The arrangement puts the head of Moroccan football in charge of the national treasury as the country enters the final stretch of a roughly $20 billion build-up to the 2030 World Cup.

Ogunbote joins Chelsea FC Women, almost five years after joining Burnley in 2021 as the club’s first Head of Women’s Football.

South Africa is one of the interested parties in continuous dialogue with the International Olympic Committee over a potential 2036 bid.

This leaves the league without a dedicated training base on the continent weeks before Senegal hosts the Youth Olympic Games.

Giving him responsibility for building the structures and commercial foundations of the country's emerging esports industry.

The total included a 10% administrative charge set by FIFA, with the tickets not meant for resale.

Charlton Athletic Women have set up a standalone club board ahead of their return to English football's top flight.

This will be the first time the event comes to Africa after a four city contest that also included London and Rome.

Diop was part of the team that launched the Basketball Africa League in 2021 and is currently Chief of Staff at Rugby Africa.

He led the launch of FIFA's Forward 3.0 cycle, a USD 2.25 billion development programme covering all 211 member associations.

He takes charge of a federation that, by his own account, draws close to 80 percent of its funding from FIFA.

Mensah has led Rugby Africa since March 2023.

The dissolution does not permanently remove the governing structures, and new boards are expected to be reconstituted in due course.

The ACG appointment is her second African sport board role in a matter of days.

SEED Project moves into what it calls SEED Academy Reimagined 2025-2030, a transformation plan touching governance, academic and athletic standards, student welfare, financing and expansion across the continent.

The new season kicked off on Friday, under an administrators nobody had heard of a week earlier, while the body meant to oversee the federation itself is still stuck in a leadership crisis of its own.

His career spans sports and exercise medicine, anti-doping, elite athlete healthcare, medical education and hospital practice.

Ethiopian Football Federation submitted the proposal this week, describing it as evidence of "the nation's full readiness to host Africa's biggest footballing event."

Col. Lungu is currently serving as Chief Executive Officer of Zambian Premier League side Red Arrows. Before his appointment as Chief Executive Officer, Col. Lungu served as Team Manager at Red Arrows.

A multi-stakeholder platform built to turn the country's co-hosting of the Africa Cup of Nations into an economic engine that outlasts the tournament itself.