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New Confederation of African Football president Patrice Motsepe has revealed that CAF are continuing with their plans to launch an African Super League despite the failure of the European Super League. The ESL wanted to break away from the current version of the UEFA Champions League after 12 founding members...

Banyana Banyana will take on Mozambique in the first round of the qualifying games for the 2022 CAF Africa Women's Cup of Nations. The draws for the AWCON, as well as the draws for the Under-20 and Under-17 Women's World Cup qualifiers took place in Cairo on Monday, and after...

FIFA have issued a statement about the upcoming World Cup qualifiers in Africa , that were meant to start next month. The group stage qualifiers were originally meant to start last year in November, but were postponed until early June because of Covid-19 - and they have now been postponed...

SAFA President Danny Jordaan has been handed a new role at CAF, where he will act as an Advisor to the President, Patrice Motsepe. SAFA confirmed the news earlier today, stating that Jordan would be the advisor in charge of Sport and Marketing. He had previously served as as a CAF...

Patrice Motsepe is officially the new president of CAF, after having been sworn in at today's General Assembly in Rabat, Morocco. It was an open-secret that Motsepe would become president following the withdrawals in the past few weeks of the other candidates Augustin Senghor (Senegal), Ahmed Yahya (Mauritania) and Jacques...

SAFA have released a statement confirming they have sent correspondence to CAF following the postponement of Kaizer Chiefs and Mamelodi Sundowns CAF Champions League games. The postponements occurred because both Morocco and Algeria wouldn't allow the teams to travel from South Africa due to the Covid-19 protocols. SAFA's Full Statement: The South...

SAFA have confirmed that CAF will issue a decision on the now aborted Champions League match between Wydad Casablanca and Kaizer Chiefs, which was scheduled for Saturday. SAFA confirmed this on Thursday, saying the match would not take place on Saturday , and in their statement said CAF Competition Division...