Full Fixtures: 2026 FIFA World Cup CAF qualifiers this week
The following are the World Cup qualifying fixtures in Africa for Matchday Six of the 2026 FIFA World Cup CAF qualifiers.
CAF Sport News
Rivers United, Rangers, Ikorodu City lead chase for CAF tickets as Remo Stars inch close to first title
The battle for the 2024/25 Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL) crown is almost over with Remo Stars having established an eight-point lead in the race for the title.
‘FIFA Council Elections a victory for Arab solidarity’
Stakeholders in Nigerian football have described the recent election to decide Africa’s representatives in the FIFA Council held in Cairo, Egypt as a victory for Arab solidarity as candidates from Arab countries took five seats out of the seven allotted to Africa. This left only CAF President, Patrice Motsepe, and Niger Republic’s Djibrilla Hima Hamidou as the only Africans from outside the Arab bloc in the new FIFA Council.
“I can only thank God for how far he has taken me, says Pinnick
•Commends Tinubu, Dikko, Gusau for ‘massive’ support
Motsepe re-elected unopposed as CAF President, Pinnick lose
Dr. Patrice Motsepe has been re-elected unopposed as President of the Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) for a second four-year term.
Pinnick tipped for another term as Motsepe retains CAF seat unopposed
Nigeria’s Amaju Melvin Pinnick is highly favoured to retain his seat as a member of the 37-person FIFA Council – the supreme governing organ for world football – when elections are conducted at the 14th Extraordinary General Assembly of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Cairo, Egypt, today.
CAF EGA: Pinnick, nine others battle for five FIFA council seats
Nigeria’s Amaju Melvin Pinnick is among the candidates vying to retain his seat on the FIFA Council as elections take place at the 14th Extraordinary General Assembly of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in Cairo, Egypt, on Wednesday.
CAS rules in Eto’s favour to contest in CAF elections
Four-times African Footballer of the Year Samuel Eto’o has won the right to be included on the list of candidates for the Confederation of African Football’s elective congress next week after initially being ruled out of the contest.