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African Nations Championship in Cameroon postponed
The CHAN is confined to footballers playing in their country of birth, unlike the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN), also a two-yearly competition but with no...
The expanded 24-team tournament will now kick-off on 21 June and run through to the final on 19 July.
The switch of venue to the 2022 World Cup hosts was first mooted last month and has now been rubber-stamped by CAF’s emergency committee.
South Africa and Egypt submitted bids after Cameroon were removed as hosts.
CAF will announce the winner of the right to host the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations after its executive committee meeting on Tuesday morning.
They were the only two countries to announce their candidature publicly before the list closed Friday midnight.
The Confederation of African Football confirmed the unanimous decision after a meeting of its executive committee in Accra on Friday.
Kenya appealed to the Switzerland-based court to force the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to keep their women's team, the Starlets, in the competition.
The change of timing will be welcomed by European club sides, many of whom have lost players at vital periods of the season in years gone by because of the time slot.
Contentious decisions on African football’s TV rights & tournament hosting agreements will be reviewed in the coming months, the new CAF head says.
The 57-year-old former government minister won 34-20 in the poll for the CAF presidency.
African Footballer of the Year Kalusha Bwalya has withdrawn from the race for a place on the FIFA Council.
This is the second time in three qualifying campaigns that Bafana Bafana are in a group with Nigeria.
Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane says they won't change anything in their game for the second leg.
Going into the match, Sundowns had three points nullified by the Confederation of African Football.
Bidvest Wits beat Seychelles side Lightstars FC 3-0 while Ajax beat Angola's Segrada Esperanca 2-1.
The South African businessman remains optimistic about becoming the next president of Fifa.
Sexwale remains optimistic despite not getting a thumbs up from Caf for the Fifa presidency.
He's going up against four candidates, including the loser in last year's election, Prince Ali bin Al Hussein.