New Mozambique coach Abel Xavier wants to reconstruct the national team and inject a battling spirit to the team as they contemplate an immediate barren future. Mozambique were eliminated from the running for the African Nations Cup finals after being beaten by Ghana 3-1 last Thursday in Accra and then drawing with the Black Stars
Algeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Morocco and Senegal all moved to the brink of African Nations Cup qualification on Tuesday but 2013 winners Nigeria were eliminated while South Africa are all but out of contention for next year’s finals. Egypt need only one more point after teenager Ramadhan Sobhi handed them a 1-0 win over Nigeria in
A request to move an African Nations Cup qualifier from Guinea, where two new cases of Ebola have been confirmed, has been rejected by the Confederation of African Football, the Cairo-based organisation said on Wednesday. Malawi had asked for their Group L qualifier, set for Conakry on Friday, to be moved after Guinea last week
Former Trinidad & Tobago international Shaka Hislop has been a key speaker at the FIFA Club Licensing Seminar for the COSAFA region held in Johannesburg. The seminar is to present FIFA and CAF’s vision of what the future requirements for clubs will be in terms standardised norms across all football around the world. Key areas
The FIFA Club Licensing Seminar, run in collaboration with the Confederation of African Football (CAF), kicked off in Johannesburg on Tuesday with delegates unanimous that this project would change the face of the game globally. FIFA’s new Head of Professional Football, Australian James Johnson, former Newcastle and Trinidad & Tobago goalkeeper Shaka Hislop and CAF
Mamelodi Sundowns and Zesco United are the last two remaining COSAFA sides in the African Champions League competition after they won through to the second round at the weekend. South African side Sundowns managed a 1-1 draw in Congo against AC Leopards that gave them a 3-1 aggregate success. Zambian champions Zesco lost 2-0 at
A 23-man squad has been selected by the Comoros Islands for African Nations Cup qualifiers next week including a first international outing for Ali Ahamada and Djamel Bakar. The French-born pair had been courted by the Comoros over the last years but have only now made the commitment to play international football for the island
Madagascar coach Franck Rajaonarisamba has named a 23-man squad for the two African Nations Cup qualifiers against the Central African Republic next week but will have to do without two of his foreign-based players. Both Lalaina Nomenjanahary, from the French second division club Racing Lens, and Abel Anicet, who plays in Bulgaria for Ludogorets, are
COSAFA clubs campaign in CAF club competitions this past weekend picked up some notable results that will give them confidence they can progress further in the continent’s two major tournaments. Mamelodi Sundowns from South Africa managed an excellent 2-0 home victory over AC Leopards of the Congo in the CAF Champions League and having kept
A number of COSAFA sides will be in action this week as the latest round of CAF club competitions matches get under way. Mozambican champions Ferroviário Maputo have a difficult away day at DR Congo side AS Vita Club in the CAF Champions League, with a good result in Kinshasa on Sunday vital to their
