CECAFA U-15 Semi-finals: Kenya Beat Rwanda on Penalties, Uganda Humbles Burundi

BY NATNAEL YEBIO We are into the business end of the CECAFA U-15 as the semi-finals kick-off. This tournament has been explosive, in the group stages, as we saw host nation Eritrea succumb to a shock defeat to surprise packages of the tournament Burundi, before the hosts went on to play some exhibition football against […]

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Eritrea to Host CECAFA’s First Ever U-15 Football Competition

This will be the second time Eritrea hosting CECAFA competitions. BY NATNAEL YEBIO | SHABAIT Eritrea will host CECAFA U-15 football competition, the first of its kind, this summer. CECAFA (the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations) General Secretary Mr. Nicholas Musonye was in Asmara this past week to hold discussion with the […]

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Cecafa to Host First Ever Under-15 Regional Tournament in Eritrea

BY GILBERT WANDERA | STANDARD MEDIA Council for East and Central Africa Football Association [CECAFA] will host it’s first ever Under-15 regional tournament in Eritrea. The move is meant to develop the region’s capacity at this level according to Football Kenya Federation (FKF) president Nick Mwendwa.

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CECAFA in Ethiopia and Why Eritrea is not Participating

By Mike Seium | Eri-International Sports, It is so disgusting to see certain media outlets and news services like AP so obsessed with why Eritrea is not attending the 2015 CECAFA (Central and Eastern Confederation of African Football) tournament being held in Ethiopia. Al Jazeera’s football section and Fox sports, both opposite side of the […]

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Ethiopia Dismisses Reports it Barred Eritrea from CECAFA Games

By APA, Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has dismissed reports by Al Jazeera that the country has barred Eritrean footballers from playing in the 2015 Council for East and Central African Football Associations (CECAFA) tournament scheduled to be held in Ethiopia. Spokesperson of the Ministry, Tewolde Mulugeta, said Thursday that the information dispatched by the […]

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Eritrea Won’t Send Players to CECAFA Tournament

By AP, Eritrea has been excluded from East Africa’s main soccer tournament this month because of political tensions with host Ethiopia. Nicholas Musonye, secretary general of the Council for East and Central African Football Associations, says the regional soccer body ”must respect” Ethiopia’s position not to allow the Eritrea team into the country to play […]

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