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Chelsea’s African trio ready to break Liverpool’s defense
Ivorian internationals Didier Drogba and Salomon Kalou as well as the Ghanaian, Michael Essien, will be available for Avram Grant to try to get...
Football : Kenya thrashed by Rwanda
The Kenya national Under-17 soccer team made an early ex it from the African Youth Championship after suffering a 2-1 defeat in the hands...
Kenya : Under 17 national football team to boycott match
The Kenyan national Under-17 soccer team Friday threatened to boycott Saturday's Africa Youth Championships first round return match against Rwanda unless outstanding allowances are...
South Africa gets a new coach
South Africa will wait to finalise a contract with their new coach before
officially announcing his appointment, the country's soccer federation CEO said today.
"We expect...
Football : Nigeria will launch an official Complaint against Cameroon
The Nigeria Football Association (NFA) has threatened to report its Cameroonian counterpart (FECAFOOT) to African soccer's governing body CAF, over its (FECAFOOT) refusal to...
Kenya football : Gor Mahia sacks coach on pitch
A former leading football club in the East African region, Gor Mahia FC, has sacked its coach on the pitch, citing poor performance.
Gor Mahia,...
Egypt pulls out of football championship in favour of another
Egypt has pulled out of the inaugural African Nations Championship (CHAN), the Egyptian football association has announced.
The body said the decision was based on...
FIFA : Ban on Sierra Leone national stadium lifted
The world Soccer Governing body, Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) has conditionally lifted the ban on Sierra Leone's National Stadium.
According to Sierra Leone's...
South Africa modifies school calendar ahead of 2010 World Cup
South Africa, hosts of 2010 soccer world cup is planning to close schools for five weeks to avoid pupil and teacher absenteeism and a...
Football : Tanzania thrashes Kenya
Kenya’s bid to advance in the ongoing African Nations Soccer Championships hit a stone wall Saturday when the national soccer team suffered a 2-0...
Ghana names 22 to footballers to play against Niger
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has invited 22 local players to commence camping in preparation towards the second-leg match against Niger in the Africa...
CAF FIFA : Chad suspended from championship
Africa soccer's governing body CAF has banned Chad from the qualifiers for the first edition of the African Nations Championships slated for Cote d'Ivoire...
Nigerian football to represent Africa at Olympics
Local newspapers Thursday hailed the qualification of Nigeria's Under-23 national football team for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, saying it paves the way for the...
Football linked to high cardiac risks
Football supporters get far too stressed! Particularly when their favourite
team is playing a close match… At times like this their risk of suffering a
stroke...
2010 World Cup: Bafana Bafana civil servants ?
In efforts earmarked to better the discouraging performance of the South African national team,Bafana Bafana, the Minister for Sports talked about the government’s plan...
27 Malian footballers for France friendly match
Mali's national football team managers Mory Goita and Mamadou Coulibaly have called 27 players for the friendly match against a second-string French team on...
Benzema becomes one of the highest paid footballers in France
Karim Benzema said in an announcement Thursday that he would stay with Olympique Lyonnais (OL) until 2013, with an extra optional year. Olympique Lyonnais,...
Footballers attacked and robbed in Ghana
Armed robbers attacked members of the Wa All Stars football club early Tuesday and subjected the players and officials to severe beating, snatching their...
CAF Matches: Ghana, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Benin…
Results and brief commentaries of matches between:
Ashantigold and Sahel, Africa Sport and Tonnerre, Entente Sportive and Port Authority as well as announced match between...
Scholarships for African junior footballers
Twenty-four junior footballers have landed scholarships at the renowned ASPIRE Academy in Doha, Qatar, according to a panapress report.
Of the 24, three are Kenyans...
FIFA and CAF resolve Ethiopian soccer sqabble
The world soccer governing body, FIFA, and the Confederation of African Football (CAF) have moved to stop the management crisis dogging the Ethiopian Football...
African Champions League playoffs
The Gabonese Football Club 105 thrashed Ghana's Hearts of Oak 3-0 in an African Champions League qualifying match here on Sunday. The goals were...
Malian soccer league: Djoliba maintains lead
Djoliba has continued to maintain its lead in the Malian national football league, despite the posponement of its match against Stade de Bamako at...
Fifa Africa Top Ten out, after CAN 2008
Fifa rankings reflect a team's performance over a period of four years. Nigeria slipped to number six on the continent after an...
FIFA, Ericsson sign multimedia deal
Ericsson and the world’s soccer governing body FIFA Tues day signed an agreement which will enable FIFA use Ericsson’s content and servi c e...
CAN 2008: Final Statistics from African Cup of Nations
The 26th edition of the MTN African Cup of Nations, tagged Ghana 2008, rounded off in Accra Sunday, with Egypt beating Cameroon 1-0 to...
CAN 2008: Egypt CAN 2008 Champions
The Pharaohs of Egypt retained Africa's most coveted football trophy when they defeated Cameroon 1-0 in the final match of the 26th MTN Africa...
CAN 2008: Ghana finishes 3rd place
The Black Stars of Ghana ended their 2008 Africa Cup of Nations campaign Saturday with a third place finish, after rallying to beat the...
CAN 2008: Roger Milla wary of Egypt’s emerging force in Africa
The euphoria that greeted Cameroon’s lone-goal win over host Ghana Black Stars literarily went into the winds when most players and officials watched as...
CAN 2008: Egyptian coach woos Accra crowd against Cameroon
Egyptian coach Hassan Shehata has urged the vociferous A ccra crowd to get behind the defending champions, Pharaohs of Egypt, when they t a...