​Head Coach Isa Ladan Bosso has picked his 20 -man squad that will contest for the WAFU B Cup of Nations title at the tournament taking place in Porto Novo, Benin Republic next month.

The competition, which holds 5th – 20th December, will also serve as the qualifying tournament for the 2021 U20 Africa Cup of Nations that will be staged in Mauritania.
 

 Napoli president Aurelio de Laurentiis wants the club’s ground renamed to San Paolo-Diego Armando Maradona stadium in honour of the club’s legend who died from cardiac arrest on Wednesday, November 25.

The clubs players all appeared for their Europa League game against Rijeka, on Thursday, wearing the number 10 shirt with Maradona's name on it but took it for before kickoff.
 
Currently named San Paolo stadium, Maradona played on that Naples from 1984 to 1991, winning the club’s only two league titles in 1987 and 1990; he also won the UEFA Cup and Coppa Italia with the side in his seven years spell, scoring 81 goals in 188 appearances.

The Nigeria Football Federation has received the keys to a substantially upgraded FIFA Technical Centre, Bauchi following completion of the work done on the facility by Aron Nigeria Limited.
 
World football –governing body, FIFA provided the fund for the upgrading and furnishing of the facility in the Bauchi State capital, which groundbreaking ceremony was done during the tenure of Alhaji Aminu Maigari-led NFF Executive Board.
 

Diego Maradona died on Wednesday, in Argentina, from cardiac arrest, weeks after a surgery to remove blood clot from his brain. The shocking news was broken by his lawyer and released by an Argentinian news outlet.

The death of the 60-year-old world cup winner brings to an end, a troubling history of drugs and alcohol abuse. He was recuperating from brain surgery done in the early part of this November.

• ​The FIFA Arab Cup 2021 will feature 22 national teams from the Arab region
• Gianni Infantino says the tournament will unite the region
• It will also help Qatar continue preparations for the FIFA World Cup

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has confirmed that 22 national teams from the Arab region have signed up to participate in the FIFA Arab Cup, which will be staged from 1 to 18 December 2021. Speaking during a visit to Lusail Stadium, which will host the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Final, the FIFA President stated that he expected the regional tournament in 2021 to unite millions of football fans from across the Middle East and Arab world.

​FIFA President Gianni Infantino said: “We are delighted that all 22 teams from across the Arab world have agreed to take part in the FIFA Arab Cup 2021, which will be held in FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 stadiums, and we are looking forward to seeing the region’s best teams battle it out to see which nation will become champion. Through football, this tournament will unite over 450 million people from across the region, and we are confident that the FIFA Arab Cup will help to build excitement across the region as we edge ever nearer to hosting the first FIFA World Cup in the Middle East and Arab world in 2022.”

The International Cricket Council (ICC) today confirmed the ICC World Test Championship points system will be amended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The Board approved a recommendation from the ICC Cricket Committee, headed by Anil Kumble, to change the competition terms for the event to determine how series affected by the global pandemic are accounted for on the points table.

The unprecedented disruption caused by COVID-19 means, to date, just under half of the World Test Championship matches have been played, with that estimated to rise to more than 85% by the end of the competition window.

​Current regulations dictate that matches not completed shall be treated as a draw with points split. The Cricket Committee considered maintaining that status quo or determining the final World Test Championship League standings from matches played.

The Cricket Committee recommended the latter option, which was approved by the Chief Executives Committee and ratified by the Board, meaning teams will be ranked in order of percentage of points earned.

DOHA (Qatar) – The Latvian team completed an unbelievable come-back win to beat Liman (SRB) in the final and defend their FIBA 3x3 World Tour Doha Masters title on November 21, 2020.

Down 20-15, the number 3 team in the world Riga (LAT) relentlessly bridged the gap until Karlis Lasmanis hit an impossible Tissot Buzzer Beater off the dribble from way behind the arc to earn his team a 21-20 win.

The 26-year-old lefty stepped up in the final with a game-high 11 points. It was a team effort for Riga all weekend though as sharpshooter Edgars Krumins topped all scorers (34 points in 5 games) and the speedy Nauris Miezis received the MVP trophy - from Qatar Olympic Committee first vice president and FIBA Asia president H.E. Sheikh Saud Bin Ali Al Thani and Qatar Basketball Federation president Ahmed Abdulrahman al-Muftah - after leading his team in key assists, rebounds and player value.
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The Confederation of African Football has announced Constant Omari as interim CAF President with an extended stay in office.

The announcement follows the suspension of the president, Ahmad Ahmad, for five years by FIFA, on grounds of breach of its code of ethics, on Monday.

The African football issued a statement acknowledging Mr Ahmad's situation while declaring an extension to Omari's acting capacity.

Commonwealth Games Association (CGA) Ghana on Friday, November 20, 2020 organized one-day workshop on building sports brands through Social media for media attaches at the media center of the Accra Sports Stadium.

Chairman of 2023 Local Organizing Committee (LOC) Dr. Kwaku Ofosu-Asare urged the media to support in the promotion and marketing of the upcoming African Games through their social media channels and portals.

He said Social Media: Helps in globalization and socialization. It helps the individuals to interact.-It creates emotional connectivity.-Connects to consumers.

Mr. Sammy Heywood Okine, Communications Director of the Ghana Boxing Authority (GBA) has welcomed ACE Power Promotions and called for more promoters to make the sport interesting and serious.

Speaking at the launch, the experienced sports journalist said boxing is the number one sport in Ghana because they have produced 10 world champions and many Commonwealth and Africa Champions.

Heavyweight prospect Fabio Wardley (10-0, 9 KOs) made a statement as he demolished Richard Lartey (14-4, 11 KOs) in two rounds.

Lartey was pressing forward, looking to land something big. Wardley working with his jab off the backfoot and just feeling out his opponent.

Mr. Samuel Koranteng, CSE of MTN Ghana has described 2020 as an amazing year.“Our dear invitational golf nearly did not happen for obvious reasons. Yet we’ve braced the odds to be here, a testament of our resilience as a people and as business men and women.

The pandemic resulted in a change in plans for the year, top of that, we lost some loved ones including our very own Prof Plange Rhule, MTN Ghana Foundation Board member and an ardent golfer. We will celebrate him in a special way shortly” he said.  

According to him the tournament was organised to provide us an opportunity to relax, re-strategize and share insights on business performance in our usual cordial atmosphere. I am sure we have had a therapeutic effect playing.

“Please permit me to share some insights into our business activities for the year 2020. We themed 2020 as “The Year of the Customer, The Digital Experience”. This theme is in line with our objective to become a Digital Operator by the year 2023. ​

World leaders assembled at the virtual G20 Leaders’ Summit, hosted by the G20 presidency of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, have expressed their strong support for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 and the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.

The final declaration of the Summit said: “As a symbol of humanity's resilience and global unity in overcoming COVID19, we commend Japan's determination to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 next year. (…) We look forward to the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022.”

The International Cricket Council (ICC) today launched the Request for Proposal (RFP) process for the appointment of Safety and Security Risk Assessment Services.

Ghana Football Association (GFA) president, Kurt Okraku has been named 2nd Vice President of the West African Football Union (WAFU ) Zone B as per the Statutes of the Union.

Mr. Okraku became President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) following closely contested elections held in Accra last year.

• Awards ceremony will be staged on 17 December
• Voting process kicks off on 25 November and ends on 9 December
• Special circumstances due to COVID-19 pandemic

FIFA is happy to announce that The Best FIFA Football Awards™ 2020 will take place on 17 December 2020.

This year, it has been clearer than ever that nothing is more important than health. The protagonists of the game have taken on greater responsibility, not just as players, but also as role models giving hope to communities everywhere and sharing messages of unity in the face of the ongoing public health crisis.
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​Player changing facilities at New Zealand’s premier cricket grounds will be fully fit for purpose when the world’s finest female players showcase their talents at the Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 thanks to a raft of government-funded upgrades. 

​ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 CEO Andrea Nelson welcomed the announcement of a $2 million package to ensure the venues’ changing facilities catered appropriately for female athletes.
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Ahmad Ahmad, the president of CAF, has been banned for five years by the FIFA Independent Ethics Committee following series of investigations of ethical misconduct from 2017. The most recently being complicit involvement with CAF VP, Constant Omari, in a revised broadcast deal with French marketing company, Lagardere.

Ahmad, 60, was found guilty of various unethical practises which breach FIFA's code of ethics. These included: breach of duty of loyalty, offering and accepting gifts, abuse of position and misappropriation of funds.

The President of the Ivory Coast football association, Sidy Diallo died on Saturday, from covid19 infection.

News about the death of Mr Diallo filtered the air in the evening of the weekend.
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A former vice president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), General Seyi Memene, died on Saturday morning in his country, Togo, this is according to an announcement in a CAF statement.

The statement read: Confederation Africaine de Football (CAF) regrets to announce the death of General Seyi Memene, CAF Honorary Vice President, in Lomé (Togo), on Friday 20 night to Saturday 21 November 2020, after a long illness.

Rugby Africa continues to boost women’s involvement in the game, including leadership, and is calling on all talented women with the potential to become leaders in rugby to submit their applications for the 2021 Women’s Executive Leadership Scholarships.

This amazing opportunity qualifies two women from Africa to join the remaining ten women from around the world, who will each receive a £10,000 scholarship for leadership development support for formal or informal education, conferences, forums, mentoring and best practice study tours. Each scholarship will be tailored to meet the professional development needs of the successful applicants.

Said Katie Sadleir, World Rugby - General Manager Women’s Rugby. “We are now into the fourth year of the executive leadership scholarship programme and have been able to assist 37 women from around the world thus far. This investment from World Rugby into great leadership has been a game changer as we work with unions and regions to adopt best practice in terms of diversity in senior management and governance roles.” 

Rugby Africa (http://www.RugbyAfrique.com) is delighted to announce that following a World Rugby Council meeting on 18 November 2020, another two African Rugby Unions join World Rugby.

Burkina Faso Rugby Union has become a full member and Cameroon Rugby Union has been re-instated as a full member.

The Nigeria Fotball Federation on Friday announced the appointment of Amina Sani Zangon Daura as its new Head of Women’s Football.
 

Ace Ghanaian international boxing referee / judge Roger Barnor was in Jumeirak, Dubai from Tuesday to Thursday undertaking a seminar for boxing ring officials.

The seminar is organized World African Boxing Authority WABA, headed by the evergreen Onesmus Ngow.

The three day event is certified by the USA based Association of Professional Boxing Association (APBC) and Boxers Mixed Martial Arts Fighters Union (BMMAFU) and Commission of Boxing Association (CofBA) respectively.

​WABA's "Top Wigs" in attendance included the President and Chair of the Board Hon. Ky Col. Onesmo Alfred McBride Ngowi from Tanzania, Director of Human Resources Management (DHRM) Irene Joseph Magebo from Tanzania, Commissioner to the Middle East Persian and Samoa Zack Taumafai from Samoa/Australia and Commissioner to the Middle East, Persian Gulf and Iran Payam Honari from Iran/Use.

Others were WABA Commissioners to French speaking European countries Didier Le Borgne from France who was also a trainer of Kickboxing and Muaythai, Commissioner to Malawi  Agnes Mtimakunena from Malawi and trainer of the MMA Lorenzo Borgomeo from Italy.

The FIBA 3x3 World Tour resumes on Friday with the Doha Masters in the last regular season event before the Jeddah Final next month.

After a break of more than two months, here's a refresher of the important information every 3x3 fan needs to know.