In 2026, the 23rd World Cup will take place and there has been several major changes to the format so we took a closer look at what that means for the African nations in the qualifying process.
It has…
African
Champions League winners Esperance have today received their $2.5 million prize
money from the Confederation of African Football.
“I can tell
you that we just received our prize money this morning,” Hechmi Jilani
told Insideworldfootball’s Osasu Obayuiana.
The Tunis
club won this year’s…
Having been stripped of hosting rights for this year’s African Cup of Nations due to lack of preparations, Cameroon may not even be ready to stage the showpiece event in two years’ time, according to their all-time leading goalscorer.…
FIFA’s secretary general Fatma Samoura has officially
started her reforming mission at the Confederation of African Football (CAF)
despite strong opposition from within sections of African football’s hierarchy.
Last month, FIFA took the novel step of appointing Samoura
as ‘FIFA General Delegate…
Twenty eight African teams learned who their first
opposition would be on the road to Qatar after the draw for the preliminary
round of Africa’s qualifying campaign for the 2022 World Cup was held on
Monday.
The continent’s 28 lowest ranked sides,…
Algeria will begin their Africa Cup of Nations title defence
at home to former champions Zambia during November, the Confederation of
African Football (CAF) confirmed on Monday (Jul 29).
The Desert Foxes will also visit Botswana between
Nov 11 and 19, giving the…
FIFA waited more than five months before issuing the verdict
banning Liberian Musa Bility from football activity and stripping him of his
position on the executive committee of the Confederation of African Football
(CAF). The ban was issued after Bility refused to…
FIFA President Gianni Infantino said on Wednesday that the
unprecedented move to step in and jointly administer African football with the
regional body CAF will "significantly improve" the sport on the
continent.
Infantino also brushed aside suggestions that there was
widespread opposition to…
CAF President Ahmad said that he is prepared to defend, before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the decision of his organisation’s Executive Committee to order a replay of the second leg of the Champions League final between…