Africa’s top club competition run by CAF.
Omar Artan has been denied entry to the United States and removed from FIFA’s World Cup referees after U.S. Customs and Border Protection found him inadmissible during vetting. Artan returned to Mogadishu on Wednesday and received a hero's welcome; Somali officials and football figures have protested the decision.
South Africa midfielder Jayden Adams has been found dead at a home in Cape Town's Schotsche Kloof neighbourhood. Police have opened an inquest and are investigating; authorities have not released a cause of death. Adams had played in South Africa's three World Cup group matches and had helped the nation reach the knockout stage for the first time.