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Algeria Want to Replace Guinea as 2025 Cup of Nations Hosts

Algeria football boss Zefizef Djahid said on Saturday his country will bid to stage the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) after original choice Guinea were stripped of the hosting rights. Speaking during the African Nations Championship (CHAN) draw ceremony at an Algiers opera house, he announced that "Algeria will…

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Algeria want to replace Guinea as 2025 Cup of Nations hosts

Johannesburg (AFP) - Algeria football boss Zefizef Djahid said on Saturday his country will bid to stage the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) after original choice Guinea were stripped of the hosting rights.

AFP

'Consistent, fair' pledge in hunt for new 2025 Cup of Nations host

Algiers (AFP) - A "fair and consistent" process was promised Saturday in the race to replace Guinea as hosts of the 2025 African Cup of Nations.

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Guinea removed as host of 2025 African Cup in latest switch

The African soccer confederation has removed Guinea as host of the 2025 African Cup of Nations because of inadequate infrastructure

The Independent UK

Chilean Allende grabs winner for South African leaders Sundowns

Johannesburg (AFP) - Chilean Marcelo Allende scored in added time to snatch a 1-0 win for Mamelodi Sundowns over AmaZulu on Sunday in a dogged South African Premiership duel.

AFP

African football head criticised for visiting Gabon FA president in jail

Alleged victims and Fifpro have criticised the head of African football’s governing body for publicly supporting the president of the Gabon’s football federation, who has been accused of covering up widespread sexual abuse.

The Guardian - UK

CAF launches new Super League to boost clubs

Nairobi (AFP) - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Wednesday launched a new lucrative $100 million Super League aimed at injecting financial muscle to the cash-strapped clubs on the continent.

AFP

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Cash-strapped African clubs eagerly await Super League riches

Johannesburg (AFP) - African football supremo Patrice Motsepe will launch in Tanzania on Wednesday a CAF Super League, with promises of a $100 million (98 million euros) prize fund for cash-strapped clubs.

AFP

Africa Cup of Nations postponed to 2024

African football bosses have announced a rescheduling of the next Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d'Ivoire.

Radio France Internationale

AFCON news: Tournament delayed by six months as African Super League creation confirmed

The African Football Confederation have moved the dates of the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations tournament to January 2024.

Evening Standard

CAF president Motsepe 'reassured' by Ivory Coast's AFCON preparations

Abidjan (AFP) - The Confederation of African Football president, Patrice Motsepe, said he was "reassured" by the progress made by the Ivory Coast on a visit to the next Africa Cup of Nations hosts on Monday.

AFP

African football’s indecisive leaders must accept the blame for Olembe tragedy

Caf cannot sit above the carnage and casually brush off responsibility nor become Gianni Infantino’s Fifa plaything

The Guardian - UK

Burkina Faso: Pro-junta protesters rally in Ouagadougou after coup

In tonight's edition: Pro-junta protesters rally in Ouagadougou a day after a military takeover in Burkina Faso. Also, the head of the Confederation of African Football, Patrice Motsepe, blames Monday's fatal crush at the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon on an inexplicably closed gate. And Zimbabwe's main opposition leader…

France 24

African football boss blames closed gate for Cup of Nations tragedy

Yaoundé (AFP) - African football supremo Patrice Motsepe says an "inexplicable" decision to keep an entry gate closed was responsible for the deadly crush which killed eight people before an Africa Cup of Nations match in Cameroonian capital Yaounde on Monday.

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Africa Cup of Nations match moved from venue where eight killed in crush

Yaoundé (AFP) - The Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final due to be played at the Olembe Stadium in Yaounde will be switched to another venue after Monday's deadly crush, African football supremo Patrice Motsepe revealed and called for an investigation into the tragedy.

The Independent UK

Afcon stadium crush caused by ‘inexplicable’ gate closure, CAF president confirms

Patrice Motsepe has called for an immediate investigation into the incident in Cameroon which left a number of people dead and many more injured

AFP

AFCON quarter-final moved to another stadium after deadly crush

Yaoundé (AFP) - The Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final due to be played at the Olembe Stadium in Yaounde will be switched to another stadium after Monday's tragedy left eight people dead, African football supremo Patrice Motsepe said.

Radio France Internationale

Fan stampede kills at least eight and injures dozens before Cameroon game

At least eight people including two children died and 38 were injured - several seriously - after a stampede outside the Olembé Stadium in Yaoundé just before the last-16 Cup of Nations clash between Cameroon and Comoros.

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