Mamelodi Sundowns  owner Patrice Motsepe’s path to the Confederation of African Football (Caf) presidency appears to have become a lot smoother after it emerged that his rivals for the seat have been convinced to withdraw from the race and serve under him.          

Insiders told Business Day on Monday that Fifa president Gianni Infantino has brokered a deal that could see Senegal’s Augustin Senghor and Mauritania’s Ahmad Yahya take up the first and second vice-president seats at the Caf elective congress in Rabat‚ Morocco‚ on March 12...