The Council of East and Central African Football Association (CECAFA) has released the 2025 competitions calendar which includes the inaugural Beach Soccer Competition.The line up which consists of seven tournaments was released after ratification during the ordinary CECAFA General Assembly that was held on Wednesday 22 January in Juba, South Sudan.Harambee Stars striker linked with shock move to Indian clubThe seven tournaments will run across the year with the first one taking place in May and the last one in December.The first of the seven will be the inaugural Beach Soccer competition which will be held from Saturday 31 May to Saturday 7 June with Kenya serving as the hosts.##NAJAVA_MECA_8657766##CECAFA Senior Women’s Challenge will be the next tournament in line with the dates to be communicated at a later date.Saturday 28 June to Sunday 13 July will see the CECAFA Senior Men’s Challenge Cup taking place. Uganda are the tournament’s defending champions.Former Gor Mahia coach tips Unai Emery to guide Aston Villa to EPL gloryThe Dar Port Kagame Cup 2025 which brings together clubs from the region to compete will take place from Sunday 31 August to Sunday 14 September.Zambian club Red Arrows are the defending champions after defeating APR of Rwanda in the 2024 edition.##NAJAVA_MECA_8657753##CAF Women’s Champions League (CECAFA Qualifiers) will take place from Saturday 20 September to Saturday 4 October.CECAFA U-17 Boys Championship will follow suit from Saturday 15 November to Saturday 29 November. The last edition of the tournament was won by Uganda.Former Kisumu All Stars duo exit signals decline in Somali Premier LeagueThe last tournament of the year for the region will be the CAF African Schools Football Championship (CECAFA Qualifiers) which will be held from Monday 1 December to Sunday 7 December.CAF Executive Director Auka John Gacheo revealed that the schedule was prepared with consideration to CAF and FIFA tournaments on the international calendar.##NAJAVA_MECA_8657701##Apart from the Beach Soccer tournament which will be held in Kenya, member associations are required to apply for consideration to host any of the tournaments.Over the past few years, some of the tournaments had to be cancelled or postponed for lack of a host country or due to the tight international calendar.
