Despite Senegalese fans bringing real colour to Moscow, the police are currently searching all their rooms - supposedly to find out why the fans are dancing so much. I kid you not. A sweep is going on right now, with a police dog in tow.
#WorldCup
Quite extraordinary.
The country that will host
#AFCON
in three months is allowing just THIRTY fans to attend Al Ahly-Zamalek derby because of 'security restrictions'
What on earth is going to change in
#Egypt
between now and 21 June?
Pierre-Emerick
@Auba
Aubameyang tests + for Covid upon arrival in Cameroon for
#AFCON2021
Not hard to see how he might have been infected given video below of Gabon's tournament 'preparations' in Dubai.
Not just
@Arsenal
striker but Lemina too.
Gabon first game is Monday.
Staggering news from
@FIFAcom
concerning ex
#Nigeria
coach Samson Siasia - who has been BANNED FOR LIFE for agreeing 'to receive bribes (for) the manipulation of matches'. Siasia was in charge of Nigeria from 2010-11 and in 2016, but also in charge of some of its youth teams too
Ethiopia's Lydia Tadesse will make history on Saturday when she will become the first woman to referee a senior men's at a
@CAF_Online
tournament.
She'll be part of an all-female team for the Namibia v Tanzania game at the CHAN.
Wish her well 💪
When was the last time
#Africa
had the top 3
#EPL
scorers on the final day of the season? Surely never...
22 - Aubameyang
22 - Mane
22 - Salah
21 - Aguero
(Just over 5 mins for this to change...)
BREAKING
@FIFAcom
Congress approves change of eligibility rules, meaning players who have played one official match for one country can switch to another (as long as match did not come in major championship, such as WC)
Good news for many out there, esp Munir El Haddadi.
BREAKING: Ahmad banned by Fifa for FIVE years.
The
@CAF_Online
boss has been found to have breached various codes of ethics.
-Duty of loyalty
-Offering and accepting gifts or other benefits
-Abuse of position
-Misappropriation of funds
#Africa
#Fifa
Extraordinary story:
'A British football fan has been arrested and detained in the UAE after reportedly wearing a Qatar team shirt to a match. Ali Issa Ahmad is said to have been unaware of a law against "showing sympathy" for Qatar...'
CAF
#Africa
Champions League final to be replayed between
@WACofficiel
and
@EsperanceSTunis
- who have to return medals and trophy etc
Match to take place AFTER
#Afcon2019
Very angry Tunisians in attendance
Neutral territory for final
Rwandan ref Salima Mukansanga spoke to media today & impressed in not only her passion for refereeing, but also the obstacles she's had to overcome to reach the top.
She was also delighted - 'very, very happy' - at the final whistle of her history-making game at
#AFCON2021
Incredible scenes in Dakar after
#TeamSenegal
deservedly win their first Afcon title.
Brilliant video capturing the flavour from my
@BBCAfrica
Sport colleague
@emelinenn
💪
It's been a long time coming! It's going to be quite a night!!
#AFCON2021
Great to see any team take the game to Bayern Munich, so full credit to
@AlAhlyEnglish
for their display & positivity against the European champions who had to work harder than they'd have thought.
Fine spirited display from the African champions, who exit with heads held high.
"After my video hit 1m views on YouTube I decided to share the revenue with the needy. I did it because I am from a poor background and even the little we have, we are used to sharing."
How refreshing 👏💪
“I’m the GOAT, I’m the GOAT maa!”
This is the song you didn’t know you needed to hear.
@AY_Poyoo
is quickly becoming one of Ghana’s rising stars with his viral song “I’m the GOAT”. He tells us why he thinks he's the Greatest Of All Time. 🐐🐐🐐
Well worth a watch
How and why
@ASRomaEn
helped find missing children around the world - including two in
#Kenya
Excellent initiative. Fine results.
via
@bbcsport
New star Inaki Williams outlines his primary reason for representing
@GhanaBlackstars
"My grandfather told me it was his dream to see me in the
#BlackStars
. He is 90. He said he doesn't have long to live - but he'd like to see me play in a World Cup."
To put Morocco's feat into perspective, it's worth pointing out that in the last 30 years of
#AFCON
, the country has reached just ONE semi-final - back in 2004.
Funnily enough, there's a similarity between the teams: a certain Walid Regragui - full back in 2004, coach in 2022.
Great scenes in
#Senegal
as Teranga Lions' fans celebrate their qualification - only the second in their history - for World Cup knock-out phase.
As filmed by
@emelinenn
Caster
#Semenya
says she's not quitting : "It's all about believing. It's up to God. God has decided my career, He will end my career. No man or any other human can stop me from running... We want to inspire the world"
#RSA
#SouthAfrica
Speaking to
@edharry1976
at Doha DL.
Can Ole Gunnar Solskjaer be given the job of sorting out
#Brexit
now plse? If he can navigate his way through that European minefield...
#UCL
#PSGMUN
#MUFC
How can
@AlAhlyEnglish
(in the African Champs Lge semis) ask the
#Egypt
FA to bid to host the final - on the very day they file a complaint at CAS against another nation (Morocco) hosting the final as one of their teams (Wydad Casablanca) might be involved?
How does this work?🤔
"I couldn't hold back my tears - they were tears of joy - my dream has come true."
The head of
@AvfcGhana
fans group explains what it meant to receive a phone call from the man he calls 'god' -
#AVFC
legend Paul McGrath.
"He said I was in his heart!"
Interesting to see that the Twitter account of outspoken
@FIFAcom
and
@CAF_Online
critic Francis Gaitho - aka
@Kenyafootball
- has been suspended. It comes just a week before crunch CAF presidential elections...
Major storm brewing as Yaya Toure takes aim at Pep prior to exit this month.
"He insists he has no problems with black players, because he is too intelligent to be caught out. But when you realise that he has problems with Africans wherever he goes, I ask myself questions."
1/2
Ighalo: "To be the first Nigerian to play for Manchester United is a great achievement for me which I am going to cherish for the rest of my life because it's not easy to dream something - and it comes true"
#Nigeria
Very sad news as Ghanaian journalist Ahmed Divela - who played a key role in the revealing
@anasglobal
investigation into Ghanaian football corruption last year (which
@BBCAfrica
widely reported) - was fatally shot in Accra last night.
2019
#AFCON
to take place from 21 June-19 July (instead of 15 June-13 July) to allow players to rest after Ramadan. Requests were put in by Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria.
Draw will be on 12 April.
Fascinating piece on how
@FIAFormulaE
is looking to expand in Africa.
Will
#SouthAfrica
become the second country - after
#Maroc
- to host a race?
Will there be an African driver in the series for the 1st time?
@isaac_fanin
has been asking.
Morocco to bid for 2030
@FIFAWorldCup
.
The King is simply refusing to give up on this.
"On the instruction of His Majesty the King, we will present our candidature to host the 2030 World Cup" - Minister of Youth and Sports
That'll be the sixth time. Best of luck to them.
#CDM
#Maroc
Ministre de la jeunesse et des sports à
@2MInteractive
: "Sur instruction de SM le Roi, nous déposerons bien notre candidature pour l'organisation de la
#CDM2030
. Le travail réalisé par le comité 2026 a été qualifié par tous de sérieux et crédible"
@Morocco2026_FR
'I think everybody knows The
#Gambia
now'
BBC Sport Africa's 'When Scorpions Sting' details how
@TheGambiaFF
went being from one of Africa's worst eight football sides to one of its best, at the 2021
@CAF_Online
Nations Cup.
5 players from
#Africa
on 30-man shortlist for
#ballondor
- Aubameyang, Koulibaly, Mahrez, Mane, Salah - pretty impressive tally, and level with South America fwiw.
BREAKING!!!!!
Africa reaches World Cup semi-finals for ... FIRST TIME EVER, and it was hugely-deserved as well.
Morocco 1-0 Portugal
Hats off Walid Regragui and all your charges - incredible display.
Bryan Habana gives full backing to
@caster800m
Semenya.
1) Asks why IAAF is specifically targeting middle-distance runners.
2) Says South Africans are behind her fight for equality.
3) Says the case is disappointing given her status as a symbol of hope in
#SouthAfrica
Far from straightforward for
#Egypt
- for whom Trezeguet shone.
#Zimbabwe
impressed and looked good at times, esp Billiat.
Solid game to start
#AFCON2019
We're off!
Japan beat Spain and Germany are heading out of the World Cup at the group stage... again! 🤯
🔝 Japan take top spot in the group and Spain finish second on goal difference.
Incredible.
🖥📱💻 Reaction on
@BBCSounds
and via the
@BBCSport
app
#BBCWorldCup
#BBCFootball
I've always felt there's a bit of a myth about South Africa's love of football. Stadium looked empty in many areas today, just as happens whenever SA hosts AFCON and aren't playing.
Onana: "I don't see the difference between white and black goalkeepers. They're the same - they make mistakes. I make mistakes, everyone makes mistakes. Black keepers need to prepare well because it's not easy for us."
#ucl
#ajax
#cameroon
#africa
A smile that has travelled 10,000km to make the
#AFCON2019
final.
@AlvinZhakata
is "honoured" to have received his match ticket from
@CAF_Online
president
@AAhmad_CAF
- and says final is 'dream fulfilment'.
What a journey. So deserving of his place in the stadium.
#Zimbabwe
Drogba: "It's a big step back. It's also a chance for all African teams & CAF to reconsider strategy - how we want to go forward and what we want to do in the next
#WorldCup
. We have the potential, and the money to develop, but we need more than that."
He may be about to play one of the biggest internationals of his life - as Cameroon take on Senegal at
#AFCON2023
today - & be on the verge of joining Marseille ... but Faris Moumbagna would appear a man of diverse talents. Beautiful stuff.
Video courtesy of
@aboubacry_B
Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland has ordered the IAAF to immediately suspend the implementation of the eligibility regulations against Caster Semenya, allowing her to compete without restriction in the female category while her appeal is pending.
Verdict expected today on Ahmad appeal against 5-yr
@FIFAcom
ban.
The
@CAF_Online
president's hearing ended Weds, after two full days in Court of Arbitration for Sport.
CAS decision will be fascinating. Can he be cleared for elections?? Some think reduced sentence most likely..
Ighalo:
"I told my agent 'this is what I want'"
"He said: 'You're going to get a pay cut to go to United.'
"I said: 'I don't care. Make this deal happen. I want to go to
#mufc
. I don't care how much is the pay cut.'"
#refreshing
When was the last time not one of Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal or Egypt, say, made the
@CAF_Online
Mens
#Africa
National Team of the Year?
Fairly extraordinary list 👇
1. Guinea Bissau
2. Kenya
3. Madagascar
4. Mauritania
5. Uganda
6. Zimbabwe
Big news from the
#Egypt
camp - Salah is expected to play some part v Uruguay tomorrow
Egypt coach Hector Cuper: "We still have to see how training goes today, but I can almost assure you 100% that he'll play, we are all very optimistic that he will be on the pitch."
CAF president Ahmad hopes a 2026 WC in Morocco can stem emigration from
#Africa
.
"Now all the young people want to go outside the continent. I believe that if we have this WC and 8 years to prepare it, most will want to stay in Africa because it keeps some hope in the continent”
Mourinho: "It's difficult to understand how
@setoo9
never won the Ballon d'Or. He scored an incredible amount of goals. He played three
#UCL
finals, winning two with
#Barca
and one at
#Inter
. He was the best striker in the world for several years."
Morocco winger Sofiane Boufal, speaking to French TV channel TF1: "It's crazy. We're living the dream and we don't want to wake up. I have goosebumps.
"Everything we have, we deserve. We work hard. It's not over. There's still the semi-final and god willing, the final."
#Nigeria
football federation president Amaju Pinnick - who was expected to challenge for
@CAF_Online
presidency - has decided against running for the post.
Instead, he will support Patrice Motsepe's candidacy and go for a role on the FIFA Council instead.
Election hotting up
Romain Saiss goes off - after an incredible World Cup campaign
How he came back out to play today after his injury against Spain - when he also played on - is beyond me.
Perahps we should re-headline the piece we made on him a few years back!
#MORPOR
So pleased for Max Gradel.
-One of only 6 Ivorians to win 100+ caps
-at his 7th Afcon aged 36 but played like a 26-year-old
-played 5 days after his dad's funeral in 2021 Afcon
-simply one of the nicest players you could ever meet
Fully deserved. What a way to finish 👏