Kicking off!

At the CAF elections held on Thursday, March 16 in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, Madagascar Football Federation President, Ahmad Ahmad was elected the sixth president of the Confederation of African Football, CAF. The Madagascan against all odds defeated the highly favoured octogenarian, Issa Hayatou 34-20 votes to assume leadership of the continental body.

His victory did not come to many as a surprise considering that the president of FIFA and many other ‘new generation’ presidents of African football federations backed him to oust Hayatou who was elected CAF president since 1988.

Our cover story this week takes a critical look at the numerous hurdles that the defeated former CAF president, Issa Hayatou could not surmount when he attempted to remain in charge of African football. We served you all the manoeuvres that characterised the election.

Furthermore, we have for you an explosive interview we had with a former minister of sports, Bala Bawa Ka’oje who said it is high time the anti-graft agency, EFCC beamed its searchlight on football and other sports administrators citing endemic corruption in the sports sector as his reason for the passionate call.

In golf, Englishman Danny Willett who has had a bumpy ride on the golf course since his surprise victory at the Masters last year believes he will be all smiles when he returns next month to defend the green jacket.

And our ace football columnist, David Billington is still firing from all cylinders as he brings to you some of the juiciest exclusives in the English Premier League in his column.

As usual, we rounded up with the Europe Round Up page which is still brimming with captivating stories and weekend fixtures.

Liverpool are set to visit and inflict more misery on Manchester City as they clash tomorrow in one of the biggest matches in the English Premier League.

With these spicy stories, we believe you will surely have a fun-filled weekend.

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