Cameroon's Hayatou Ousted As CAF President
The president of the Madagascar Football Association, Ahmad Ahmad has defeated long-serving CAF President Issa Hayatou in the CAF elections held at the Africa Union Plenary Hall in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
CAF elects new president.
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Africa:
African Football Can't Be Managed by Bandits, Says New CAF President
Premium Times, 16 March 2017
Issa Hayatou's 29-year reign as head of the Confederation of African Football came to an end Thursday, after Madagascar's Ahmad Ahmad beat him in CAF's presidential election. Read more »
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Africa:
CAF Gets New President - Issa Hayatou Defeated After 29 Years
Premium Times, 16 March 2017
Madagascar's Ahmad Ahmad has emerged the new president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Read more »
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Africa:
Hayatou Seeks 8th Term As CAF President
Zambia Reports, 16 March 2017
The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has only ever had five presidents in its 60-year history and the last time a new leader was appointed was way back in 1988. Read more »
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Kenya:
Mwendwa Coy Over CAF Elections
Nation, 16 March 2017
Football Kenya Federation President Nick Mwendwa has remained tight lipped on his preferred candidate for the Confederation of African Football presidency. Read more »
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Africa:
CAF Election - Who Is Ghana Football Backing?
Daily Observer, 15 March 2017
As the Confederation of African Football (CAF) goes to the polls on Thursday (tomorrow) to choose a new CAF president, which candidate is The Gambia Football Federation (GFF)… Read more »
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Nigeria:
CAF Elections - Pinnick Aims High As Ahmad Dares Hayatou in Crucial Polls
Premium Times, 16 March 2017
The politicking of the past months by ambitious football officials aiming for posts in Africa's soccer ruling body, CAF, has ended and the frantic wait is now to know who emerges… Read more »
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Africa:
Wily Hayatou All but Assured of Yet Another CAF Presidency
Nation, 15 March 2017
Cameroonian septuagenarian Issa Hayatou is once again favourite to win the Confederation of African Football presidency when the continental body holds its polls in Addis Ababa… Read more »