CAF

The outlaw

Cyprus-based sports betting operator 1XBet, official betting partner of the African Football Confederation (Caf), PSG and FC Barcelona, is the subject of a criminal complaint from the Moroccan national gambling authority MDJS for operating illegally in the African country.

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17 November, 2023

Et tu, Samuel?

Two years into his tenure as president of the Cameroonian Football Federation, Samuel Eto’o is facing allegations of corruption, cronyism and match-fixing. His administration is being investigated by the Confederation of African Football (Caf) and the police.

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9 October, 2023

Boardroom Blitz

Are we getting closer to a World Cup in Saudi Arabia? The Saudi football federation recently signed a deal with Caf that may have earned them 54 votes in the race to become the host nation in 2030.

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18 May, 2023

“The political dimension is very clear”

“There is something fundamentally wrong with the [Caf] administration”, says Andrew Kamanga, president of the Zambian FA, of the Fifa controlled African confederation.

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9 August, 2022

Running on empty

Since Fifa took control over Caf in 2019, the confederation's economy has collapsed. Now they are on the verge of bankruptcy.

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3 August, 2022

Silence in the ranks

Without offering an explanation, cash-strapped Caf has removed a valid proposal from the Zambian FA to cut costs. The reason why is closely related to Gianni Infantino’s fight for re-election.

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29 July, 2022

Shadowlands

A small Togolese TV network, NWTV, acquired the rights to the 2022 World Cup for 19 African nations, beating long-established rivals in the bidding. How did they manage to get the funds to accomplish this miracle?

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6 June, 2022

The thief and the president

Should a man who attempted to steal 10 million dollars be allowed to stand for the Cosafa presidency?

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13 May, 2022

“We called him Dakota”

For decades Youssouf Ahamada Bachirou was one of the most influential and trusted people in football in Comoros. Despite the fact that it was an open secret he sexually abused teenage boys.

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23 February, 2022

The turn of the screw

African football will long remember 24 May 2021. Early that day, over a dozen CAF employees, many of them senior executives, learnt that they had lost their positions. No warning had been given. No explanation was provided.

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7 June, 2021

The billionaire puppet

New Caf president Patrice Motsepe already has a nickname, “the new puppet of Zürich”. The Caf election demonstrated that African football is no longer in the hands of Caf, but controlled by Gianni Infantino himself.

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16 March, 2021

For a fistful of euros

In July of last year, a top Mauritanian club which had been defrauded by its own FA completed its 4-year long quest for justice when its claims were validated by the Supreme Court. Yet the man at the centre of the scandal, FA president Ahmed Yahya is allowed to stand in CAF presidential elections, with the blessing of Fifa. How can this be possible?

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24 February, 2021

CAF

The outlaw

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Et tu, Samuel?

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Boardroom Blitz

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“The political dimension is very clear”

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Running on empty

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Silence in the ranks

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Shadowlands

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The thief and the president

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“We called him Dakota”

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The turn of the screw

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The billionaire puppet

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For a fistful of euros

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Grounded?

The hot air committee

On the brink

8XBet bites watchdog