Partey misses out as Mukarama and Addo make shortlist for 2018 CAF Awards

 The Confederations of African Football (CAF) have today released a shortlist for the annual award ceremony which will be taking place on 8th January 2019 in Dakar, Senegal.

Ghana and Atletico Madrid midfielder Thomas Partey misses out on the men's best player category whiles Abdulai Mukarama and Elizabeth Addo who are the captains of Ghana National U17 and Black Queens respectively, made the shortlist for the African women's best player award.

Below are the shortlists for CAF Awards 2018

African Player of the Year
1. Alex Iwobi (Nigeria & Arsenal)
2. Andre Onana (Cameroon & Ajax)
3. Anis Badri (Tunisia & Esperance)
4. Denis Onyango (Uganda & Mamelodi Sundowns)
5. Mehdi Benatia (Morocco & Juventus)
6. Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool)
7. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon & Arsenal)
8. Riyad Mahrez (Algeria & Manchester City)
9. Sadio Mane (Senegal & Liverpool)
10. Walid Soliman (Egypt & Ahly)

Women’s Player of the Year
1. Abdulai Mukarama (Ghana & Northern Ladies)
2. Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria & Dilian Quanjian)
3. Bassira Toure (Mali & AS Mande)
4. Chrestinah Thembi Kgatlana (South Africa & Houston Dash)
5. Elizabeth Addo (Ghana & Seattle Reign)
6. Francisca Ordega (Nigeria & Washington Spirit)
7. Gabrielle Aboudi Onguene (Cameroon & CSKA Moskow)
8. Janine Van Wyk (South Africa & Houston Dash)
9. Onome Ebi (Nigeria & Hekan Huisanhang)
10. Raissa Feudjio (Cameroon & Aland United)
11. Tabitha Chawinga (Malawi & Jiangsu Suning)

Youth Player of the Year
1. Achraf Hakimi (Morocco & Borussia Dortmunmd)
2. Franck Kessie (Cote d’Ivoire & AC Milan)
3. Wilfred Ndidi (Nigeria & Leicester City)

Men’s Coach of the Year
1. Aliou Cisse (Senegal)
2. Herve Renard (Morocco)
3. Moine Chaabani (Esperance)

Women’s Coach of the Year
1. Desiree Ellis (South Africa)
2. Joseph Brian Ndoko (Cameroon)
3. Thomas Dennerby (Nigeria)

Men’s National Team of the Year
1. Madagascar
2. Mauritania
3. Uganda

Women’s National Team of the Year
1. Cameroon
2. Nigeria
3. South Africa

Asante Kotoko fly out on Tuesday

Asante Kotoko will fly out to Ethiopia en route to Kenya on Tuesday ahead of the CAF Confederation Cup match against Kariobangi Sharks on Saturday.

The Porcupine Warriors play the Kenyan outfit in the first leg of the second preliminary round at the Moi International Sports Centre in Kasarani, Nairobi, Kenya.

With the traveling party yet to be confirmed, management has revealed the traveling route indicating a transit in Ethiopia.

The team will leave Accra for Addis Ababa on Tuesday afternoon, spend a night in the Ethiopian capital and fly to Nairobi around 08:00 GMT the next morning.

The Porcupines Warriors will arrive in Kenya on Wednesday afternoon hoping to garner a favourable result in the first leg to take into the second fixture slated for the Baba Yara Stadium on December 22, 2018.

Source: Asantekotokosc.com

CAF sets criteria for selecting 2019 AFCON new host

Following the statement issued on 30 

November 2018 and following the decision of the Executive Committee to withdraw the organization of AFCON 2019 from Cameroon, the Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) today provides an update on the process to agree a new host country of the Total Africa Cup of Nations 2019 (AFCON).

CAF today confirms the following:

· Request for Applications to host the AFCON 2019 have now been sent to all CAF Member Associations;

· MAs interested in bidding must submit their bid books to CAF by midnight EET [Cairo time] Friday 14 December;

· From 15 December 2018, CAF will make a short list announcement, request further information from bidders and make possible on-site visits to complete the evaluation of applications;

• Once the technical evaluation phase has been completed, the CAF Executive Committee will decide the new host of AFCON 2019 which will take place in summer 2019.

CAF will make further statements when appropriate.

Source: Cafonline.com