Holders Senegal get comfortable draw for Cup of Nations qualifiers
JOHANNESBURG: African champions Senegal were handed a regulation draw for the Cup of Nations group qualifiers that kick off in June.
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Bafana Bafana draw Morocco and Zimbabwe in 2023 Afcon qualifiers
Bafana Bafana was drawn alongside Morocco, neighbours Zimbabwe and Liberia in the 2023 African Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifiers for the tournament taking place in the Ivory Coast in May and June next year.
South African military deployed to flood-ravaged province
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Raja Casablanca calls on CAF to investigate ‘scandal’ after Champions League loss to Al-Ahly in Cairo
RIYADH: Raja Casablanca of Morocco have called on the Confederation of African Football to open an urgent investigation into what it described as a refereeing “scandal” during its CAF Champions League quarter-final first-leg loss to Al-Ahly of Egypt on Saturday.
Super Eagles to know opponents on Tuesday
Three-time champions and four-time runners-up, Nigeria, will know their group opponents when the draw for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification series is staged at the SuperSport Studio in Johannesburg, South Africa on Tuesday evening. The event will commence at 6.30 pm Nigeria time (which is 7.30pm in South Africa).
Crowd of 60 000 awaits Orlando Pirates in Dar es Salaam
Ghanaians Bernard Morrison and Richard Ofori could play pivotal roles when Simba of Tanzania host Orlando Pirates of South Africa on Sunday in a CAF Confederation Cup quarter-final first leg.
It’s time to make changes in our football – Fuludu
[FILES] Super Eagles players (Photo by Daniel BELOUMOU OLOMO / AFP)
Qatar 2022 ‘door open’ to Chelsea’s Ziyech: Morocco federation chief
RABAT: Morocco’s national team would still welcome Chelsea attacker Hakim Ziyech, the head of its football federation said Wednesday, despite a dispute with the national coach before the kingdom qualified for the 2022 World Cup.“The doors of the national team are open to all Moroccan players, regardless of their differences,” Fouzi Lekjaa said during a federation board meeting.Ziyech had in February ruled himself out of playing for his country again after coach Vahid Halilhodzic omitted the 28-year-old for an Africa Cup of Nations game, reproaching him for indiscipline.But Lekjaa said Wednesday that “nobody can stop a Moroccan player playing for the national team, whether it’s Ziyech, (right back Noussair) Mazraoui or anyone else.”He said he would discuss this “personal conviction” with Halilhodzic on the coach’s return from holidays later this month.Halilhodzic, a former Nantes and Paris Saint-Germain player, had said that Ziyech “lacks respect” and could “blow up the team.”Despite leading the team to qualifying for next year’s World Cup in Qatar, Halilhodzic has been criticized in Morocco for his strategic choices and rumors have circulated of his possible departure.Lekjaa said Wednesday that the Bosnian-French 69-year-old “is currently the trainer of the national team...