July 5 – Cameroon football chief Samuel Eto’o has been cleared of match-fixing, but the former FC Barcelona star has been fined $200,000 by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for his role as brand ambassador for controversial bookmaker 1XBET.
June 24 – The Confederation of African Football (CAF) have moved the dates of the next Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) from June-July 2025 to December 21 2025 to January 18 2026.
June 18 – FIFA has extended bans globally on seven Ugandans implicated in a match-fixing spree in the 2023/2024 season.
June 15 – On his 32nd birthday Egyptian star Mohammed Salah has confirmed that he will continue playing for his club Liverpool for at least the next season at least, closing the door on any summer transfer rumours linking him to a switch to the Saudi Pro League.
June 10 – Amid an institutional crisis at Cameroon’s football federation over the government appointment of head coach Marc Brys, he led the Indomitable Lions to a comfortable 4-1 victory against Cape Verde in the World Cup qualifiers.
June 6 – The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed that the 2025 African Cup of Nations might be delayed because of a clash with the expanded FIFA Club World Cup.
June 4 – FIFA has ruled that Emilio Nsue, the top scorer at the Africa Cup of Nations this year, was never eligible to play for Equatorial Guinea throughout his 11-year international career.
May 31 – In a dramatic unexpected move, the President of the Ugandan FA (Fufa), Moses Magogo, has been sanctioned by the United States government after being caught up in allegations of corruption.
May 30 – The festering dispute enveloping Cameroon’s national team management has reached breaking point with head coach Marc Brys replaced without taking charge of a single game.
May 29 – Cameroon football has been plunged deeper into crisis off the field after a meeting between federation president Samuel Eto’o and the country’s new Belgian coach Marc Brys turned into an angry showdown.
May 22 – Football chaos in Cameroon has taken yet another downward turn after the appointment of Belgian Marc Brys as head coach was blocked by the country’s top sports tribunal.
May 22 – The Gambia have named Irishman Johnathan McKinstry as their new coach as World Cup qualifying resumes in June. He succeeds Tom Saintfiet, who has switched continents to take on the managerial role with the Philippines.
May 9 – La Liga and FUNDACION LALIGA have launched a project in Kenya that will provide scholarships and football training to ‘empower’ young girls.
May 3 – The row between Algerian club USM Alger and Morocco’s RS Berkane over the map of Morocco on Berkane’s shirt that shows the disputed territory of the Western Sahara, has now reached the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
April 29 – The Football Association of Zambia suspended their annual general assembly (AGM) on Saturday following a court order, despite FIFA warning of the danger of possible sanctions because of third-party interference.