawn apart for the 2013/2014 Egyptian Premier League which kicks off on Thursday, December 26, 2013.The country’s most successful clubs were separated in the draw conducted by the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) on Monday (December 2) in Cairo.Twenty-two (22) clubs will take part in the league, eleven each for Group A and Group B.From the draw; Ahly, Arab Contractors, Al-Rajaa, El-Entag El-Harby, ENPPI, El-Dakhleya, Ghazl El-Mahalla, Gouna, Ittihad Alexandria, Maqassa and Smouha are in Group A; whilst Beni Suef, Canal, El Gaish, El Masry, Haras El-Hodoud, Ismaily, Ittihad El-Shorta, Menya, Petrojet, Wadi Degla and…
CF Mounana have been crowned winners of the 2012/2013 Gabon Super Cup, beating rivals US Bitam 1-0 on Sunday (December 1) in Libreville.The curtain raiser to the new season featuring the winner of the Gabonese League against the Coupe du Gabon champions was decided by Togolese-import Abdoulaye Ibrahim’s 75th minute goal.CF Mounana, winners of the Coupe du Gabon made up for their failure to win the league crown where they finished in second place, 10-points behind rivals US Bitam. In attendance was Gabon President, Ali Bongo Ondimba, who presented the trophy to the victorious side.Meanwhile, the 2013/3014 Gabon Premier League…
Demba Ba was on the scoresheet for Chelsea against Southampton at the weekend, coming on for Michael Essien who struggled early on. The Senegal striker notched his side’s third goal in a 3-1 come-from-behind win against the visitors at Stamford Bridge.There were goals also for Africans Moustapha Bayal Sall for St Etienne and Vincent Aboubakar for Lorient in France.ENGLANDMICHAEL ESSIEN (Chelsea)The Ghana star’s first Premier League start since his return from a season-long loan at Real Madrid got of to just about the worst possible start when his mishit backpass set up Southampton’s Jay Rodriguez for a goal barely 15…
The newest Member Association of The Confederation of African Football (CAF), South Sudan will be fielding two clubs in the 2014 CAF inter-clubs competition.South Sudan Football Association , General Secretary, William Okot de Toby informed CAF that , Atlabara FC winners of the 2013 South Sudan championship will participate in the Orange CAF Champions League while, Malakia FC the winner of the 2013 South Sudan Cup will compete in the Orange CAF Confederation Cup. Confederation of African Football News
Zimbabwean club side, Highlanders beat How Mine 3-0 to lift the major Cup (Mbada Diamonds Cup) in the top flight league on Saturday 30 November. Goals from Njabulo Ncube, Peter Moyo and Masimba Mambare ensured that the Bulawayo based side atones for the disappointment of losing the championship on goal difference for the second time in a row to arch rivals Dynamos.Highlanders might have won the Mbada Diamonds Cup but due to a CAF 3 year ban “Bosso” will not be able to compete in the 2014 Confederation Cup and instead How Mine will take that place and compete in…