{"id":7633,"date":"2024-08-09T05:52:21","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T05:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=7633"},"modified":"2024-08-09T05:52:26","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T05:52:26","slug":"caf-mourns-the-death-of-former-president-issa-hayatou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=7633","title":{"rendered":"CAF mourns the death of former President Issa Hayatou"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Confederation of African Football (CAF) is in mourning following the passing of its former President, Issa Hayatou.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hayatou, who served as CAF President from 1988 to 2017, passed away earlier today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His tenure, spanning nearly three decades, marked a transformative era for African football, with significant growth and development across the continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-c5ae603d417a471ed3ba5ef7b7dc7f6b ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:400px; height:400px; max-height:400px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/keIcjvxZZvM?feature=oembed&color=red&rel=0&controls=1&start=&end=&fs=0&iv_load_policy=0&autoplay=0&mute=0&modestbranding=0&cc_load_policy=1&playsinline=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen referrerpolicy=\"origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The President of CAF Dr Patrice Motsepe said: \u201cI express my deepest personal condolences and the condolences of the 54 CAF Member Associations, on the passing of CAF former President, President Issa Hayatou; to his family, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Camerounaise de Football, its President Samuel Eto\u2019o and the people of Cameroon. CAF and African Football will forever be grateful to President Hayatou for his enormous and far-reaching contributions, over many years to the development and growth of football in Africa. He will forever live in our hearts and minds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Motsepe has requested that the CAF flag and the flags of all CAF Member Associations fly at half-mast for a period of five days, until 13 August 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Confederation of African Football (CAF) is in mourning following the passing of its former President, Issa Hayatou. Hayatou, who served as CAF President from 1988 to 2017, passed away earlier today. His tenure, spanning nearly three decades, marked a transformative era for African football, with significant growth and development across the continent. 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