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CAF seeks ‘hosting agreement’ to keep HQ in Egypt but rival suitors line up

By Osasu Obayiuwana in Cairo, Egypt.

July 11 – The Confederation of African Football (CAF), headquartered in Cairo, is seeking the finalisation of a treaty that gives CAF the official status, with diplomatic rights, of an international sports organisation functioning in the country. CAF has operated in Egypt since 1957, and until 2007 without an official ‘Hosting Agreement’ with the Egyptian government. The 2007 agreement automatically renewed in 2012 for five years but expired in 2017.

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Burundi VP Habimama arrested over missing player bonus money

July 12 – The vice-president of Burundi’s football federation, Aimable Habimana, has reportedly been detained on issues relating to players bonuses in the latest scandal to rock African football.

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Cairo Stadium out scores Accra counterpart to set new AFCON record

By Abdelaziz Abuhamar

July 12 – The Cairo International Stadium (CIS) has set a new record beating the previous record of hosting 32 AFCON matches by Accra Sports Stadium in Ghana.

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CAF in crisis: Disciplinary body fails to rule on headbutting Moroccan FA president Lekjaa

By Osasu Obayiuwana in Cairo, Egypt.

July 10 – In what is yet another chapter in the diary of governance troubles for the Confederation of African Football (CAF), the organisation’s Disciplinary Committee (DC) failed to deliver a verdict in the case of Fouzi Lekjaa, its 3rd Vice-President, returning the case to the body’s secretariat.

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Moroccan FA boss Lekjaa accused of assaulting Ethiopian ref Tessema. CAF to make ‘watershed’ ruling

By Osasu Obayiuwana in Cairo, Egypt

July 9 – Fouzi Lekjaa, 3rd Vice-President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), is at grave risk of being fined and banned by the organisation of which he is a high-ranking member, when CAF’s Disciplinary Committee sits in Cairo on Tuesday, to hear a complaint the Ethiopian Football Federation (EFF) have filed against the Moroccan.

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Zelkifli Ngoufonja calls on Africa to reject FIFA takeover and elect their own leaders

By Paul Nicholson

July 9 – Zelkifli Ngoufonja, who stood as a candidate for an African FIFA Council position in 2017, has written to CAF member association presidents on the eve of their Congress in Cairo this week urging them to do “the right thing” and not cede control of CAF and African football to FIFA.

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As Saudis and Arabsat refuse to act, beoutQ keeps up its thieving of 2019 AFCON

July 9 – Saudi-based broadcaster beoutQ has continued its theft of live broadcast rights, tacitly backed by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and more overtly backed by Arabsat. It has stolen all 36 group matches of CAF’s Total Africa Cup of Nations.

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‘Toxic’ CAF in danger of alienating sponsors unless it cleans up, says agency source

By Osasu Obayiuwana in Cairo, Egypt

July 9 – As the Confederation of African Football (CAF) is engulfed by governance problems that could, unbelievably, lead to FIFA’s direct intervention in its day-to-day affairs, its poor image could have an immediate and long-term impact on its financial future, as sponsors are increasingly uncomfortable with the negative publicity surrounding the body.

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Abou-Rida quits Egyptian FA presidency after home loss at AFCON 2019

July 7 – The president of the Egyptian Football Association Hani Abou-Rida has resigned after the host nation suffered a shock defeat in the last-16 of the African Cup of Nations.

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Liverpool’s Mane is first to miss 2 penalties in AFCON

By Abdelaziz Abuhamar in Cairo

July 6 – Senegal and Liverpool star Sadio Mane became the first player in the CAF Cup of Nations to have missed two penalties ever in the continental showpiece currently being played in Egypt.

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Ugandans are latest AFCON team to refuse to play over non-payment

July 4 – Uganda are the latest African country to strike over non-payment of performance bonuses after a training session ahead of their last-16 African Cup of Nations tie against Senegal was called off.

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Nigerian players’ protest over unpaid bonus sparks heated exchange

By Osasu Obayiuwana

June 26 – Nigeria’s Super Eagles go into Wednesday’s Africa Cup of Nations group match against Guinea, after a blunt refusal to show up for the customary pre-match press conference in Alexandria.

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France 2019: Nigerian women stage sit-in to force FA to pay bonuses

June 23 – Nigeria’s players briefly refused to leave the team hotel after their elimination from the women’s World Cup on Saturday in the latest protest over pay bonuses.

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Exclusive: CAF exco did not agree to cede control to FIFA or Samoura, says Tenga

By Osasu Obayiuwana

June 21 – With barely a day after a June 20 joint declaration by FIFA and CAF – African football’s governing body – that there was “unanimous agreement” by CAF’s executive committee, to accept the direct involvement of the world body in Africa’s football affairs, a member of that committee says no such agreement exists.

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CAF’s desperate call for help. FIFA to parachute in Samoura to govern Africa

By Osasu Obayiuwana

June 20 – The executive committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), in what is an unprecedented act in the global game, passed a motion on Wednesday to ask FIFA, the world governing body, to directly participate in the running of its day-to-day financial and administrative affairs.