Issa Hayatou
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New CAF broom to sweep clean
The future is uncertain for both Hayatou and CAF secretary general Hicham El Amrani.
CAF president Issa Hayatou faces challenger in bid for eighth term
Ahmad Ahmad, head of the Madagascar Football Assocation, has picked up key votes with his calls for ‘change’ against the 70 year old.
Sceptical Europe tells Fifa to dig into Blatter election
A Council of Europe committee has called on Fifa to investigate Fifa president Sepp Blatter’s re-election as the governing body’s head honcho.
Six Fifa members accused of wrongdoing in bidding
Six Fifa executive committee members were accused of receiving or demanding bribes during the bidding for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
African football’s autocracy
In one act Confederation of African Football President Issa Hayatou may have reduced Fifa’s "our game is fair play" to a hollow political slogan.
Togo files legal complaint after bus attack
Togo has filed a legal complaint against CAF for failing to protect its team from a deadly attack as it travelled to January’s Africa Cup of Nations.
‘Go Ghana’ as Nations Cup kicks off
Downtown Accra is decorated with ”Go Ghana” banners as this lively city of nearly three million people prepares for the start of the continent’s most storied soccer tournament. A…
World Cup: Mpumalanga stadium workers down tools
Workers at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit downed tools once again on Friday, said the Mpumalanga World Cup 2010 office. It said the protest action began while negotiations…