Africa Super League set for Wednesday launch

The Confederation of African Football President Patrice Motsepe is set to launch the eagerly-anticipated Africa Super League on Wednesday.

The launch of the competition that will be live in Arusha, Tanzania starting 1:00pm comes at a time when 51 African countries will be converging for the 44th General Assembly.

Kenya is set to sit out of the assembly given that the country is suspended by FIFA over government's interference with the running of the game.

Meanwhile, CAF has expressed disappointment with Napoli President, Aurelio De Laurentiis on African players and the Africa Cup of Nations.  

Laurentiis has been on the receiving end of sharp criticism following his remarks that suggested that African players should commit on giving the AFCON a wide berth before signing deals with the Italian club.

"By publicly declaring that players who sign for Napoli must sign a waiver denouncing participation in the Africa Cup of Nations as a condition of employment, De Laurentiis’ comments likely to fall under Article 14 of the UEFA Disciplinary Regulations," read part of the statement released by the body.

To tame Laurentiis from making good of his threat, CAF want their European colleagues to take disciplinary actions against the outspoken club administrator. The body says should the club boss succeed, he is likely to bar players drawn from other continents from representing their respective countries in continental assignments.

CAF demands an investigation in the wake of Napoli president's unacceptable anti-African comments

"CAF urges UEFA to initiate disciplinary investigation against him. CAF is committed to the role that football plays in Africa, Europe, North and South America, Asia and globally of bringing together and uniting people of different cultures, language groups, races, ethnic groups and religious backgrounds. We have no doubt that Napoli and UEFA are as committed as CAF is to these global humanitarian objectives. Are we to assume that the Chairman of Napoli is going to include similar restrictive conditions to players from South America, Asia and other Confederations prohibiting them from playing in their Continental competitions? " wondered the body.