Tag - CAF

Is Dutch coach quitting Cameroon job?

Barely four months after Clarence Seedorf and Patrick Kluivert were appointed as coach and assistant of the Cameroon senior national team, rumors are flashing across the Central African country that the two Dutchmen have indicated that they are quitting their lucrative jobs. It is not clear at this stage whether the duo are bidding adios to...

SA not distracted by Eq Guinea off-field drama

It is now official and the Court of Arbitration in Sport (CAF) has rejected Kenya’s appeal following their ejection from the African Women Cup of Nations (AWCON) and cheating Equatorial Guinea reinstated and latter have already played and lost 5-0 to Zambia. Equatorial Guinea were found guilty by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Disciplinary Committee...

SA U-23 squad face Angola in CAF qualifiers

The first round of the CAF U-23 African Nations Cup tournament scheduled for Cairo during September 2019 is done and dusted and second round matches are scheduled for March next year. South Africa, who received a bye from the first round but will now face Angola in the second round, are yet to appoint a coach...

Hayatou please come back – all is forgiven

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has been under siege from their critics during the last couple of weeks as they astonishingly hobble from one blunder to another on an almost daily basis. Equatorial Guinea flaunted all the rules governing fair play in football with impunity, cheating, falsifying documents and fraudulently issuing passports to women players...

CAF programme force ‘Downs to postpone fixtures

The ABSA Premiership has been thrown into a tailspin by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) who released their Pan-African club competition fixtures on Friday and no doubt the National Soccer League will be forced to re-adjust their own programme. Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane commented in the past that a team’s true character gets tested when...

Kenya appeal to CAS after disqualification

As expected, the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) is challenging the decision of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to reinstate Equatorial Guinea in the African Women Cup of Nations (AWCON) and is appealing to the Court of Arbitration in Sport (CAS). In a shocking development on Wednesday, CAF reinstated serial cheats Equatorial Guinea in the AFCN...

Spineless CAF reinstate cheating Equatorial Guinea

The upcoming African Women Cup of Nations tournament was on Wednesday thrown into disarray by the spineless Confederation of African Football (CAF) when they reinstated Equatorial Guinea after initially throwing them out of the competition for cheating. Equatorial Guinea were found guilty of fielding an illegible player when they eliminated Kenya 3-2 on aggregate during qualifiers....

Nyantakyi banned for life by FIFA – appeals to CAS

An indiscretion by former Ghana Football Association (GFA) President could end up bankrupting the West African country as FIFA descended down like a ton of bricks in an attempt to clean up the game of corruption. Kwesi Nyantakyi has been banned by FIFA from all football activities both nationally and internationally after he was found guilty...

Namibia FA President fired over gross mismanagement

In an extra ordinary turn of events in Windhoek over the weekend, the Namibian Football Association (NFA) executive committee fired their President Frans Mbidi for alleged gross mismanagement with immediate effect. The drastic action, according to the NFA Vice President Dr Naftali Ngalandi who has been installed as acting President, was necessitated by Mbidi’s failure to...