South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe has been re-elected president of the Confederation of African Soccer (CAF) for an additional four-year time period on the congress in Cairo. The mining tycoon, who additionally owns Mamelodi Sundowns, first took workplace in 2021 with robust backing from FIFA president Gianni Infantino. On each events, he had a transparent path to victory, working unopposed. In the meantime, Samuel Eto’o, one in every of Africa’s biggest-ever soccer stars and the president of the Cameroon Soccer Affiliation, secured a seat on the CAF government committee. Representing Central Africa, Eto’o’s election comes mere days after he gained an attraction towards a call that banned him from contesting. 5 different members, together with Liberia’s Mustapha Ishola Raji and Ghana’s Kurt Simeon-Okraku, had been additionally elected unopposed.
Supply: Reuters
