CAF Lands Major Sponsor To Take Over From Orange

The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has signed a new main sponsor for its top club and national team competitions for the next eight years.

The new deal with French oil and gas company Total will begin with the 2017 Africa cup of Nations finals in Gabon.

For the time being the value of the deal has not been revealed.

"The parties have agreed not to release the amount of the deal for time being," Caf's director of communication, Junior Binyam, told BBC Sport.

Total take over from mobile phone company Orange, whose deal came to an end in 2016, as headline sponsor of its 10 competitions.