Tag - Sahrawi

SAFA takes up CAF decision to Court of Arbitration

The South African Football Association (SAFA) has hinted that they will lodge an appeal with the Court of Arbitration in Lausanne after the Confederation of African Football Association (CAF) had rejected their Appeal against the Disciplinary Committee decision imposed following their withdrawal from the FUTSAL tournament. South Africa fell foul to CAF when they pulled out...

Mauritius ordered to withdraw from Futsal

The CAF 2020 Futsal Africa Cup of Nations was on Wednesday thrown into disarray when the Mauritian government allegedly ordered their FUTSAL national team to withdraw from the ongoing tournament in Laayoune in the disputed territory of Western Sahara. Mauritius had replaced South Africa who had withdrawn from the tournament in solidarity with the Sahrawi, who...

South Africa withdraws from 2020 CAF Futsal

The South African Football Association (SAFA) executive committee has taken a painful but necessary decision to withdraw from the CAF 2020 FUTSAL African Cup of Nations tournament scheduled for Laayoun in Western Sahara from January 28 to February 7. The SAFA CEO Gay Mokoena has been mandated by the executive committee to write a letter to...

Political undertones in Morocco and Bafana tie

A battle of wits will be waged at the Al Salaam Stadium at 18H00 on Monday when South Africa line-up against Group D leaders Morocco in the final group match of the expanded 2019 African Nations Cup tournament in Cairo. Beside the expected tactical tussle between Herve Renard (Morocco) and Stuart Baxter (South Africa), there is...