World football authority FIFA will pay out a cool $1 billion (R18.3 billion) to the clubs that will participate in this year’s FIFA Club World Cup in the United States. Mamelodi Sundowns will represent Africa alongside Al Ahly (Egypt), Rulani Mokwena’s Wydad Casablanca (Morocco), and Espérance (Tunisia), who have Bafana Bafana winger Elias Mokwana in their books. In a statement, FIFA confirmed it would generate $2 billion in revenues from the expanded Club World Cup, which is made up of…

Zambia’s football community is reeling from a deepening crisis surrounding the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) presidential election, a saga that threatens to tarnish the nation’s proud footballing legacy. At the heart of the controversy is incumbent FAZ President Andrew Kamanga, who was declared re-elected unopposed after eight rival candidates were disqualified from the race. With the government stepping in, legal challenges looming, and the specter of a FIFA ban on the horizon, the situation has spiraled into a full-blown…

One of South Africa’s youngest and brightest coaches Rulani Mokwena didn’t exactly hit the ground running at the helm of Morocco’s Wydad Casablanca. However, the 38-year-old is starting to show his hand, and Wydad are back to winning ways, with five league wins on the trot to propel themselves to second spot on the table, albeit 13 points behind the leaders RS Berkane with nine matches remaining in the 2024/25 Morocco Botola. There’s progress. Last season was nothing to write…

THE Central African Republic (CAR) is the most improved side in the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola World Rankings, now led by global champions, Argentina. CAR has moved ten places up to 122nd. They attained that feat after twice beating Madagascar. This is the biggest move by points (plus 28,72 points) and by places. CAR outperformed other notable movers such as Namibia (106th, plus 7), Malaysia (138th, plus 7) and The Gambia (120th, plus 6). Cameroon recorded the biggest drop by points Cameroon…