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The Disciplinary Committee of the Confederation of African Football has awarded the Super Eagles of Nigeria three points and three goals in their abandoned matchday 4, 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Libya, which was scheduled to be held in Benina on 15 October. In its ruling on Saturday, signed by chairman Ousmane Kane,
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has pulled the Super Eagles out of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier against Libya on Tuesday. This follows a frustrating 12-hour ordeal at Al Abraq International Airport in Libya, where the team has been stranded since their arrival on Sunday afternoon. The Nigerian delegation, en route to
Issa Hayatou, the former president of the Confederation of African football (CAF) has passed away at the age of 77, just a day before his 78th birthday. The news of his death was confirmed by FIFA President Gianni Infantino, who paid tribute to the long-serving African football administrator in a post on Instagram on Thursday.
Nigeria’s Africa Cup of Nations campaign got off to a winning start on Saturday as they edged out Burundi 1-0. Gernot Rohr’s side, who are 89 places above Burundi in FIFA’s world rankings, struggled for long periods in their Group B opener at the Alexandria Stadium but sealed all three points in the 77th
The Total AFCON2019 is here and we are pleased to bring to you the whole match fixtures and dates. Check below… All times are shown in local time. Egypt 21:00 Zimbabwe Cairo International Stadium Sat, 22 Jun 2019 DR Congo 15:30 Uganda Cairo International Stadium Nigeria 18:00 Burundi Alexandria Stadium Guinea 21:00 Madagascar Alexandria Stadium
In an unprecedented move, CAF has effectively handed over control to FIFA, the global soccer governing body, in what’s viewed as a stark admission of its incompetence. FIFA general secretary Fatma Samoura of Senegal, a former UN official, will run CAF as “FIFA general delegate for Africa” for an initial six-month period. A six-month extension will
The 24 participants in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations are finally revealed. Teams qualified for AFCON2019 Senegal 🇸🇳 Madagascar 🇲🇬 Morocco 🇲🇦 Cameroon 🇨🇲 Mali 🇲🇱 Burundi 🇧🇮 Algeria 🇩🇿 Benin 🇧🇯 Nigeria 🇳🇬 S Africa 🇿🇦 Ghana 🇬🇭 Kenya 🇰🇪 Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 Congo DR 🇨🇩 Guinea 🇬🇳 Iv Coast 🇨🇮 Angola 🇦🇴 Mauritania
The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has announced that Egypt will host the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. Egypt beat South Africa, the only other nation to submit, in a vote held at a Caf Executive Committee meeting. Original host nation Cameroon was stripped of staging the tournament in November because of slow preparations.
Sierra Leone have been disqualified from the 2019 African Cup of Nations qualifying competition, the Confederation of African Football said on Monday. Football’s world governing body FIFA had suspended the Sierra Leone Football Association in October due to “government interference”. CAF’s decision means Kenya and Ghana are assured of first and second place in Sierra
South African Football Association president Danny Jordaan has confirmed that the Confederation of African Football wants South Africa to step in as hosts of the Africa Cup of Nations 2019, at short notice, according to a report on South Africa’s Times Live. CAF stripped Cameroon of the AFCON 2019 hosting rights at the weekend due