Asian football leaders go back to school The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) today expanded its range of educational initiatives with the launch of the AFC Certificate in Strategy and Planning (ACSP), its latest offering from the landmark Academic Centre of Excellence (ACE). A three-month curriculum designed for leaders of the AFC’s Member Associations (MAs), Regional Associations (RAs) and other football stakeholders, the ACSP aims to equip everyone with the necessary strategic planning skills, processes and tools to meet the growing standards, expectations and needs of their respective organisations and the ever-evolving football ecosystem. The fully-online initiative, which features all-inclusive modules…
Author: Abdulgafar Oladimeji
Abdulgafar Oladimeji
Abdulgafar Oladimeji is a sports writer with over two decades experience in the industry. As a reporter , he has worked with top major Nigerian newspapers, freelancer with newspaper and broadcast media organizations in Africa, Europe and America. He is a well travelled sports journalists reporting major sports events across the globe.
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Afcon2025 qualifiers : Our second tie against Libya will be difficult- Ekong By Abdulgafar Oladimeji Super Eagles captain, Williams Ekong has assert that the second leg tie against Mediterranean Knights of Libya in far away Libya would be a tough encounter . Ekong speaking with sports writers in the aftermath of the Super Eagles slim 1-0 victory against Libya last Friday evening in Uyo, he declared that “it is going to be hostile .” The Super Eagles captain said that last Friday’s game in Uyo has prepared their minds, on what to expect, when they travel to Libya for the…
Opinion: .A friend was celebrating the famed USA 94 team.. I supported him with this: There is no perhaps or arguably in it. The team had the most dedicated set of players in the nation’s history. But they did not spring from the vacuum. We still have to enunciate how that squad came to be:. The team thrived when we had dedicated football nay sports administrators who were not politicians or brought by politicians, to settle political patronages. They were egg heads in sports administration. We did not have social media “Sack” specialists but sports writers who thrived…
The official draw of the Group Stages of the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League 2024/25 season has set up what promises to yet another exciting Group Stage phase of Africa’s premier club competition. Africa’s most successful club and current champions Al Ahly SC of Egypt , with 12 titles, headline one of toughest groups in the competition: Group C consisting of CR Belouizdad of Algeria, former champions Orlando Pirates, as well as Stade D’ Abidjan who are also making their first group stage appearance. Interestingly, all six of CAF’s Zonal Unions will be represented in this season’s edition of the Group…
Four Central American clubs to battle to be crowned Central American Cup Concacaf has confirmed the schedule and matchups for the 2024 Concacaf Central American Cup Semifinals and Play-In. The home-and-away series will take place October 22-24 (first legs) and 29-31, 2024 (second legs). The last of the Quarterfinal matches culminated last night in Alajuela, Costa Rica, with LD Alajuelense (CRC) joining CS Herediano (CRC), Real Esteli FC (NCA) and Antigua GFC (GUA) in the Semifinals. These four clubs have also secured their participation in next year’s Concacaf Champions Cup. The four losing quarterfinalists, Comunicaciones FC (GUA), FC Motagua…
Saudi Arabian government throws doors open to foreign sports experts for employment By Abdulgafar Oladimeji The Royal Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has embarked on policy reforms to boost economic, social and cultural promotion and developments through sports, ministry official have disclosed. “The government did a lot of reforms in terms of regulations. And we are receiving people from around the world to attend and establish themselves here. Saudi sports ministry said. Abdallah Moghram, the International Communication Director at the Ministry of Sport in Saudi Arabia further said “While contributing to events and programs in terms of operation and other aspects. If we…
AFC signs MoU with IBIA to strengthen fight against match-fixing The Asian Football Confederation (AFC)’s resolve to protect and safeguard the beautiful game in Asia was further underlined today through the signing of a four-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA). Moving forward, the AFC and IBIA will work closely to detect irregular betting patterns and suspicious activities in football matches across Asia. IBIA, through its Monitoring and Alert Platform, will share real-time data on suspicious betting activity with the AFC, further enhancing the AFC’s abilities to promptly investigate potential match manipulation. The AFC General…
FIFA announces 2025 events calendar, ready to kick start new club world cup era “The FIFA Club World Cup 2025 will kick off a new era for club football across the world, with the top teams competing to be crowned the official FIFA club world champions. FIFA said . “These regulations will ensure that the best possible conditions are in place in order for all 32 participating clubs and the best players in the world to shine at the highest level.” FIFA Council also unanimously approved a consolidated vote at an extraordinary congress on December to award the 2030 World…
Saudi league champions, Al Hilal still in the lead with 41 matches unbeaten Roshn Saudi League champions Al Hilal rebounded from a goal down in Saturday night’s huge clash with Al Ahli to triumph 2-1 and maintain their 100 percent start to the season. The Riyadh side, unbeaten in their past 41 league outings, went into the final fixture of Matchweek 6 already on top of the table, but moved three points ahead of second-placed Al Ittihad with a spirited fightback in front of a season-record 53,036 fans at King Abdullah Sports City. Mitrovic, though, would soon have…
Liren vs Gukesh : Battle for new World Chess champion starts November 24 By Abdulgafar Oladimeji The World Chess Championship would be staged from November 25 to December 13 , Singapore would serve as the battle ground. The match will be between the reigning world champion Ding Liren and the challenger Gukesh Dommaraju. The match would serve as the decider of who would be the World Chess Champion. The best of 14 games, with tiebreaks if required, the match will take place from 25 November to 13 December 2024.
