Football Planet
Gabon’s sports minister Alain Claude Billie By-Nze announced last week that Jose Antonio Camacho’s contract as head coach of the Panthers coach of the will not be renewed at the end of November. A Gabonese football pundit Berleck Leckobat joined us on a call from Libreville, to share his thoughts with us.
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The first leg of the quarter finals of the CAF Champions League and the CAF Confederations CAF were played over the weekend. In the Champions League, only four goals were scored in all four matches played but despite the shortage of goals, the action was intense! In this episode, Philemon Mbale joined us live in the studio for a quick analysis of the action. e have a special guest to give us a quick analysis of the action.
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Football is a sport to be enjoyed by all. Morocco’s soccer team for people with dwarfism hopes for sponsors to help fund their participation in an international tournament in Argentina. Mbale and Bridgete Ugwe filed a detailed report on that.
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The Rwanda Football Federation have denied allegations that they bribed a referee who officiated their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier match which they lost 2-1 to Ivory Coast on September 9 in Kigali.
Namibian referee Jackson Pavaza reportedly communicated to CAF that he had been offered a bribe and told the Namibian media about the story.
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The first-ever African Freestyle Football Championship ends in Nigeria’s biggest city, Lagos with Ben Abdul Nader Kone from Ivory Coast winning the tournament. The 3-day event which took place at Federal Palace Hotel in Lagos saw freestylers from various part of the continent compete fiercely for the star prize. Linnette Bahati and Cedric Sehossolo did a report on that.
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