CAF Condoles NFF, Nigerians On Keshi’s Death

CAF Condoles NFF, Nigerians On Keshi’s Death

Adeboye   20:01:00   No comments:

CAF President, Issa Hayatou, on Wednesday condoled with the President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, and Nigerians on the death of former Super Eagles Coach, Stephen Keshi.

This is contained in a statement on the association’s website.

Hayatou expressed his “dismay” and “immense sadness” at the sudden death of the former Nigeria international.

He paid glowing tribute to the deceased, who emerged as the only African coach to have qualified two African teams to the World Cup – Togo in 2006 and Nigeria in 2014.

“’His other enviable record is being the only African trainer to have steered a team to the Second Round of the FIFA World Cup, with Nigeria at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

“He had achieved the same feat as a player with the Super Eagles at their maiden participation at the Mundial in 1994, in USA.

“’The CAF President conveyed the condolences on his own behalf, the CAF Executive Committee and African football family on the demise of Keshi, who was a jewel to his family, friends and the Nigerian football family, who are badly affected.

“This is a man, who was twice winner of the Africa Cup of Nations with Nigeria; in 1994 as captain and in 2013 as a coach, with the latter earning him the distinction of Coach of the Year at the Glo-CAF Awards,” the statement read.

Read More

Egypt Match: CAF Fines, Warns Nigeria

Egypt Match: CAF Fines, Warns Nigeria

Adeboye   17:03:00   No comments:

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has slammed Nigeria with a fine over two offences committed during an AFCON qualifier against Egypt in Kaduna in March.

CAF found Nigeria culpable of not providing adequate security at the Ahamdu Bello Stadium and the country was also guilty of spectators over packed at the same venue.

The Africa soccer ruling body on Monday said Nigeria will be paying a $5,000 fine for the two offences; warning that in case a similar incident occurs, further sanctions will be applied

Recall that on March 29, the NFF, in partnership with the Kaduna State Government threw the gates to the Ahmadu Bello Stadium in Kaduna thus leading to over 50, 000 spectators cramming into the 15, 000-capacity stadium.

There were ugly scenes of fans clinging to the flood lights, scoreboard and the camera stands in the stadium.

Disappointingly, the game ended in a 1-1 draw with Mohammed Salah scoring a late equaliser for the Pharaohs and having failed to win the return leg in Alexandria the hopes of a place at the next Cup of Nations in Gabon for Nigeria was effectively extinguished.

Read More

CAF Bans, Fines Chad $20,000; Only Group G Winners Qualify Now

CAF Bans, Fines Chad $20,000; Only Group G Winners Qualify Now

Adeboye   22:55:00   No comments:

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) have banned cash-strapped Chad from the 2019 AFCON after they pulled out of the qualifying tournament for 2017 AFCON and they will also pay a fine of $20,000.
The ban and fine are contained in Article 59.
CAF also announced that as a result of their withdrawal, only one team will now qualify from Group G, which has Nigeria, Egypt and Tanzania.
No team in this group will be considered for one of the two best losers slots.
This was based on a decision taken by the CAF executive committee on January 15, 2015,that any group where a team withdraw and there are now only three teams, only the winners can qualify for the final tournament.
All the results involving Chad have also been annulled as stipulated by Article 61.
The standings in the group is now as follows – Egypt on top with four points, Nigeria second on two points and Tanzania with a point, reports africanfootball.com

Read More