JOHANNESBURG: Issa Hayatou, president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), faces a challenge to his leadership for only the second time in his 14-year rule at elections in January, the organisation announced on Monday.
Ismail Bhamjee of Botswana, an executive committee member of world governing body FIFA, told reporters in March he would run against the Cameroonian and this was confirmed when CAF released the list of candidates for the Jan 22 elections in Tunis.
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