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CAF Ban Guinea From FIFA U-17 World Cup For Age-Cheating

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CAF Ban Guinea From FIFA U-17 World Cup For Age-Cheating

Guinea will not take part at this year’s Under-17 World cup in Brazil after they were found guilty of age-cheating at the recent U-17 Africa Cup of Nations which served as World Cup qualifiers.

Guinea, who were runners-up at the U-17 Nations Cup in Tanzania in April, thought they had secured their World Cup spot by reaching the semi-finals.

But the Confederation of African Football (Caf) says Guinea used two ineligible players in Tanzania and that Senegal will replace them in Brazil.

“The players Aboubacar Conte and Ahmed Tidiane Keita were not eligible to participate with Guinea in the Final Tournament of the U-17 Afcon played in Tanzania,” Caf said in a statement.

“Due to the existence of two different passports for each of the players concerned, one passport was used for the International Under-16 Cup held in Japan, the year of birth date being 2001, and the other for the final U-17 Afcon tournament in Tanzania, which indicated the year of birth as 2002, which clearly shows that there was forgery.”

“Because of their participation, the team is excluded from the competition and all its results and achievements during the competition must be cancelled.”

“The Guinean Football Federation, following its disqualification, is prevented from representing Caf at the Fifa U-17 World Cup to be held in 2019.”

“The Organizing Committee will be invited to reinstate Senegal and the Executive Committee to approve the participation of Senegal as Caf’s 4th representative at the Fifa U-17 World Cup to be held in 2019,” Caf stated following a meeting of its disciplinary committee.

Senegal will now join Cameroon, Nigeria and Angola as Africa’s representatives at this year’s U-17 World Cup in Brazil.

Guinea, who have been banned from taking part in the next two editions of the U-17 Africa Cup of Nations, have appealed and claimed that Caf’s “decision is clearly wrong”.

The Guinea Football Federation has also been fined US$ 100,000 with half of the amount being a suspended fine for a period of four years.

The runners-up silver medals which Guinea received in Tanzania must be returned within 21 days and if they fail to do so a penalty of $US 20,000 will be imposed.

Guinea’s punishment is the result of a second protest. During the tournament in Tanzania, Caf had initially cleared Guinea of any wrongdoing after Senegal FA filed a complaint against the two players.

Both had featured in a 2-1 win over Senegal in the group stage.

Caf had also stopped six players – including one Guinean – from taking part at the Nations Cup in Tanzania following MRI tests before the tournament.

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Champions League: Arsenal Have Top Quality, Says Musiala

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Bayern Munich star, Jamal Musiala has singled out five Arsenal players for praise ahead of his side’s UEFA Champions League quarter-final tie against the Gunners in April.

The Germany international is wary of the threat Arsenal pose and picked out Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Martinelli, Declan Rice and Kai Havertz while insisting the Premier League North London club have ‘top quality’ players in every position.

Both Arsenal and Bayern Munich booked their places in the Champions League last-8 after beating Porto and Lazio, respectively.


“Martin Odegaard is a brilliant playmaker in midfield, but there’s a lot of quality throughout the team,” Musiala told Sport Bild.

“Saka, Martinelli, Rice, Havertz and many more. They have top quality in every position. We have to be ready for that.”

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Super Eagles Have Turned Attention To 2026 World Cup – Omeruo

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Kenneth Omeruo says the Super Eagles have shifted attention to the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers following their friendlies against Ghana and Mali.


The Super Eagles will continue their quest for a place at the mundial with two key fixtures against the Bafana Bafana of South Africa and Squirrels of Benin Republic in June.

Omeruo reckoned it is important for the Super Eagles to qualify for the World Cup after missing out the last time in Qatar 2022.

“June is only a few weeks away. We are focused on the matches against South Africa and Benin Republic,” Omeruo was quoted by thenff.com.

“Many players in the group have not played at the World Cup before and they see this as the big opportunity to be there. We cannot afford to let ourselves and the nation down.”

The Super Eagles are yet to record a win in the World Cup qualifying campaign having drawn their opening two games against Lesotho and Zimbabwe.

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Arsenal Can Exposed Man City This Weekend, Says Sagna

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Former France defender, Bacary Sagna, has predicted this weekend’s Premier League top-of-the-table clash between Manchester City and Arsenal.

Sagna, who played for the two clubs during his career, is expecting it to end in a draw.

Arsenal currently sit top of the table ahead of Liverpool on goal difference.


However, City can leapfrog the Gunners if they win at the Etihad on Sunday.

Before this campaign, Arsenal had lost 12 league matches in a row against City. But Mikel Arteta’s men ended their hoodoo against Pep Guardiola’s side with a 1-0 win at home in October.

When asked for his prediction, Sagna told Paddy Power: “I can see Manchester City and Arsenal drawing at the Etihad.

“At home, Man City can be exposed because they attack so much and leave themselves open to the counterattack and we know how fast Arsenal’s players are.

“It’s a strength to attack so much because they can put any team under pressure, but Arsenal can also put pressure on teams, so I think it will be a draw.”

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