Hasan Bility, who is from Liberia and a CAF executive committee member for last two years, said he will ask the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport to declare invalid the agreement by which FIFA secretary general Fatma Samoura will be sent on a secondment to overhaul the African governing body.
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Amaju Pinnick, the President of Nigeria Football Federation, has been removed from his position as First Vice-President of the Confederation of African Football.
Pinnick, who has served in the position since July 2018, has now been replaced by South Africa’s Danny Jordaan
FIFA last month took the unprecedented move of announcing it would jointly administer African football with CAF and would send its Senegalese Secretary-General, Fatma Samoura, on a ninth-month secondment to overhaul the African body.
The finals of Africa’s two international club competitions will each be played in one single match in future rather than over two legs as at present, an official said on Wednesday.
It is the first meeting of CAF’s 54-member associations since allegations of fraud and sexual harassment were levelled against CAF president Ahmad Ahmad in April.
Separately, an investigation by the BBC can reveal that Mr Ahmad received two sets of expenses, claiming to be in two different countries, for the same nine-day period during the 2018 World Cup.
In a statement issued on Thursday, CAF stated that the rankings of teams would serve as one of the key elements to determine the fate of every country.
The National Chairperson, Nigeria Eagles Supporters Club, Bunmi Ogunfunwa, on Saturday said that the Super Eagles were missing the supporters club at the ongoing African Cup of Nations in Egypt due to visa hitch.
Ighalo, who came in as a substitute for Paul Onuachu in the 73rd minute, netted the decisive strike four minutes later.
Felix Owolabi, an ex-international, on Friday described the decision of world football governing body FIFA to take over the affairs of CAF as an embarrassment to the continent.
Zimbabwe players are threatening to boycott the opening game of the Africa Cup of Nations against hosts Egypt because they claim they have not been paid.
After the shambles surrounding the use of VAR at Confederation of Afric an Football’s Champions League final, the confederation has chosen Mediapro as the provider responsible for VAR at the African Cup of Nations that runs June 21 to July 19.
The Confederation of African Football has warned countries participating in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations finals to brace up to the possibility of playing in high temperatures.
A drastic and dramatic overhaul of African football is expected to be announced on Thursday, the eve of the kickoff of the African Cup of Nations, in the wake of corruption scandals consuming the Confederation of African Football.
With only a few days to the commencement of the biennial tournament in Egypt, FIFA was said to have issued an ultimatum to all stakeholders in Mali ahead of their general meeting scheduled for June 15.
CAF President Ahmad Ahmad have been reportedly put under house arrest in France over financial crime allegations.
The person said the African Football Confederation president was detained for questioning on Thursday morning in the French capital
The President of the Confederation of African Football, Ahmad Ahmad, has been accused of multiple charges of sexual harassment from both CAF staffers and consultants brought in to work on the continental football body’s events.
The Executive Bureau of the Confederation of African Football has named Morocco’s Mouad Hajji as CAF’s new Secretary-General.