Category: Sports

* To be played in Buenos Aires on Tuesday, March 31 that coincides with the 4-Nations set for March 28-31 * Malawi and Zambia meet on Saturday as Botswana date Zimbabwe on the same day while 3rd-place playoff and the final is set for Tuesday, March 31 * When the world champions come calling, you answer — it is an opportunity we simply cannot pass up By Duncan Mlanjira Zambia, who date Malawi Flames in the opening match of…

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* Join Morocco’s RS Berkane & FAR Rabat and Tunisia’s Esperance Sportive de Tunis for the semifinal * RS Berkane beat Sudan’s Al-Hilal in stoppage time, FAR Rabat knock out title holders Pyramids as Esperance stun Egypt’s Al Ahly Maravi Express South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns, the only side left representing Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) in the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Champions League, held their nerve under intense pressure against Stade Malien away in Bamako, Mali,…

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* The Board is represented by officials from different regions of the continent chaired by Nigeria’s High Court judge Roli Daibo Harriman * The others are from Cape Verde (vice-president), Tunisia, Togo, Namibia, Mauritania, Djibouti and DR Congo * As CAF president maintains that the appeal board took its decision independently and was made up of “some of the most respected lawyers on the continent” By Duncan Mlanjira The nine-member panel of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Appeal…

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The referee blowing the whistle to end 90 minutes just after Morocco missed the penalty * Once play is allowed to continue and the match is completed, the result obtained on the field must stand * Under the applicable rules of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), match officials have full authority during the game * I call on  the court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) and other relevant authorities to move decisively so that this travesty does not…

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Morocco football federation’s president (right) is Motsepe’s (left) vice-president in CAF * How this matter ends will undoubtedly be a defining moment for the five-year presidency of Patrice Motsepe — judging from the mood within the African football community * Which is yet to recover from the unacceptable and inexplicable postponement of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, which he promised would take place in Morocco on time * The South African billionaire is on an extremely sticky credibility…

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* While the disputes will likely take many months to settle in CAS, no statement from a governing body or some corporate boardroom can rewrite what happened after the final whistle in January * Soccer is and should always be played on the pitch. Any attempts to change that will only cause more people to turn away from the game that the world fell in love with Analysis by Ben Church, CNN It was 59 days ago that Senegal…

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