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The Nigeria Football Federation is set to receive $200,000 (NGN77.4M) from the Confederation of Africa Football to help manage the financial fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. CAF announced the measures on Thursday following a meeting via video conference of its...

Enyimba and Enugu Rangers are set for an earlier-than-expected financial windfall from the Confederation of African Football for their participation in the CAF Confederation Cup. A CAF statement said Africa's governing body has started disbursing the final tranche of prize...

Goalkeeper trainer for the Super Eagles, Alloy Agu has weighed in on the furore surrounding national team goalkeeper Daniel Akpeyi whose perceived error in positioning many fans blame for Riyad Mahrez’s last-gasp free-kick winner in Nigeria’s semifinal...

Being a goalkeeper can be a thankless task. Goalkeepers have no hiding place; always in the firing line, their errors tend to be overly amplified and often prove costly making them an easy target for fans’ ire.

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...

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) have decided to postpone the African Nations Championship (CHAN) due to the increasing number of coronavirus cases in Africa according to Nuhu Adams, a Ghanaian sports journalist. The tournament was scheduled to commence from...

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...

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...

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...