Nigeria, Feb. 6 -- A new twist has been added to the upcoming CAF elections billed for March 12 as the recently restored president of the continent's football governing body, Ahmad Ahmad, is reportedly back in the race for next month's presidential polls.

The BBC reports that Mr Ahmad has been restored as a candidate for the March elections by CAF's Governance Committee. The decision to re-admit Mr Ahmad as a candidate comes after his five-year ban from football by FIFA was temporarily suspended by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on January 29.

It, however, understood that despite Mr Ahmad's clearance by CAF's Governance Committee, which met on Friday, the Malagasy still needs FIFA to overturn its previous decision to rule him ...