CAF (Confederation of African Football)

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The African Union of Broadcasting, the body of free-to-air broadcasters, has secured a deal with Fifa for free-to-air rights to qualifying matches for the 2022 Fifa World Cup in 17 countries in sub-Saharan…
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The African Union of Broadcasting, the body of free-to-air broadcasters, has said that a total of 25 of its broadcast affiliates have already committed to showing the Africa Cup of Nations, which takes …
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Governance

Fifa has announced that the adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee appointed to investigate Issa Hayatou has found the former Confederation of African Football president responsible for…
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The Confederation of African Football has given its backing to Fifa’s proposal of staging the World Cup and Women’s World Cup on a biennial basis, despite its Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) also operating eve…
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Governance

Constant Omari, the former president of the Congo DR Football Association and an ex-vice president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), has been suspended from football for one year by Fifa…
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The Confederation of African Football has said it is in “preliminary discussions” over the launch of a new ‘African Super League’ club competition. The
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African football finds itself facing an existential crisis down in large measure to questionable decision-making by the Confederation of African Football and Fifa, football’s world governing body. Frank Dunne looks at where it all went wrong.
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Patrice Motsepe, the newly-appointed president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), has said that its flagship Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) tournament will continue to be played every two years…
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Industry Moves

Patrice Motsepe has pledged to create a “new CAF” after being elected unopposed as the new president of the Confederation of African Football, with Fifa executive Véron Mosengo-Omba appointed general secr…
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Governance

South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe appears set to become the next president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) after Fifa president Gianni Infantino brokered a deal through which three…
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Governance

Ahmad Ahmad has been restored as president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), as the Madagascan official continues to battle sanctions imposed on…
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Pay-television broadcaster StarTimes has acquired rights in sub-Saharan Africa to the African Nations Championship (CHAN) national team football tournament
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Governance

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has approved the candidatures of two officials for the presidency, with incumbent Ahmad deemed ineligible, and further checks required on two applicants
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Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has agreed its first media-rights deal covering nine markets, as it picks up exclusive rights to the Confederation of African Football’s qualifying competition matches f…
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Finance & Law

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has budgeted for a loss of $13.6m (€11.2m) in the 2020-21 period as the shifting of the flagship Africa Cup of Nations to January 2022 takes its toll.
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Governance

Fifa has today (Monday) imposed a five-year ban from all football-related activity on Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Ahmad for multiple breaches of its Code of Ethics
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Governance

South African business tycoon Patrice Motsepe and Jacques Anouma of the Ivory Coast have been announced as challengers to incumbent Ahmad for the presidency of the Confederation of African Football (CAF)
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Fifa president Gianni Infantino has been cleared by the organisation's ethics committee of any breach of its code in relation to his meetings with Swiss attorney-general Michael Lauber