Wednesday, 20 January 2021
The President of the International Fencing Federation (FIE), Alisher Usmanov, has been named on a list of individuals jailed Russian politician Alexei Navalny wants Western Governments to sanction.
Navalny ally Vladimir Ashurkov published a list of eight individuals Navalny wants to see punished by the international community, saying that the West must sanction the decision makers and the people who hold their money if penalties against Russia are to be effective.
On Sunday (January 17), Navalny was detained upon returning to Russia and remains in custody.
Prosecutors say the leading Russian opposition figure violated the terms of a suspended sentence for embezzlement, but Navalny s supporters have dismissed these charges as being politically motivated.
The Governance Committee of the CAF met in Cairo on January 5 and 6, 2021 convened by its President Mr Michel Kizito Brizoua-Bi, to carry out the eligibility checks of candidates for the positions of CAF President and members of the CAF Executive Committee.
Five candidates officially stood for CAF Presidency and 16 others registered for the position of members of CAF Executive Committee. None was Nigerian.
According to a statement from CAF, the current Senegalese Football Federation president, Mr Augustin Emmanuel Senghor, former Ivorian Football Federation president, Mr Jacques Bernard Daniel Anouma; Mauritanian Football Federation president, Mr Ahmed Yahya and Mamelodi Sundowns FC president, Mr Patrice Tlhopane Motsepe are the candidates for the CAF presidency.
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SAFA looking forward to bumper 2021 year
17 December 2020 – The SAFA National Women Super League will kick off the 2021 season with the now increased 14 teams competing for top honours.
The year 2021 will also see the commencement of the CAF Women’s Champions League and the FIFA World Club Cup.
The Sasol League, the bedrock of woman football development and the generator of players for the national teams and for all women national teams as well as delivering women players to compete overseas – more than 32 women players ply their trade overseas – will also commence early next year.
The coming year will also see Banyana Banyana competing for a place in the AWCON as well as a place in the expanded 32 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
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