Patrice Motsepe will be crowned as the Confederation of African Football’s capo di tuti capi in Rabat, Morocco's capital city known for its landmarks that speak to its Islamic and French colonial heritage which includes the Kasbah of the Udayas and nestles along the shores of the Bouregreg River and the Atlantic Ocean. No event...
I still cannot, for the life of me, understand how the Confederation of African Football (CAF) allowed and reached an agreement or rather, accepted the decision that they would from henceforth, be managed and administered by FIFA because they are finding it increasingly difficult to run CAF after ousting grandpa Issa Hayatou. Firstly, did FIFA step...
The sudden resignation of a senior Confederation of African Football (CAF) official from the continental body has sharply brought into focus the division within the organization led by beleaguered Ahmad Ahmad. Musa Bility, President of both the Emergency and CHAN Standing Committees resigned in a huff on Saturday morning revealing irreconcilable differences, the existence of a...
The newly elected Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Ahmad Ahmad promised a new dawn when he ascended the throne in March 2017 but within a year, has fractured the organization which is divided right down the middle. And nothing shows the factions within CAF more than the decision to strip Cameroon of the right to...
In his prime, German legend Franz Beckenbauer was considered the finest player ever to grace a football field. Although a sweeper, he was nonetheless a dominant figure in the field and stood head and shoulders above his peers due to his elegance and leadership qualities that shone through in every match. The man had skill, vision...
