By David Ochieng Mbewa The quarterfinal stage of the 2020 Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) gets underway later on Saturday as the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced the introduction of the use of Video Assistant Referee (VAR) during the knockout phase of the competition. The first quarterfinal, where VAR will be first used in this year’s…
By David Ochieng Mbewa The captain of Ghana’s national women’s football team Elizabeth Addo joined United States’ National Women Soccer League (NWSL) side North Carolina Courage from Cypriot side Apollon Limassol on a one-year contract with the option of an additional year. North Carolina Courage head coach Paul Riley welcomed the signing of Addo whom he described…
By XINHUA The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has banned two Football Kenya Federation (FKF) officials for six months after they were found guilty of delaying COVID-19 testing during the country’s 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Comoros in November 2020. Barry Otieno, the FKF chief executive officer, and Ronny Oyando, the national team manager,…
By AFP Cameroonian Salomon Banga set a trend of defenders scoring Wednesday as his country and Mali moved closer to the African Nations Championship (CHAN) quarter-finals, Burkina Faso remained in contention and Zimbabwe were eliminated. In a dramatic start to the top-of-the-table Group A clash in Yaounde centre-back Banga put hosts Cameroon ahead and Mali right-back…
By David Ochieng Mbewa The Democratic Republic of Congo began its quest for a third Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) title with a narrow 1-0 win against Congo in their Group B opener at the Japoma Stadium in Douala on Sunday. The only goal of the game was scored by Chico Kubanza two minutes into the second…
By David Ochieng Mbewa Burkina Faso’s Hugues Fabrice Zango made history on Saturday by setting a new indoor triple jump world record of 18.07m at a meeting in Aubiere, France. The African record holder in both both indoors and outdoors events made the jump with his sixth and final effort. The previous indoor world record of 17.92m…
By David Ochieng Mbewa The fixture list and schedule for Pakistan Women’s limited-overs tour of South Africa was confirmed by Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Monday. The tour, which will begin on January 20, features three ODIs and as many T20s with all matches confirmed as day matches due to the current curfew in force across…
By David Ochieng Mbewa Nigeria’s Rivers United F.C. and South Africa’s Bloemfontein Celtic will play their rearranged Confederation Cup second preliminary round second leg fixture on the weekend of January 22-24, the South African Football Association (SAFA) confirmed. The game was initially due to be played on January 6 in Port Harcourt but did not take…
By XINHUA Host Cameroon has issued COVID-19 guidelines for African Nations Championship (CHAN) that will kick off in the country in a week. “In a bid to respect the COVID-19 protocol established by CAF and FIFA, CAF and Cameroon have agreed on the rate of occupation of stadiums during the competition as follows: 25 per cent…
By David Ochieng Mbewa South African clubs Mamelodi Sundowns and Kaizer Chiefs booked their places in this season’s CAF Champions League group stage following victories over their respective opponents in the preliminary round second legs on Tuesday. Sundowns outclassed Botswana’s Jwaneng Galaxy 3-1 at the Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium in Pretoria with goals from Kermit Erasmus,…
