Africa

Professional football in England will remain suspended until 30 April at the earliest as the scourge of coronavirus continues unabated. The Premier League, English Football League and Football Association have, however, committed to concluding the 2019/2020 season after they amended...

The 2020 African Nations Championship (CHAN) has been postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic. The tournament, meant only for players based in domestic leagues, had been scheduled to take place in Cameroon between 4 and 25 April 2020. Cameroon which...

Nigeria's 2021 AFCON qualifiers against Sierra Leone has been called off after the Confederation of African Football (CAF) cancelled upcoming qualifiers for the 2021 Men's Africa Cup of Nations and the 2020 Women's Africa Cup of Nations because of the...

The 50,000 capacity Japoma Stadium in Douala, Cameroon will host the first-ever one-off CAF Champions League final in May the Confederation of Africa Football has announced. The 2019/2020 Champions League final will be the first to be staged in a...

Sellas Tetteh has resigned as head coach of Sierra Leone two weeks before the Leone Stars take on Nigeria in a 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier doubleheader. Ghanaian website GHANAsoccernet.com reports that Tettey resigned for personal reasons and with...

The Confederation of African Football says all its competitions will go ahead as scheduled despite the escalating spread of the coronavirus. Africa's football-ruling body in a statement on its website said since no African country "has been declared a high risk" by...

The Gambia head coach Tom Saintfiet wants this month's 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Gabon postponed as he cannot call up seven key Italy-based players due to the coronavirus outbreak. Italy - the worst affected country by the...

Rwanda will not be participating in any international sports competition following an order from the country's Ministry of Sports in a bid to close all inroads for the coronavirus. The Ministry instructed all sports association to suspend all plans to...

Nigerian champions Enyimba crashed out of the CAF Confederation Cup following a 3-1 aggregate defeat to Guinean side Horoya AC on Sunday. Simeon Bolaji Sakin and Boubacar Samassekou scored either side of halftime to condemn the Nigerians to a 2-0...

It appears a peculiar jinx that prevents clubs from winning the CAF Champions League three consecutive times remains as strong as ever as Tunisian side Esperance became the latest club to feel its effects this weekend. The reigning champions who...