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Safa: We can prove that Bafana, Ghana match was manipulated
Safa lodged an official complaint after the Black Stars won the match through a controversial penalty which enabled them to reach the African World Cup...
Bafana Bafana were defeated 1-0 in the 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifier following a questionable penalty decision in the match.
Other nations who must use a neutral ground for a home fixture between September 1-8 are Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Djibouti, Guinea-Bissau, Malawi, Namibia and Niger.
The Tunisians will host defending champions Ahly in a repeat of the 2018 final on 18 or 19 June, with the return match the following weekend.
Chiefs stunned Tanzanian visitors Simba 4-0 in Soweto with Serbian Samir Nurkovic scoring twice and creating another goal.
CAF is planning to postpone the first two days of qualifying from June to September according to sources.
The final last-eight place went to Kaizer Chiefs of South Africa, who came from behind twice to draw 2-2 at Horoya of Guinea and squeeze through on head-to-head records.
Patrice Motsepe was elected unopposed last Friday to lead trouble-torn CAF after a two-year ban over 'governance issues' prevented Malagasy Ahmad Ahmad seeking re-election for a second stint.
He's the first South African to be elected to the position.
The previous incumbent Ahmad Ahmad was banned for breaches of Fifa's ethical code, but has had the ban suspended by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Tanzania denies the presence of coronavirus in the east African country, claiming prayers spared them, however evidence is mounting of a surge in cases in recent weeks.
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.