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CAFS | UFOA-B 2025 Qualifiers: the School Cheetahs on top of West Africa
The Benin School Cheetahs beat Niger this Thursday in the final of UFOA-B 2025. The victory gives the Benin team their third title in four appearances and qualifies them for School AFCON 2026. Benin’s national schoolboys’ team won on Thursday… -
Nigeria: captain Troost-Ekong retires from international duty, a few weeks before AFCON 2025
A few weeks before AFCON 2025, William Troost-Ekong announced his international retirement, praising a Nigerian jersey he calls “the greatest privilege” of his career. The captain of the Super Eagles, William Troost-Ekong, announced this Thursday his international retirement, just weeks… -
AFCON 2025: “We’re angry,” Gernot Rohr slams the late release of internationals
FIFA has finally yielded to pressure from European clubs by postponing by one week the provision of African internationals for CAN 2025. A situation that is already disrupting the preparations of several national teams as the tournament approaches. The saga… -
AFCON 2025: Angola’s squad list is out
The coach of Angola has unveiled the list of players selected for AFCON 2025 in Morocco. And Patrice Beaumelle has called up a 28-man Palancas Negras squad. Angola’s squad for the AFCON 2025 finals has been announced. Coach Patrice Beaumelle… -
Tanzania: Miguel Gamondi unveils an XXL preliminary squad for AFCON 2025
Tanzania coach Miguel Gamondi has named 53 players to begin preparations for AFCON 2025, with a strong presence from the domestic league and several key foreign-based players, ahead of a first showdown against Nigeria. Tanzania coach Miguel Gamondi published an… -
UFOA-B U15: School Cheetahs in the final, Amazons stopped at the gates of their dream
The semifinals of the UFOA-B school tournament, a qualifier for CAN Scolaire 2026, concluded on Wednesday, with mixed fortunes for the Beninese teams. In the boys’ competition, the U15 Cheetahs delivered a solid performance to secure their place in the… -
CAN 2025: FIFA pushes back the date for releasing international players by one week
FIFA finally gave in to pressure from European clubs by postponing by one week the release of African internationals for the CAN 2025, disrupting the preparation of several national teams as the tournament approaches. The saga over the release of… -
Benin: Gernot Rohr’s provisional squad for AFCON 2025
A little over two weeks before the kickoff of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, Benin’s head coach, Gernot Rohr, revealed the first list of players selected for the final tournament in Morocco. Head coach Gernot Rohr has selected a… -
AFCON 2025 / Benin: five key players missing against the DRC, Gernot Rohr confident
Deprived of five starters, suspended for its opener against the DRC, Benin will have to field a deeply reshuffled squad to begin AFCON 2025 in Morocco. A situation that does not, however, worry coach Gernot Rohr. For its fifth participation… -
AFCON 2025: Nigeria’s provisional squad, with Osimhen and Iwobi
Nigeria coach Eric Chelle has unveiled a large provisional squad mixing established players and new faces, as the Super Eagles enter the final stretch ahead of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. Nigeria coach Eric Chelle announced on Tuesday his… -
Cameroon: ‘ousted’ by Samuel Eto’o, Marc Brys denounces an ‘irregular’ decision
Less than a month before CAN 2025, Cameroon finds itself plunged into a new storm with the dismissal of Marc Brys. La Fecafoot has handed the reins to David Pagou, while the Belgian coach vehemently contests his ousting. The storm… -
Cameroon: Marc Brys sacked by FECAFOOT less than a month before CAN 2025
With less than three weeks to go before the kick-off of CAN 2025, FECAFOOT has ended Marc Brys’s mandate, immediately replacing him with David Pagou to lead the Indomitable Lions to Morocco. Cameroon is entering the final stretch before CAN… -
DR Congo: 26 players selected for AFCON 2025, including Cédric Bakambu
The DR Congo coach has announced the list of players selected for the final phase of AFCON 2025. And Sébastien Desabre has called up 26 Leopards. The final DR Congo squad for AFCON 2025 has been released. Coach Sébastien Desabre… -
AFCON 2025: South Africa’s final squad
South Africa’s national team coach, Hugo Broos, has unveiled his final squad for AFCON 2025 in Morocco. A mostly home-based core strengthened by a few foreign-based talents. With less than three weeks until the kick-off of AFCON 2025 in Morocco,… -
CAN 2025: Alex Iwobi is convinced Nigeria can win the tournament
Runner-up in the last edition in Ivory Coast, Nigerian midfielder Alex Iwobi believes the Super Eagles have the tools needed to go and lift the AFCON 2025 trophy in Morocco. With only a few weeks until the final phase of… -
AFCON 2025: Benin missing five key players for their opener against DR Congo
Deprived of five starters, suspended for its opening match against the DRC, Benin will have to field a heavily reshuffled squad to start AFCON 2025 in Morocco. For its fifth participation in the Africa Cup of Nations, Benin had hoped… -
FECAFOOT: Samuel Eto’o re-elected president
The only candidate for his succession, the president of the Cameroonian federation, Samuel Eto’o, was comfortably re-elected amid persistent institutional tensions. In office since 2021, the president of FECAFOOT, Samuel Eto’o, was re-elected for a second four-year term. Without a… -
AFCON 2025: CAS rules against Guinea and confirms Tanzania’s qualification
The Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed FEGUIFOOT’s appeal, definitively confirming Tanzania’s presence at AFCON 2025 despite the jersey number irregularity denounced by Guinea. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dismissed the Guinean Football Federation (FEGUIFOOT), which was contesting… -
AFCON 2025: CAF approves expanded 28-player squads
The Confederation of African Football has approved the increase in the number of players selected for AFCON 2025, giving teams greater flexibility to manage the physical demands and uncertainties of a month-long tournament. The Confederation of African Football officially announced… -
AFCON 2025: two Beninese referees selected for the tournament
CAF has confirmed the presence of two Beninese referees at AFCON 2025, a new recognition of the national refereeing corps’s growing expertise. The Confederation of African Football revealed the list of officials selected for the next Africa Cup of Nations,… -
CAN 2025: with Uganda’s Shamirah Nabadda, the list of referees selected
The Confederation of African Football has published the full list of officials selected for AFCON 2025, which will be held in Morocco. One woman appears in the group: the young Ugandan Shamirah Nabadda. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has… -
AFCON 2025: good news for Gernot Rohr…and the Cheetahs
CAF has formalized the possibility for each national team to call up up to 27 players for AFCON 2025. Good news for the teams qualified for AFCON 2025. They will be able to take an expanded delegation, increased to 27… -
AFCON 2025: Botswana, Benin’s opponent, unveils its provisional squad
Back in a final tournament for the first time since 2012, Botswana has announced an extended squad of 36 players to begin its preparation for AFCON 2025. Morena Ramoreboli is relying on a largely local core strengthened by a few… -
AFCON 2025: South Africa’s preliminary squad list
South Africa’s national team coach, Hugo Broos, has unveiled the preliminary list of players selected for AFCON 2025. The tournament will take place from December 21 to January 18, 2026 in Morocco. In just a few weeks, the football world… -
AFCON 2025: ‘We’re the favorites,’ Senegal already warns Benin and the DRC
A few weeks before the kick-off of AFCON 2025 in Morocco, Senegalese defender Moussa Niakhaté says the Teranga Lions must fully embrace their status as favorites and announces his desire to play a major role in the quest for another… -
CAFS/UFOA B 2025 Qualifiers: School Cheetahs and Amazons confirmed
Benin now knows its opponents for the UFOA B 2025 qualifiers, with two strong groups where its school teams will have to face the title holders. The draw for the fourth edition of the zonal phase of the African School… -
CAF Awards 2025: complete list of winners
The Confederation of African Football awards ceremony, held Monday evening in Rabat, largely went in favor of the host country. Achraf Hakimi and Ghizlane Chebbak were crowned players of the year, while Nigeria stood out on the women’s side with… -
2026 World Cup (Q): Gernot Rohr is finding it hard to stomach the Cheetahs’ heavy defeat in Nigeria
Speaking to CAFonline, Gernot Rohr reflected on the crushing defeat suffered by the Cheetahs against Nigeria in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. And the Benin coach believes that the refereeing played a part in this heavy loss for his side.… -
CAF Awards 2025: Achraf Hakimi wins the African Ballon d’Or
Achraf Hakimi was crowned African Player of the Year at the 2025 CAF Awards in Rabat, following an exceptional season that establishes him as one of the most influential defenders of his generation. Twenty-seven years after Mustapha Hadji’s triumph, Morocco… -
[Video]: watch the CAF Awards 2025 ceremony live
This Wednesday, November 19, 2025, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Morocco hosts the prestigious CAF Awards 2025 ceremony, an unmissable event to celebrate the players (men and women), coaches and national teams who marked the year. The show starts at…