FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - 2022 World Cup - African Qualifiers Draw - Nile Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Cairo, Egypt - January 21, 2020 President of the Confederation of African Football Ahmad Ahmad before the draw REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - The suspension of Confederation of African Football chief Ahmad Ahmad on Monday has thrown wide open the future leadership of the regional soccer governing body, with his ban from the game coming just months before CAF's presidential elections.
Ahmad had already been endorsed by 46 of the continent’s 54 football associations and looked certain to be re-elected in March 2021 but the five-year ban, announced by FIFA's Ethics Committee, means there will now be a scramble for power.
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