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Gambia 1, Algeria 0 in World cup/CAN 2010 qualifier
Gambian National soccer team, the Scorpions, stung their Algerian counterpart 1-0 in their group World Cup/African Nations cup qualifying match here Saturday.
Gambia's winner was...
Football : 2010 WC /CAN qualifiers 2nd Round Schedule
The joint qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup/African Cup of Nations continue across Africa this weekend, with 23 matches slated.
The joint qualifiers for the...
Kenya coach warns of a secret weapon against Zimbabwe team
Kenya's Harambee Stars Tuesday intensified training in preparation for the 2010 World Cup/African Cup of Nations qualifier against Zimbabwe Saturday.
Coach Francis Kimanzi, speaking at...
Samuel Eto’o revels in ill temper and disrespect towards Africans
There is no end in sight in the neo aggressive behaviour of Cameroon and FC Barcelona star, Samuel Eto’o. Recently, during a Press conference...
Football : Cameroon Olympic Team meets Japan
The Olympic team of the Indomitable Lions of Cameroons left France Saturday night, for Japan. While in the land of the rising sun, the...
Benjani eyes 2010 World Cup / Africa Nations Cup
Former Aj Auxerre striker and Zimbabwe national soccer team captain Benjani Mwaruwari says he is not losing sleep over the appointment of a new...
Results of matches and standings of 2010 World Cup / African Nations Cup qualifiers
Big teams in Africa have so far done as expected in the joint qualifier matches for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations and the...
FIFA and Kenya co-operate to settle differences
World soccer governing body, FIFA, says it’s ready to co-operate with Kenyan authorities in revamping football in the country, quashing fears that it would...
Full first day results of 2010 World Cup / African Nations Cup qualifiers
Full first day results of the 2010 World Cup and African Nations Cup qualifiers. Tunisia was beaten on home soil by Burkina Faso. The...
Football : Ghana Black Stars thrash Libya
The Black Stars of Ghana Sunday beat their Libyan counterparts, the Greens, 3-0 in the 2010 World Cup and African Cup of Nations qualifiers...
Nigeria’s history remains unbroken after match with Bafana Bafana
Nigeria beat visiting South Africa 2-0 in their opening qualifier for the 2010 World Cup and the African Nations Cup in the capital city...
SA snubs Nigerian hospitality ahead of Sunday’s 2010 CAN/WC qualifier
The stage is set for the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Bafana Bafana of South Africa to trade tackles in their opening 2010...
Kenya football loses McDonald Mariga for 2010 World Cup qualifier
Italy-based Kenyan professional soccer player, McDonald Mariga, has been locked out of the national team for this weekend's 2010 World Cup/Africa Cup of Nations...
Pro-gov’t and Pro-FIFA teams confused at training camp
Kenya's preparations for the forthcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup/Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers were hit by confusion as two parallel national teams trained at...
Samir Nasri gets a transfer from Olympique de Marseille to Arsenal
Following the French sports daily L’Equipe’s announcement, Wednesday, that Samir Nasri was to sign a four year contract with Arsenal, the English club and...
FIFA : South Africa xenophobic violence’s impact on 2010 world cup
Football's world governing body, FIFA, has addressed the xenophobic violence in South Africa, saying it hoped the 2010 World Cup could help to overcome...
Angry FIFA orders Kenya court to reinstate Football Federation
World soccer governing body, Fifa, riled by the removal of Kenyan soccer officials last Friday, has given the country a 72-hour ultimatum to rescind...
Kenyan Football Federation refused court hearing
A group allied to ousted Kenya Football Federation Chairman Mohammed Hatimy, Monday moved to a Nairobi court, seeking orders to set aside the decision...
Disbanded Kenya Football Federation offers help
The FIFA-backed Kenya Football Federation (KFF), thrown out by the High Court Friday for being in office illegally, said it was ready to work...
Kanu, Portsmouth saviour and Nigerian hero
Nigerian newspapers Sunday hailed national team captain Nwankwo Kanu, after his 37th-minute goal helped his English Clubside Portsmouth to beat Cardiff City 1-0 in...
Football : Two Egyptian clubs drawn in the ‘group of death’
Egyptian football giants Al Ahly and Zamalek have been drawn in the same African Champions League group, which pundits are referring to as the...
Football : Abdeslam Ouaddou wins racism case in France
The Metz family court (Tribunal de Grande Instance de Metz), France, sentenced a football fan on Tuesday for having insulted the Moroccan footballer Abdeslam...
Nigeria warns international football stars ahead of World Cup 2010
The Nigeria Football Association (NFA) has warned that players who stay away from friendly matches will not feature in the country's team for the...
Ghana Asante Kotoko paralyses Nigeria Dolphins in play-off
Ghana's Asante Kotoko came from a goal down to stun Dolphins FC of Nigeria 4-1 and ease past the Nigerians on a 4-3 aggregate...
Ghana OneTouch Premier Soccer League results and standings
Results and standings of Ghana's Onetouch Premier Soccer League after the 18th-week matches played Sunday
Results and standings of Ghana's Onetouch Premier Soccer League after...
Kenya Premier League remains highly competitive
Major upsets were recorded at the weekend in Kenya's Premier League soccer action that saw Gor Mahia and Sony Sugar succumb to their second...
Ghana terminates Le Roy’s contract ahead of time
The Ghana Football Associati on (GFA) has abrogated the con tract of Claude Le Roy, the coach the country's senior football team, the Black...
Soccer stakeholders in Sierra Leone want national congress
Football stakeholders nationwide have called on the president of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA), Nahim Khadi, and his executive to immediately summon a...
Premiership side Wigan to deal for Egyptian striker Zaki
Egyptian international striker Amr Zaki is at the head of English Premiership side Wigan's transfer list, Manager Steve Bruce said, indicating that his team...
Senegal’s football normalisation committee approved by FIFA
A football normalisation committee has been set up by Senegal following a meeting Tuesday in Zurich, Switzerland, between the Senegalese delegation led by the...