Africa

Three technical brains, who left their footprints on African football throughout the year 2018, started on an equal footing, are in the race for the Coach of the Year 2018 They are Senegalese national team coach, Aliou Cisse, Frenchman Hervé...

The annual CAF Awards enters its 27th edition this year and the Awards Gala will take place for the first time in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. On Tuesday, 8 January 2019; the King of African football will be crowned...

Reigning Player of the Year, Mohamed Salah, his Liverpool club-mate Sadio Mane and 2015 winner, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, have made the top three for the most prestigious individual accolade in African football. A repeat of last year, the three players will...

The Guinea Football Federation (Feguifoot) says it has yet to be told that it will host the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations instead of the 2023 edition. After the Confederation of African Football (Caf) stripped Cameroon of hosting the 2019...

Nigeria Football Federation president Amaju Pinnick is set to meet Victor Moses to discuss his international retirement. The 28-year-old Chelsea winger quit international duty in August to focus on his club career. However he has struggled to break into the plans...

Nigeria's John Mikel Obi is looking for a new club after leaving Chinese Super League side Tianjin Teda by mutual consent with a year left on his deal. The 31-year-old left Chelsea in January 2017 but injuries meant he made...

Gaelle Enganamouit, star of the Cameroon women's side, has opened the nation's first football academy for girls. Her Rails Football Academy is named after the deprived Yaounde area she grew up in called 'Railway'. "I will start with my money and...

The president of the Confederation Africaine de Football is in the Senegalese capital to participate in CAF Awards 2018. Many guests are scheduled to attend the ceremony including the president of Senegal, Macky Sall, the president of Rwanda, Paul Kagame,...

The Guinea Football Federation (Feguifoot) has appointed the mother of Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba as an ambassador for women's football. Yeo Moriba's nomination followed a meeting with Feguifoot President Mamadou Antonio Souare. Souare is hoping that France international Paul and...

Moroccan referee Samir Guezzaz has been appointed as the centre man for the 2018/2019 CAF Confederation playoff first leg tie between Coton Sport and Asante Kotoko in Yaounde. In February this year, Guezzaz officiated the match involving a Ghanaian club...