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Africa

High-flying Morocco pull out of CHAN after failing to get Algerian landing slot

January 13 – Defending champions Morocco have withdrawn from the African Nations Championship (CHAN) after hosts Algeria refused the Moroccans a direct flight into the country.

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Africa

Chad kicked out of U17 AFCON qualifiers for age cheating

January 13 – Chad are the latest nation to fall foul of the age testing saga rocking African football after being disqualified from the regional Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers due to start on January 12.

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Africa

Cameroon’s Modeste M’Bami dies of heart attack, aged 40

January 9 – Former Cameroon and Paris St Germain midfielder Modeste M’Bami has died aged just 40 after suffering a heart attack.

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Cameroon U17 squad shredded after 21 players fail age screening tests

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January 5 – Cameroon football has again been rocked by an age fraud scandal with 21 out of 30 Under-17 national team players disqualified after failing MRI tests ordered by the country’s FA (Fecafoot) chief Samuel Eto’o.

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Cape Verde is first to heed FIFA call and name national stadium after Pele

January 4 – Africa’s Cape Verde has become the first FIFA member nation to heed president Gianni Infantino’s call to rename a stadium in every country in the world after Pele.

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Africa

Tunisia keep faith in Kadri for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations

January 3 – Tunisia have extended the contract of coach Jalel Kadri (pictured) for a year despite the Carthage Eagles’ group-stage exit from the World Cup in Qatar.

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Africa

Motsepe short on Super League detail but says an African team will make 2026 final

December 22 – African football boss Patrice Motsepe has once again failed to provide a credible update on his confederation’s plans to launch a Super League in 2023, this time suggesting too many clubs have expressed an interest in the competition. 

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Africa

Motsepe says Lagardere deal settled but fails to give comfort on CAF’s financial future

December 21 – Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Patrice Motsepe has said that the dispute with the confederation’s commercial rights agency Lagardere, which has left a huge hole in the finances of the confederation, has been settled in an “amicable” way. 

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Africa

Former Nigeria boss Pinnick says CAF finances are a worry, but Africa is building

By Samindra Kunti in Doha

December 21 – Nigerian football official Amaju Pinnick (pictured) has claimed that the finances of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) are “a big mess”.

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Africa

French journalist promises to sue Cameroon FA for defamation

December 14 – The Cameroon Football Association (Fecafoot) is facing a lawsuit from a French investigative journalist after the federation published a statement accusing him of attempted blackmail and extortion.

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Africa

Motsepe and CAF tow the company line on Infantino’s ‘shut-up-and-play’ message

November 10 – Unsurprisingly, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) have pulled their weight behind Gianni Infantino’s highly controversial ‘shut-up-and-play’ message to the 32 World Cup finalists on the eve of the tournament. 

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Africa

CAF formally puts AFCON 2025 back out to tender after stripping Guinea of hosting

October 27 – The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has re-opened the bidding process for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations after recently stripping Guinea of the tournament hosting rights.

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Africa

CAF unveils prize money for Women’s Champions League

October 20 – The winners of the 2022 African Women’s Champions League will receive $400,000 in prize money, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed.

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Africa

Nigerian chaos recedes as NFF election mandates Gusau to take over from Pinnick

October 4 – After months of internal wrangling, Ibrahim Musa Gusau has been elected president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), fending off challenges from former vice-presidents Seyi Akinwunmi and Shehu Dikko as well as former international goalkeeper Idah Peterside to emerge as successor to long-term incumbent Amaju Pinnick.

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Africa

CAF strips Guinea of hosting rights to 2025 AFCON and goes back to market

October 3 – The Confederation of African Football is to re-open bidding for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) after stripping Guinea of hosting rights to host the competition, with Morocco among the nations set to apply.

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