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Coach's masterstroke takes Esperance to CAF Champions League semis
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.
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Chiefs stun Simba, Ahly sucker punch sinks Sundowns
Chiefs stunned Tanzanian visitors Simba 4-0 in Soweto with Serbian Samir Nurkovic scoring twice and creating another goal.
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African World Cup qualifying to be delayed over stadium approvals: sources
CAF is planning to postpone the first two days of qualifying from June to September according to sources.
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Giants Zamalek eliminated from CAF Champions League quarter-finals
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.
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Africa must win World Cup soon, says new CAF boss Motsepe
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.
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Patrice Motsepe elected president of CAF
He's the first South African to be elected to the position.
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Fifa favours billionaire candidate for African football presidency
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.
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CAF cancels Angola match as Tanzania players quarantined
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.
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Orlando Pirates coach Zinnbauer eyes Caf Cup milestone
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.
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African football chief Ahmad Ahmad handed five-year ban by Fifa
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'.
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SA billionaire Patrice Motsepe to contest CAF presidency
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.
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CAF postpone Champions League semifinal, final
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.
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CAF postpone Africa World Cup qualifiers to June 2021
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.
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Next year's Africa Cup of Nations finals could be postponed
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.
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Mane set to be crowned king of Africa as troubles rumble on
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.
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Esperance declared African champions after legal battle
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.
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Govt calls on SA to rally behind Bafana Bafana
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.
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Fifa expected to take over the running of African football
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.
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CAF orders replay of abandoned African Champions League final
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.
