Over the past four years, African football has undergone an unprecedented transformation. Today, we, Presidents of the 6 Councils of African Football Associations, in the name of 46 Presidents of CAF’s associations, call on President Ahmad to run for a second term in order to continue with his achievement. When it was founded in 1957, the Confederation of
Comoros Islands coach Issa Ali Saifidine has named a 20-women squad for the 2020 COSAFA Women’s Under-17 Championships that will be held in South Africa’s Nelson Mandela Bay from November 4-14. Returning are some familiar names from last year, including Mohamed Ali Moinahedji, who scored the only goal of what was a difficult campaign for
Malawi striker Tabitha Chawinga is one of the leading stars to come out of the Southern African region in the last decade, and is now hoping to make a return to the COSAFA Women’s Championship for the first time since she competed in 2017. She reveals the importance of the competition in helping to shape
Zambia will have high hopes of being among the leading contenders when they take part in the 2020 COSAFA Women’s Under-17 Championships in South Africa’s Nelson Mandela Bay from November 4-14. The Copper Princesses have been hard at work in training, having started over three weeks ago, though they did have a 10-day break before
The 2020 COSAFA Women’s Championship will feature 10 teams this year when the tournament is staged in South Africa’s Nelson Mandela Bay from November 3-14. Here is a run-down of the entrants and their past history in the competition. ANGOLA Best finish: Runners-up (2008) FIFA Ranking: 121 CAF Ranking: 18 Angola will be making a
Hosts South Africa will hope to capture the trophy that eluded them last season when they take part in the 2020 COSAFA Women’s Under-17 Championship to be staged in Nelson Mandela Bay from November 4-14. South Africa were runners-up to powerful East African side Uganda in Mauritius last year, but will have learnt a lot
Malawi will be hoping to be among the medals when they compete at the 2020 COSAFA Women’s Championship in Nelson Mandela Bay from November 3-14, which would better their previous best showing in the competition. Malawi finished fourth in Zimbabwe in 2011, but will feel they are a team on the rise after a strong
The fixtures have been released for both the COSAFA Women’s Championship and COSAFA Women’s Under-17 Championship that will be staged concurrently in Nelson Mandela Bay next month. Unfortunately COVID-19 restrictions mean there will be no fans in the stadia, a huge shame given the excellent support COSAFA events have enjoyed in the city over the
Lesotho captain Boitumelo ‘Queen’ Rabale has welcomed what she regards as a tough draw for the upcoming COSAFA Women’s Championship set for South Africa after the Mountain Kingdom country was drawn against Zambia and Malawi in Group B. The talented Lesotho skipper, who was earlier this year crowned Junior College All-American and National Women’s Player
The draw for the 2020 COSAFA Women’s Championships has been concluded and produced some fascinating ties for the competition that will take place in Nelson Mandela Bay from November 3-14 have been made with an exciting line-up of matches for a return to women’s international football in Africa. Hosts and defending champions South Africa are
