Madagascar coach Romuald Rakotondrabe has spoken of his pride at the performance of his players following their narrow 1-0 loss to west African heavyweights Senegal in the semifinals of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) on Tuesday. Papa Diallo’s looping header in the fifth minute settled the contest but the Malagasy fought to the end, pleasing
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has undertaken the maiden strategic workshop for the Executive Directors of the zonal unions to help boost their operations to further forge the development of the game on the continent. Under the auspices of Sarah Mukuna, Director of Member Associations (MAs) of CAF, all the six executive directors of
Madagascar coach Romuald Rakotondrabe believes his side can spring a surprise and lift the African Nations Championship trophy as they prepare for a semifinal against west African giants Senegal on Tuesday. The Malagasy defeated Mozambique 3-1 in their quarterfinal over the weekend and are now 180 minutes away from what would be among their greatest
There was double delight for Madagascar when two of their representatives at the African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Algeria were honoured following the completion of the group stage. Coach Romuald Rakotondrabe was named the best trainer in the pool phase after he led his side to wins over Ghana (2-1) and Sudan (3-0). Added to
South Africa and Zambia will learn their opponents at the finals of the TotalEnergies U-17 Africa Cup of Nations Algeria 2023 when the draw is concluded for the pool stage on Wednesday, Feb. 1. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) will conduct the draw in Algiers from 11h00 GMT. The competitions runs from Apr. 29-May
Angola became the first COSAFA side to exit the African Nations Championship in Algeria following a 1-0 victory for Mauritania over Mali in the final Group D game on Tuesday. That win for the Mauritania ensured they topped the three-team group with four points, while Angola go home having managed a pair of draws in
The COSAFA region will have at least one team in the semifinals of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) after Madagascar set up a quarterfinal tie against Mozambique with a comprehensive 3-0 win over Sudan in their final Group C game on Monday. Goals in the first half from Tokinantenaina Randriatsiferana, Solomampionona Razafindranaivo and Lalaina Rafanomezantsoa
Looking ahead! | RSS.com In this special episode of The COSAFA Show we speak to our Competitions Manager Joshua Knipp about the upcoming tournaments that have been penciled in for the 2023 COSAFA calendar. It will be another bumper year for Southern African football as the intention is to host no less than nine tournaments,
Madagascar’s position remains unchanged as they need just a draw in their final Group C clash at the African Nations Championship to advance to the quarterfinals of the competition. The Malagasy will take on Sudan in their final pool fixture on Monday, with the latter having let a lead slip to lose 3-1 to Ghana
The Lesotho senior national team, Likuena, returned to work this week with a provisional squad of 26 locally-based players. They are preparing for the upcoming 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, where they will face Zambia in back-to-back matches in March. “We expect two very difficult and demanding games against the Zambian national team, considering
