FOOTBALL
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE – Neither Messi nor Ronaldo in quarterfinals, a first since 2005

FC Barcelona, traveling to the French capital, was eliminated this Wednesday, March 10, 2021 by PSG (5 – 2 over the two matches). Juventus for their part could not get rid of FC Porto and lost (4 – 4) with more goals conceded at home. This 2020/2021 Champions League suddenly becomes historic since the two geniuses of football, namely Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, were unable to reach the knockout stages. An unimaginable scenario for more than 15 years now where the two players began their rise to power with FC Barcelona and Manchester United respectively.
Quarter-finals of the Champions League that will be played without Lionel Messi (33) and Cristiano Ronaldo (36), the two best players in the world of the past 15 years. The six-time Golden Ball, Lionel Messi, has lifted the big-eared cup four times (2006 – 2009 – 2011 – 2015) while the Portuguese swift has won it five times (2008 – 2014 – 2016 – 2017 – 2018) .
It may be the end of an era. They leave the competition prematurely this 2020/2021 season, eliminated respectively by PSG and FC Porto. This had never happened since 2005, when Liverpool beat AC Milan in an anthology final, Olympique Lionnais took the door in the quarter against Eindhoven and no Spanish club had passed the eighth mark. final. Manchester United, where the Portuguese played, had been eliminated by the Milanese, also in the eighth.
The four teams currently qualified in the quarter-finals of the Champions League are Liverpool, FC Porto, PSG and Borussia Dorrmund. The four teams that will join them will play their round of 16 second leg on Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17 March 2021.
Tuesday at 8 p.m.:
Real Madrid – Atalanta
Manchester City – Monchengladbach
Wednesday at 8 p.m.:
Bayern Munich – Lazio
Chelsea – Atletico Madrid
FOOTBALL
CAN Feminine 2025: the CAF unveils a strong visual identity for Morocco 2024

The African Football Confederation (CAF) has just unveiled the emblem and the official poster of the Women’s African Nations Cup TotalEnergies, Morocco 2024. A symbolic launch that embodies the renewal and growing ambition of women’s football in Africa.
This is a new milestone for African women’s football. This Wednesday, JUNE 11, 2025, the CAF revealed the visual identity of the Women’s African Nations Cup TotalEnergies, which will be held in Morocco from July 5 to 26, 2025. Through this modern and powerful emblem, the CAF intends to reflect the growing prestige of the tournament, while paying tribute to the cultural richness of the host country, Morocco, and the diversity of women’s football on the continent.
Morocco, the host country of the previous edition in 2022, had already made an impression by hosting a high-caliber competition, crowned by record attendance and an internationally acclaimed organization. The 2025 edition therefore promises to take things up a notch, both in terms of sports and media.
Photo credit: cafonline
A LA UNE
CÔTE D’IVOIRE – Robert Beugré Mambé reassured after an infrastructure visit

Yamoussoukro, December 26, 2023- After an impregnation visit of the Charles Konan-Banny stadium in Yamoussoukro, Tuesday, December 26, 2023, the Prime Minister, Minister of Sport and Living Environment, Robert Beugré Mambé, said reassured. The stadium, he said, is ready to host Group C matches from Senegal, Cameroon, Guinea and The Gambia.
‘What we have seen is reassuring. Technically, from the equipment point of view, we are ready at the Yamoussoukro stadium. But we will remain vigilant until the end,” said Robert Beugré Mambé.
The Prime Minister called for on-call teams to be set up in all sectors. We will have specialists permanently because Côte d’Ivoire wants to be up to date, in all circumstances, with the expected benefits of this great country. We have given indications that vigilance is needed,’ insisted the Head of Government.
For this visit, which is part of the visits of infrastructure related to the CAN 2023, the Vice-President of the Republic, Tiémoko Meyliet Koné, accompanied by the Prime Minister and other members of the government, visited the host infrastructure, in particular the President’s Hotel where official delegations will stay.
CAN 2023 is scheduled from January 13 to February 11, 2024 in Côte d’Ivoire with 24 teams.
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FOOTBALL
CÔTE D’IVOIRE – Partenariat: La FIF et le Groupe Carré D’Or ensemble pour la promotion du football Ivoirien

La Fédération Ivoirienne de Football (FIF) et le Groupe Carré D’Or ont conclu, ce vendredi 8 décembre 2023 à Novotel Plateau, un accord de partenariat en vue du développement du football en Côte d’Ivoire.
Leader de l’agro-industrie en Côte d’Ivoire depuis la fin des années 90, le Groupe Carré D’Or vient de s’ajouter à la liste des entreprises citoyennes partenaires de la Fédération Ivoirienne de Football (FIF) dans sa mission de développer le football en Côte d’Ivoire. Ce vendredi en effet, à Novotel Plateau, son Directeur Exécutif M. Khalil Ezzedine et le Président de la FIF M. Yacine Idriss Diallo, ont paraphé devant une parterre d’invité constitué de chefs d’entreprises, de légendes du football Ivoirien, de dirigeants sportifs et des médias, un accord de partenariat.
« Au Groupe Carré D’Or, nous avons une politique sportive très développée. Depuis plusieurs années en effet, nous partageons notre passion du port avec les Ivoiriens, sur le plan organisationnel et du sponsoring. Pour nous, sceller un partenariat avec la FIF un fait naturel. Nous sommes donc heureux de soutenir les Éléphants et dans le même temps le championnat national. C’est un réel plaisir de nous associer à la FIF dans sa mission de développement du football en Côte d’Ivoire et à participer à l’encadrement de la jeunesse Ivoirienne », explique le patron du Groupe Carré d’Or.
Pour sa part, le Président de la FIF, M. Yacine Idriss Diallo s’est réjouit de cette union avec le Groupe Carré d’Or.« Notre mission est d’encadrer la jeunesse à travers la mise en place d’une organisation efficiente pour que le football ivoirien aille de l’avant. Et donc dans cette mission là, avoir à ses côtés des entreprises symboliques comme le Groupe Carré d’Or est une fierté et une grande joie pour nous. Nous allons faire tout pour que ce partenariat soit de qualité, qu’il soit gagnant-gagnant sur l’ensemble des produits qui vont être utilisés. Le Groupe Carré d’Or sera donc à nos côtés en partie avec les Éléphants mais aussi sur la Ligue 1 et d’autres activités de la fédération. C’est donc une grosse satisfaction pour nous », reconnaît le Président de la Fédération Ivoirienne de Football.
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