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FIFA President expects “fantastic tournament” after attending Confederation of African Football (CAF) Africa Cup of Nations 2023 opener

Mr Infantino has been a strong advocate of football development in Africa, and attended matches of the recent African Football League

Gianni Infantino sees hosts Côte d’Ivoire kick off the competition against Guinea; Match “set the tone for a fantastic tournament,” said the FIFA President (https://www.FIFA.com); Thanked nation for “uniting Africa and the whole world” around the tournament. Mr Infantino was at the Alassane Ouattara Stadium in the capital Abidjan alongside…

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President Infantino Wishes Haller a Full and Speedy Recovery

FIFA Director Member Associations Africa Gelson Fernandes added some words of support of his own to President Infantino’s message

Côte d’Ivoire forward Sebastien Haller was diagnosed with testicular cancer in July. After announcing the sad news, the 28-year-old forward received many messages of sympathy and encouragement from around the world, including a letter from FIFA (www.FIFA.com) President Gianni Infantino, enclosed with a shirt and ball. “On behalf of both…

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FIFA Disciplinary Committee Suspends Ivorian Player Sylvain Gbohouo on Grounds of Doping

The player was found to be in violation of article 6 of the FIFA Anti-Doping Regulations as read in conjunction with article 17 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code

The FIFA (www.FIFA.com) Disciplinary Committee has imposed an 18-month period of ineligibility on the Ivorian player Sylvain Gbohouo after he tested positive for the substance trimetazidine (which is included in the WADA Prohibited List 2021 (https://bit.ly/3OfnOMH) under the S4.4 Metabolic Modulators class) following a FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022TM qualifying…

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Youth football and unity take centre stage in Côte d’Ivoire

Focus on promoting unity, developing and strengthening football governance

FIFA (www.FIFA.com) and CAF presidents visited Côte d’Ivoire to begin two-day itinerary; Focus on promoting unity, developing and strengthening football governance; Continent's inaugural pan-African inter-school football championship also launched. The presidents of CAF and FIFA travelled to Côte d’Ivoire on Monday as part of their first joint mission in Africa…

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Ceremony of African unity celebrated in Nouakchott

The basis of a common programme, inspired on the initial manifesto of the four candidates is being shaped, and will include contributions of all African member associations and stakeholders

Initially four election rivals, but now united in one purpose, Jacques Anouma, Patrice Motsepe, Augustin Senghor and Ahmed Yahya have together agreed in Rabat, Morocco, and confirmed at a ceremony of African unity held at the Palais des Congrès in Nouakchott, Mauritania, a proposed new direction for CAF and African…