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Ivory Coast head coach Patrice Beaumelle feels FIFA are shamefully killing African football with the current allocation of five spots at the World Cup. With 54 countries, Africa represents the biggest continent but receives the least spots for the global showpiece with the qualification process amongst the most rigorous in...

Zamalek SC head coach Patrice Carteron said their 5-3 defeat at the hands of Al Ahly had a hint of good fortune to it. Pitso Mosimane's side put the White Knights to the sword and at one point looked set for a record victory when they led 5-1 in the...

Mamelodi Sundowns striker Peter Shalulile finished among the top scorers with Namibia in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. The Brave Warriors captain may have missed a penalty in their final Group H game which they lost 1-0 to Togo, but he managed to find the back of the net...

African football legend Samuel Eto’o officially filed his candidacy for the presidency of the Cameroon Football Association (Fecafoot) on Wednesday. The four-time African Footballer of the Year has long expressed his desire to move into football administration and he stated that he would be the 'next president despite the cheating'. Cheered...

Former Simba SC boss Didier Gomes has been appointed the new head coach of the Mauritania national team where he succeeds compatriot Corentin Martins. Gomes, 52, is set for his first national team role just a month after parting ways with the Tanzanian giants which he led to the Vodafone...

Ivory Coast were dumped out of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers by Cameroon while Tunisia thumped Zambia as the final two nations booked their place in the play-offs. The Elephants travelled to Douala as Group D leaders but left lamenting what could have been as they missed out on...

The Beninese Football Federation (FBF) are confident in the protest over their 2-0 defeat against the  Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) which saw them eliminated from the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. On Monday it was confirmed the official appeal was lodged to the world football governing body over the...

Cavin Johnson has opened the door for a return to Al Ahly in future after working under head coach Pitso Mosimane. Johnson was roped in by Mosimane upon his appointment at the Red Devils after leaving Mamelodi Sundowns in September last year. https://www.idiskitimes.co.za/international/amartey-opens-up-on-bafana-penalty-incident/ Together they won two consecutive CAF Champions League titles,...

Kaizer Chiefs forward Khama Billiat has announced his retirement from international football with immediate effect. Billiat, 31, captained the Warriors during the current FIFA international break in which Zimbabwe lost 1-0 to South Africa and drew 1-1 with Ethiopia. And with the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations on the horizon in...

The South African Football Association (SAFA) says the Senegal replay for Bafana Bafana should set the precedent for their appeal against Ghana for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. In 2017 Fifa ordered the World Cup qualifier between South Africa and Senegal be replayed after referee Joseph Lamptey awarded a...