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TOP referee Victor Gomes will have his hands full in the coming weeks when he fulfils his latest Confederation of African Football (CAF) assignments.
Gomes has been appointed referee for the CAF Champions League semi-final match between Tunisia’s E.S.T vs Al Ahly of Egypt match along with Assistant Referee Zakhele Siwela. The match will take place on 19 June 2021 in Tunisia.
The pair will then team up as the Video Assistant Referees in Morocco on 27 June 2021 for the semi-final of the CAF Confederations Cup match between Raja Casablanca and Pyramids of Egypt.
Gomes continues to shine in the refereeing space of international football and has been earmarked to officiate at the upcoming Tokyo Olympics in Japan. – safa.net
CONDOMS APLENTY AT THE OLYMPICS
TOKYO Olympics is set to begin on Friday 23rd July 2021 and all the participating athletes from across the globe will get around 14 condoms each.
The Olympic games which are scheduled to kick off in Japan will see around 1,60,000 free condoms being distributed among the athletes but the organisers, however, advised the athletes to refrain from using any of the condoms that are to be given to them. Instead, they are hoping that the athletes take them home to their own countries as souvenirs.
The Tokyo Games will bring with it a set of new rules and guidelines, given the times we are living in with the virus (Covid-19) refusing to die down. The athletes will have little choice but to accept the major restrictions that are to be imposed on them. – www.india.com
STOP BEING A COWARD ROGER
TENNIS megastar Roger Federer’s withdrawal from the French Open smirks of cowardice by the 39-year-old Swiss.
This seems to be the case because despite a warm welcome by fans and with no hassles from any one, he explains himself thus: “After discussions with my team, I decided that I should withdraw from the French Open today.”
No doubt after not taking part in grand-slam tournaments for almost 16 months due to injury, he should of course choose tournaments carefully. But that does not justify his coming to such a major event and then suddenly run away considering that much as he won a total 20 grand slam titles, he only lifted the Rafael Nadal-dominated Roland-Garos spectacle once. And that happened in 2009. – WSAM
AFCON FINALS DRAW POSTPONED
At the request of CAF, the Cameroon Local Organizing Committee (LOC) has agreed to postpone the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021 final draw for logistical reasons related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The draw was initially scheduled for 25 June 2021 and a new date will be announced in due course.
CAF continues to work together with its partners, the Cameroon government and the LOC with the objective of making the AFCON Cameroon 2021 a successful event and a great celebration of African football. – cafonline.com
