Category: Sports

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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This has never happened in the history of football to reverse an already crowned title * The Switzerland-based independent body which settles sports-related disputes through arbitration or mediation * This decision is a travesty that rests on no legal basis. We felt that the panel was not there to apply the law, but to carry out an order * I am shocked by this decision, because as a person who sat on the CAF Appeals Board for SIX YEARS,…

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* Why would you pick Under-23 for FIFA recognised games? Dropping in rankings will make us play preliminary games in qualifiers * As Zimbabwe coach Marian Marinica names star-studded squad for the same tournament in Botswana schedule for March 23-31 * While Flames’ coach Kalisto Pasuwa pleads the importance of exposing the team to stronger opposition across the continent * We need to test ourselves against teams from North and West Africa where we know there are very strong…

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