A delegation from the Confederation of African Football (CAF), headed by the chairman Ahmad Ahmad, hailed the projects carried out to date and the future plans for the Qatar 2022 World Cup.This came during a reception hosted by the Qatar Football Association today for the CAF delegation at Palazzo at Malaz Kempinski, as the African delegation is paying an official visit to Qatar (22-26 October), which comes in implementation of the cooperation agreement signed between the African
Qatar’s football World Cup 2022 will be a “carbon-neutral” tournament with zero harmful emissions, the country’s environment minister told a sustainability conference on Wednesday.Mohammed bin Abdullah al-Rumaihi said strict standards in design and construction would offset the tournament’s carbon footprint, despite the huge number of infrastructure projects underway in the Gulf emirate.“The Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy has been working on planning and organising
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has hailed Qatar's progress on infrastructure ahead of its 2022 World Cup and says the controversial tournament is poised to be the best one yet during a visit to the next host nation.Qatar's tiny size, high temperatures and lack of ready stadium infrastructure have prompted some to question FIFA's decision to make it host, but the desert state has since launched huge construction projects and promised to complete seven new stadiums
Medeama and Asante Kotoko will represent Ghana in next season's CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup respectively, the local media reports on Friday.The Normalisation Committee of the Ghana Football Association has granted the request by the two clubs.The two Ghanaian clubs finally have their wish to represent the powerful West African nation in Africa's inter-club club competition next season which starts next month.Both clubs petitioned to the interim Ghana FA
Ghana's national U-17 female team, the Black Maaidens will be based in Uruguay's capital city Montevideo for the world cup next month.The Black Maidens have been drawn in group A of the World Cup with host Uruguay, Finland and New Zealand with all their games scheduled for the capital city.Montevideo, Uruguay’s capital, is a major city along Montevideo Bay. It revolves around the Plaza de la Independencia, once home to a Spanish citadel.Ghana begin her campaign against
Former Ghana midfielder Michael Essien has eulogized FC Barcelona midfield sensation Arthur Melo, claiming that the Brazilian's arrival has suffice the loss of Andres Iniesta.Iniesta retired from international football after the World cup, which also marked his last season with Barcelona, after the player chose to move to Japan to play for Vissel Kobe.Barcelona bought Arthur in the summer transfer window for 40 million euros, including add-ons, and Essien feels the player has
The visiting high level delegation of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) yesterday witnessed the ongoing work of the Education City Stadium - one of the stadium to be used for Qatar's hosting of the 2022 World Cup.The stadium is of big interest to the CAF delegation as it is one of the venues to be deconstructed after the World Cup to be donated to developing countries which means an African country could benefit from the benevolence of the Qataris.The CAF delegation
The President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Ahmad Ahmad has led the first delegation of African FA Presidents to Qatar to explore opportunities in their partnership with the Qatar Football Association (QFA).The high level delegation of CAF met with President of the Qatar Football Association (QFA) Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani on Wednesday to also discuss matters relating to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.CAF President Ahmad was leading the first
The FIFA Council has voiced its opposition to plans to play a La Liga game in the United States insisting the match will not be approved by the world governing body.La Liga officials want Barcelona to play Girona in Florida on Jan. 26 but the proposal would need approval from the Spanish and American football federations, plus continental bodies UEFA and CONCACAF.Speaking after a meeting of the council in Rwanda on Friday, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said it had backed the principle
President Dr Kofi Amoah says the Normalisation Committee will consider Asante Kotoko petition to play in Africa.The Porcupine Warriors have quoted portions of the CAF Statutes and Regulations explaining why they should represent the country in the CAF Confederation Cup.At a stakeholders' meeting last Friday, a decision was taken to bar Ghanaian clubs from playing in the continent's inter-clubs competition due to the ongoing reforms in Ghana.Kotoko claim they are the defending
AshantiGold CEO Fred Acheampong says the club respect the decision to boycott CAF's inter-clubs competition for the 2018/2019 season. Last week, the Normalisation Committee met owners and administrators and it was there the unanimously agreed not to have any Ghanaian club in Africa.But Asante Kotoko and Medeama have in the past days appealed that decision and called on the ad hoc body in-charge of football in the countryAshantiGold, who ended the first half of the suspended
Ghana youth international Kwame Baah is available on a free transfer after leaving Premier League side Inter Allies. The 20-year-old decided to look for opportunities elsewhere after spending three seasons with the La-based side.GHANASoccernet.com understands his contract expired in September.Baah played a total of 36 matches and kept 17 clean sheets.He was member of the Ghana U20 team which played at the 2005 FIFA U20 World Cup in New Zealand.
South Africa coach Simphiwe Dludlu has announced her final squad for next month’s Fifa U-17 Women’s World Cup to be staged in Uruguay.Bantwana coach Simphiwe Dludlu on Thursday, named her final 21-member South Africa’s National U-17 Women’s squad that will represent South Africa at the forthcoming 2018 FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup scheduled for Uruguay from 13 November to 1 December.The Bantwana coach admitted that it was not an easy process to trim the squad to 21 since
Ghana FA presidential hopeful Wilfred Osei Kwaku has become a target of wicked propaganda even before the race heats up - to give credence to widespread suspicion that he is the biggest threat to his competitors. The ruthless propaganda is being orchestrated by some presidential hopefuls, who are using some journalists as cannon fodder to smear the hard won reputation of the highly-respected football administrator, Ghana's leading football website, GHANAsoccernet.com understands.The
Ghana FA presidential hopeful Wilfred Osei Kwaku has become a target of wicked propaganda even before the race heats up - to give credence to widespread suspicion that he is the biggest threat to his competitors. The ruthless propaganda is being orchestrated by some presidential hopefuls, who are using some journalists as cannon fodder to smear the hard won reputation of the highly-respected football administrator, Ghana's leading football website, GHANAsoccernet.com understands.The
Orlando Pirates coach Milutin Sredojevic says they would be ready to face Kaizer Chiefs even if Amakhosi were given special permission to sign Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. 'Micho', in fact, says he would like to face the strongest Chiefs side and is hoping the likes of Leonardo Castro and Khama Billiat will be available to play at FNB Stadium on Saturday.He will not buy into the story that the Glamour Boys have a depleted side going into the Derby."We are
Just six countries moved up five places or more on October's Fifa world rankings, five of those are from Africa.Namibia and Zimbabwe both gained seven places overall while Egypt, Madagascar and Burundi all moved up six spots.The movements all come after October's back-to-back Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.Gibraltar were the biggest movers in October moving eight places after their first-ever international wins.Egypt are now 58 in the world, Madagascar 100, Namibia 109,
Enugu Rangers coach Gbenga Ogunbote has lauded Nana Bonsu's heroics in their 2018 Aiteo Cup final against Kano Pillars.Rangers coach, Gbenga Ogunbote said his side deserve to win on the night.His side came back from the dead to level up at 3-3 against Kano Pillars in the final played at the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba, Delta State on Wednesday.They went on to win 4-3 on penalties at the Stephen Keshi Stadium in Asaba on Wednesday evening.“We stepped it up then and I think
Former Manchester United youth coach Francisco Filho has been sacked as the head coach of Mauritius after 15 months in charge.Local coach Akbar Patel returns to take over for a fourth stint in charge of the national team.Despite winning just three games from 13 the country's sports minister Stephan Toussaint said the Brazilian was not sacked due to results alone."It is not a question whether we are satisfied or not of his performance but rather I think the formula used
Uncle T Stars founder and owner Isaac Tetteh thinks clubs in Ghana must be financially compensated by government after the suspension of football activities.The government decided to close down the Ghana Football Association after the airing of an investigative piece by journalist Anas Armeyaw Anas where some referees and officials were captured taking bribes.''We the clubs have been going through a lot of challenges in the absence of the league since June so the government
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