South Africa’s Motsepe is re-elected unopposed as Caf president

Motsepe’s second term in charge of African football was decided before Wednesday’s events in Cairo after he became the first and only contender to run for office.

The lack of challengers could be seen as a vote of confidence in the South African’s presidency so far, having come to Caf at a time of crisis.

In 2021 he succeeded Ahmad of Madagascar who had become the first Caf president to be banned by Fifa.

Since then, the African football body has grown financially, making a $72m (£55.5m) profit from last year’s Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) – a sum 18 times bigger than that generated by the previous edition in 2022.

When declaring his intent to run for a second term, Motsepe told the BBC progress had been made, “but there is still a lot of work to be done”.

During his speech on Wednesday, he highlighted the issue of national stadiums across Africa as one of his key areas of focus.

“In 2021, there were 36 countries that were not playing football in their countries. The number has come down to 12 but for us, this is still a big number,” he said.

“At Caf and Fifa, it is our job to continue supporting the development of sports infrastructure.”