by FSL News | 2 Feb, 2021 | African News, Sport News
- Syli National of Guinea has been excellent throughout this year’s African Nations Championship in Cameroon but will face a strong test against Mali on Wednesday.
- Morlaye Sylla scored the only goal against Rwanda as the Guineans booked a semi-final date with their francophone – the contest will be played at the Japoma Stadium in Douala.
The competition is exclusively for home-based players trading in their various leagues.
The winner will face either host Cameroon, or holders Morocco, who keeps their title defence alive.
Morocco beat Zambia 3-1 on Sunday for a semi-final place while the hosts team Cameroon down DR Congo 2-1.
Earlier on Saturday, Mali won 5-4 on penalties as the first team to reach the tournament semi-finals against Congo after a goalless 90 minutes draw.
The final will be played in Yaounde on February 7th.
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by FSL News | 30 Jan, 2021 | African News, Sport News
- Madagascar’s Ahmad has been dramatically restored as Confederation of African Football (Caf) president following a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas), BBC Sports reports
- Ahmad was banned by Fifa in November for five years after football’s world governing body found him to have breached several of its ethics codes
The Malagasy – who will now resume his role as a Fifa vice-president – appealed his decision at Cas, which issued a preliminary ruling on Friday.
Ahmad is still ineligible to contest Caf’s presidential elections in March however since the Cas decision came after both the Caf’s Governance Committee and Fifa’s Review Committee met earlier this week to discuss the eligibility of candidates.
Cas says it will hear Ahmad’s appeal in full on 2 March, with a decision issued before the Caf presidential elections on 12 March.
“Due to a risk of irreparable harm for Mr Ahmad, if the disciplinary sanction is maintained during the period prior to the Caf elections, the Cas panel has upheld the request to temporarily stay the effects of the [Fifa ban],” Cas, sport’s highest legal body, said in a statement.
This effective suspension of the Fifa ruling will be in place ‘until the day that the final Cas award is issued’.Since he was banned when Fifa met on Tuesday and Caf on Thursday to vet presidential aspirants, Ahmad was deemed ineligible to run.
He will now need to overturn the decisions ruling him ineligible to run since his appeal at Cas was not against the decision barring him from contesting the elections but against his Fifa ban.
Should Cas find against him when its hearing takes place in early March, Ahmad – who proclaimed the backing of over 46 federations, out of 54, shortly before his ban – will be ruled out of the race once and for all.
As of this week, four candidates were cleared to run for the Caf elections on 12 March: Jacques Anouma (Ivory Coast), Patrice Motsepe (South Africa), Augustin Senghor (Senegal), Ahmed Yahya (Mauritania).
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by FSL News | 26 Jan, 2021 | African News, Sport News
- Total African Nations Championship (CHAN) holders Morocco defeat Uganda 5-2 in Douala to advanced to the quarter-finals of this year’s competition on Tuesday.
- A resilient second-half display by the Atlas Lions secured their emphatic victory at the Stade de la Réunification to secure top spot in Group C.
Soufiane Rahimi bagged a brace. As a result, Jonathan Mckinstry’s Cranes are out of the competition as they finish bottom of the group after defeat to Togo and Morocco.
Morocco top of the group with seven points and keep alive their hopes of retaining the title they won on home soil of the competition designed exclusively for home-based players.
Meanwhile, Rwanda secured a 3-2 triumph over Togo to reached the quarterfinals on Tuesday night.
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by FSL News | 24 Jan, 2021 | African News, Football Africa, Sport News
A second-half strike by Farid Mussa was enough as the Taifa Stars down Namibia 1-0 to set up a cracker with Guinea in their group D final match.
Tanzania defeated Namibia in their matchday two contest of the Total African Nations Championship (CHAN) at the Limbe Stadium in Cameroon on Saturday.
As a result, Guinea and Zambia both top of the group respectively with four points apiece while Tanzania keeps hopes alive of reaching the next stage of the competition if they beat Guinea.
Namibia pointless after two games will be leaving the competition because they cannot finish at least second in the group even if they win their final match against Zambia on Wednesday.
Elsewhere, group leaders Guinea and Zambia played to a 1-1 draw after a late Spencer Sautu goal cancel out Syli National midfielder Victor Kantabaduno opener.
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by FSL News | 22 Jan, 2021 | African News, Sport News
- Experienced Sierra Leone defender, Umaru Bangura, is in line to make his Swiss Challenge League debut with Neuchâtel Xamax against SC Kriens
- Xamax take on Kriens in a vital round sixteen tie today Friday with just a point separated the two sides
- The Challenge League is the second-highest tier of the Swiss football league with ten teams competing for promotion
Neuchâtel-based side recruited the Sierra Leone skipper on a short term deal until the end of the 2020/2021 season with an option for the following season.
They are second from bottom and with Bangura experienced, they will be hoping for some stability at their defence.
Bangura, 33, was released by FC Zurich, where he played a total of 80 matches including 63 top-tier games since joining the club.
The former Mighty Blackpool man joined FC Zurich from Dinamo Minsk at the beginning of August 2016 and helped the City club gain promotion to Super League during the 2016–17 season when they won the Challenge League ahead of Neuchâtel Xamax and returned after one year to the Super League.
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by FSL News | 21 Jan, 2021 | African News, Sport News
- Burkina-Faso revived their hopes of reaching the quarter-finals of the African Nations Championship in Cameroon after beating Zimbabwe 3-1 on Wednesday.
- The Stallions recovered from their opening day defeat to win the Group A match in Yaounde and put life into their chances of advancing from the group.
The result means Warriors are out of the competition with no points after two matches and their final group match will be a mere formality.
Burkina-Faso takes on Cameroon on Sunday 24 January in their Group A final match a win will see them advanced to the next stage of the competition.
Elsewhere, Cameroon played to a 1-1 draw against Mali in an action-packed match at the African Nations Championship clash in Yaounde on Wednesday.
The home side raced into the lead when Salomon Banga rose highest in the 6th minute to head home from a free-kick in the Group A match.
It was the Indomitable Lions captain and Cotonsport defender’s second goal of the competition after scoring in the tournament’s opener on Saturday.
The Eagles responded almost immediately with Issaka Samake sweetly curling in a free-kick seven minutes later for the equalizer.
The results mean both teams are joint top with four points from their opening two matches.
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