Rangers International Football Club of Enugu on Sunday faced elimination from the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup after playing a 2-2 draw with visiting Zesco United of Zambia. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the draw at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium in Enugu was in the first leg tie of their second Round of […]
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Ahmad, the new Confederation of African Football (CAF) head said controversial decisions made under Issa Hayatou leadership will be reviewed soon. Top of the decisions are African football’s television rights and tournament hosting agreements. The possibility of changing the timing of African Nations Cup finals is also on the cards, as well as the qualification […]
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Ahmad Ahmad, the President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), on Sunday in Cairo at the confederation’s headquarters formally started work in his new position. According to a report on the CAF website, Ahmad chaired a meeting with staff of the organisation at the secretariat. The meeting marked his effective assumption of office following […]
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Rangers International Football Club beat Zamalek FC of Egypt 2-1 on Sunday, but failed to achieve the target of advancing to the group stage of the 2017 CAF Champions League. In the return leg clash of their second round pairing in the competition, played at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium in Enugu, the Nigerian side crashed […]
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Ahmad Ahmad of Madagascar has been elected as the new CAF president, unseating long-serving predecessor Issa Hayatou. 57-year-old Ahmad garnered 34 votes to Hayatou’s 20 votes at the CAF Congress in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 70-year-old Hayatou’s has been in power since 1988, and was seeking an eighth four-year term, but his 29-year reign as president […]
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The Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, says Nigeria supports the candidature of Issa Hayatou in the April 2017 election for the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) presidency. Dalung told newsmen on Monday in Abuja that Nigeria’s support was based on national interest. “For the presidency of CAF, when I invited them, I told […]
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