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Pirates are long overdue Caf glory, having won the African Cup of Champions Clubs (now Caf Champions League) in 1995 and the Caf Super Cup one year later.
Ahmad, from Madagascar, has been president of the African Football Confederation (CAF) since March 2017 and was standing for re-election when Fifa banned him for 'governance issues'.
Patrice Motsepe owns Pretoria-based Mamelodi Sundowns, who have been among the top 10 clubs in Africa for some years and completed a South African treble last season.
COVID-19 has wreaked havoc with the two-leg semifinals and single-match final of the elite African club competition, originally set for last May.
The qualifiers were due to begin in October, but the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has seen a reshuffle in the African international football calendar.
CAF’s executive committee will meet in an online conference on Tuesday to decide what to do, and also set out a possible process for completing this season’s two continental club competitions.
AFP Sport looks at some of the issues facing the most popular sport in a continent where good footballers and bad administrators often share the media stage.
The Moroccan side walked off an hour into the return leg in Tunis after a VAR malfunction meant a disallowed equaliser could not be reviewed.
The senior men’s national team will be participating in the CAF Africa Cup of Nations 2019 scheduled to take place in Egypt from 21 June to 19 July 2019.
The CAF exes took a decision to cede control of the running of the organisation and have Fifa general secretary Fatma Samoura as 'Fifa High Commissioner for Africa', sources said.
The ruling thrusts African football into chaos just over two weeks before the start of an expanded 24-team Cup of Nations in Egypt, a tournament plagued by a troubled build-up.
Sundowns eased through the second-half, content to retain the big lead and knowing that maximum points would guarantee a top-two finish in Group A and a quarter-finals place.
Speaking to Radio702’s Bruce Whitfield, Banyana Banyana coach Desiree Ellis described receiving a CAF award as an 'amazing moment' as she was up against tough competition.
The 26-year-old Liverpool star finished first with club-mate Senegalese Sadio Mane and Arsenal and Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang the other finalists.
Desiree Ellis and Thembi Kgatlana were named as the Coach and Player of the Year respectively at the CAF awards ceremony in Dakar Senegal on Tuesday night.
CAF has named Egypt as the host of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.
Cameroon were stripped of the rights to host the tournament after CAF cited readiness issues from the West African country in November, with South Africa the firm favorites to take over.
Kenya did not qualify for the competition but was included after the Confederation of African Football (CAF) last month suspended Equatorial Guinea for fielding an ineligible player during qualifying matches in June.