Football

A dramatic turnaround in African football. Ahmad Ahmad, president of CAF, the African Football Confederation, has been suspended for 5 years for violating ethics. He will therefore not be able to participate in a second period next March. Is there anything rotten in the football kingdom? Ivorian Jacques Anouma is one of the four candidates succeeding Ahmad Ahmad. Online from Abidjan, he answers…

FIFA's ethics commission suspended President Ahmad for five years, particularly for embezzlement. Arrived at the head of CAF 2017 to everyone's surprise, he will not be able to complete his mandate. Return to a sawtooth course at the helm of CAF. It is an eviction that marks the premature end of a chaotic mandate and a divorce…

The Fifa Ethics Commission suspended the current president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for five years and fined him 185,000 euros, especially for embezzlement. After 30 years of the Ayatouean presidency of the African Football Confederation, Ahmad was elected by the Madagascar to everyone's surprise in March…

Ivorian football mourning day. On Saturday 21 November, Augustin Sidy Diallo was removed at the age of 61. He was infected with Covid-19.

Édouard Mendy was recruited at the end of September by Chelsea in Rennes and quickly won in the Blues cage. The goalkeeper continues the good performances and clean sheets (matches without conceding a goal) and banished the previous holder, Kepa Arrizabalaga, to the substitution bench. His coach, Frank Lampard, is completely happy with his Senegalese debut. Six years ago, Édouard Mendy vegetated at a national level in France, near Cherbourg. Today he is a member of one of the biggest clubs in Europe, is undefeated in…

The Gabonese Soccer Federation accuses Gambia of holding its gamers for eight hours at Banjul airport so as, in line with it, to "weaken" them forward of a decisive match for the qualification for the African Cup of Nations. (CAN) 2021. Gabon's staff misplaced 2-1 on account of Gambias, on November 16, 2020 in Bakau. The…

Augustin Senghor, Head of the Senegalese Football Federation (FSF), has submitted his candidacy for the election of the President of the African Football Federation (CAF) which will take place on March 12, 2021 in Rabat. He answered RFI's questions on Monday, November 16. Augustin Senghor was the fifth candidate to be declared…

Algeria left Zimbabwe on Monday 16 November (2-2). The African champions nonetheless qualify for the ultimate stage and be part of Senegal, the vice champions of Africa, who're already certified. Dove wing, double hook and proper cross strike. As soon as once more, Fennec's captain Riyad Mahrez confirmed all his expertise in…

In anticipation of the assembly between Namibia and Mali (November 17), Guinea retains the lead for Group A in these qualifiers because of the factors within the draw in opposition to Chad (1-1) on Sunday, November 15. Naby Keïta opened the scoring earlier than Ahmat Abdaraman equalized. The nationwide Syli continues to be in an excellent place to qualify.…

Senegal is the primary group to qualify for the ultimate section of the subsequent African Cup of Nations, which is able to happen in early 2022 in Cameroon. With 12 factors, the Senegalese are actually certain to complete in one of many first two locations in Group I, within the qualifier for this "CAN 2021". They acquired the factors they missed by profitable 1-0 on November 15, 2020.…