The 26th African Cup of Nations 2008
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Almost all the foreign components of the national under-20 team, the Black Satellites, have arrived in the country to begin preparations for the African Championship in Rwanda next January. The bulk of the players arrived Monday ahead of the camping which was originally scheduled to begin that day for which reason it had to be rescheduled to De ... Read more
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Sunday, December 07, 2008 |
 Senegal will play host to its first Confederation of African Football (CAF) Awards on January 23, according to the African football ruling body. The annual awards have already been staged in South Africa, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana and Togo. According to the CAF website, Egyptian strikers Mohamed Aboutrika and Amr Zaki lead a short l ... Read more |
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Monday, December 01, 2008 |
 Cameroonian Issa Hayatou will be re-elected president of the African Football Confederation (Caf) next year, after standing unopposed. No other nominations were received for Hayatou's post, a Caf statement confirmed. The 62-year-old will be officially confirmed in the job for another four years at Caf's Congress in Lagos, Nigeria ... Read more |
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008 |
 LIONS WANT TO ROAR Caf Champions League campaigners, Heart of Lions, have submitted a list of 25 players to the continental football body ahead of next year's preliminary qualifying round. The list includes nine new players who joined the Kpando-based side this term. Lions placed second last season, 16 points behind champions, Asante ... Read more |
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008 |
 KOTOKO READY FOR AFRICA Asante Kotoko have named striker Louis Agyemang in the 28-man squad submitted to Caf for the Champions League qualifiers in the New Year despite failing to train with the club. The former Kaizer Chiefs forward move to the Porcupine Warriors have developed cold feet after he received a dud-cheque of US$ 56,000. A ... Read more |
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Friday, November 21, 2008 |
 Adebayor has excelled this season Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o believes Arsenal star Emmanuel Adebayor should win this year's Africa Player of the Year award. The Cameroon international is vying with Adebayor for the award after both players as well as Didier Drogba were shortlisted for their performances for both club and country. Togo i ... Read more |
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Friday, November 07, 2008 |
 KOTOKO PAY FOR FANS ACTIONS Asante Kotoko have been slapped with a two-match home ban and a US$ 15,000 fine by Caf after troubles marred their Confederation Cup match against Tunisian side Etoile du Sahel early last month. Fans of the club physically assaulted Africa's top referee Coffie Codjia after the 2-2 draw game in Kumasi. Caf ... Read more |
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Friday, November 07, 2008 |
 A POWERFUL Delegation from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the Federation International de Football Association (FIFA) is in Ghana to inspect stadia and hotel facilities for upcoming events in 2009 and 2010. Sources close to the Ghana Football Association (GFA) indicated that the secretariat received at short notice a request la ... Read more |
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Friday, October 31, 2008 |
 FAISAL ARE SEEKING FA INTERFERENCE The founder of Ghanaian Premier League side, King Faisal, Alhaji Gruzah, is demanding US$ 18,000 from Caf for qualifying to the money zone of the 2005 Confederation Cup. The amount is a remainder of the US$ 150,000 dollars due the club for placing second in the Group. The Kumasi-based side mi ... Read more |
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008 |
 Essien is vying for the top award For the first time the Confederation of African football (CAF) will hand out cash prizes to the winners of the continental body's annual awards. The move is part of Caf's efforts to entice Africa's top players to attend the event which has been snubbed by several player in the past. Last year's event was ma ... Read more |
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Monday, October 20, 2008 |
 The Confederation of African football (CAF) is expected to roll out a financial package for prospective winners at this year's Glo-CAF Awards event. The package, the first ever in the history of the annual event is part of efforts by the continent's soccer controlling body towards giving the awards scheme a new and enticing look. Su ... Read more |
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008 |
 Injured Ghanaian international star, Michael Essien has been short listed for the 2008 Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) Best Player Award. Essien currently nursing an injury that has taken him out of action until December is among five of the players short listed for the award at the event slated later for the year. This is the third ti ... Read more |
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008 |
 CAF WANTS TO GET TOUGH The Confederation of African Football has written to Ghana Football Association demanding a confirmation of attacks on referee Coffie Codja in Kotoko's Confederation Cup match against Etoile in Kumasi. The match commissioner's reports sent to the continent's football governing body incriminates Kotoko fans for assault ... Read more |
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Tuesday, October 07, 2008 |
 Former Chairman of the Ghana Football Association, Lepowura Alhaji M ND Jawula, says he is still appalled at the standard of refereeing in the country and is now prompted to express his misgivings to the continental soccer governing authority, the Confederation of African Football, (CAF). Lepowura Jawula, who is an executive member of CAF, ... Read more |
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Monday, October 06, 2008 |
 Kotoko fans are accused of violence Ghana 's giants Asante Kotoko are facing a lengthy ban from continental competition after fans of the club physically assaulted Africa 's top referee Coffie Codjia on Saturday during a Confederation Cup game in Kumasi . Tunisian side Etoile du Sahel and their players are also unlikely to be spared ... Read more |
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Friday, October 03, 2008 |
 JORDAN HAS BEEN KEY IN KOTOKO MIDFIELD The Confederation of African Football has declared Asante Kotoko midfielder,Jordan Opoku,eligible for Saturday's Confederation Cup match at the Baba Yara Stadium. There was confusion over Opoku's availability after some radio stations in Kumasi claimed the player will sit out due to yellow card ... Read more |
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008 |
 Poor away record has sent Kumasi Asante Kotoko back to bottom placing in Group B of the CAF Confederation Cup just a week after claiming top position. Consequently, fans are demanding a proactive direction that would see the club address the abysmal away showing. "This is not a typical Asante Kotoko team", a furious supporter of the club at ... Read more |
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