Many Nigerians nearly missed out on the opportunity to see the Super Eagles lift the trophy in South Africa earlier in the year after the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria and the African Cup of Nations’s television broadcast rights owner were unable to come to an agreement regarding the sale of the rights to show the tournament in the West African country
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The agreement will allow Soccerex to utilise the Confederation’s influence and that of its members, for all of their events in Africa, including this year’s Soccerex Seminar in Lagos between July 11 and 12 and Soccerex African Forum between October 1 and 2, whilst providing a platform for CAF to highlight and contribute to key programmes and subjects that need to be discussed for the good of African football
At pre-match conference on Saturday afternoon, the Nigerian coach declared that Pitroipa will not get any special attention
The decision was taken during the meeting of the CAF Disciplinary Board held on February 8, 2013 in Johannesburg, South Africa
Tunisian referee, Slim Jdidi, has been banned by the Confederation of African Football after his controversial performance in Wednesday’s African Nations Cup semi-final between Burkina Faso and Ghana
This is contrary to the picture painted to Nigerians by the Nigeria Football Federation that Ghead had been sent packing from officiating at the Africa Nations Cup by the Confederation of African Football over the controversial penalty he awarded to Zambia in the closing stages of the Group C match against Nigeria
The dismissal was confirmed in a statement signed by the Assistant Media Director, for the Nigeria Football Federation, Ademola Olajire
Alhaji Muazu Suleiman, the Chairman of the NFF’s referee committee, said CAF should have been circumspect in its choice of Guinean officials since Nigeria defeated the West African country in the second round of the qualifier last month
In the National Team of the Year category, reigning African champions, Zambia, have been nominated along with the team Chipolopolo beat in 2012 AFCON final, Ivory Coast
The company granted the broadcast rights for the competition by the Confederation of African Football, LC2, has therefore warned Nigerian broadcast stations already soliciting for sponsorship for the matches of the Orange African Cup of nations to stop forthwith or face prosecution
Mikel, it is recalled, made it to the list of nominees earlier released by CAF but was not that lucky as he was dropped from the final shortlist
Maigari, a member of the Confederation of African Football Organising Committee for the African Nations Championship, said the action of the Malian FA is inimical to the overall development of football on the continent, adding that the NFF would follow the protest against the eligibility of such clearly over-aged players in a cadet competition to a conclusive end.
The finalists for the U-20 tournament, to be played in Algeria from March 16 to 30, 2013, are already known while the U-17 qualifiers end in the first week of December
Chelsea made a formal complaint against referee Mark Clattenburg after accusing him of using “inappropriate language” to two of their players in the defeat by Manchester United
The draws billed for the International Conference Centre, Durban will kick off by 8.30pm local time while media representatives and other invited guests are expected to be at the venue by 6.30pm