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  • December 7
  • Vanguard Nigeria: Wolves Release a 25-Man Tentative List for CAF Cup

    Super Eagles player Richard Eromoigbe made a return to the Nigerian Glo Premier League when he filed out yesterday for top league side Warri Wolves Football Club of Warri against Abeokuta based Gateway Football Club.

  • New Vision Uganda/Tanzania: Cranes Face Zanzibar As Quarters Near

    THE Orange CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup reaches a stage today with four matches that will decide which four will exit the 33rd edition of the tournament.

  • New Vision Uganda: Fufa File Appeal On Muwema

    FUFA officials have filed an appeal against lawyer Fred Muwema representing Express SC in the case against them.

  • New Times Africa: 2009 Fiba-Africa Club Championships

    NIGERIA's national basketball league champions Kano Pillars and ASPAC of Benin were the last entrants into this year's Fiba-Africa Club Championships slated for December 13 to 22 in Kigali, Rwanda.

  • Vanguard Nigeria: Youth Soccer Competition Kicks Off in Lagos

    A youth soccer competition where foreign scouts fish out raw talents has kicked off in Lagos on Sunday. It is called Carl Woermann Nigeria Youth Football Championship. It is in its third edition. In one of the matches played yesterday, Stihl Power Tools Football Club of Badagry held Bosch Tools Football Club of Amuwo Odofin to a 1-1 draw.

  • Vanguard Nigeria: No Nigerian Ref for Nations Cup

    The poor rating of Nigerian referees became glaring yesterday when the list of referees for the Angola Nations Cup was released and no Nigerian referee was considered good enough for the job. Sixteen referees and 16 assistant referees were selected.

  • Vanguard Nigeria: 'Amodu Will Be in South Africa'

    Despite widespread calls for Nigeria coach Shaibu Amodu to be replaced with a foreign Technical Adviser, the NFF have reiterated their stand that Amodu will definitely be in South Africa next year.

  • Nation Kenya: Enough is Enough, Says Magelo

    AFC Leopards chairman, Alex Ole Magelo has resigned citing pressure from politicians "who want to use the club as a springboard to further their selfish interests".

  • Nation Kenya: Uganda Shatter Country's Cup Dreams Again [column]

    Woeful. That's what describes Harambee Stars campaign in the 33rd Orange Cecafa Senior Challenge which ended yesterday with defeat to Uganda.

  • New Times Rwanda: Kibuye Hope to Bounce Back

    KIBUYE coach Hamza Rwabukwisi is determined to get back to winning ways when his guns battle Pepiniere at Mumena playground.

  • New Times Rwanda: APR Sign Malawi Striker

    Chiukepo Msowoya (R) of Malawi fights for the ball with Kolo Toure of Ivory Coast during their 2010 World-Africa Nations Cup qualifier.

  • Mmegi Botswana: Sithole's Rude Welcome [column]

    Former Gaborone United (GU) coach, Mike Sithole sat on the BMC bench for the first time on Saturday, but could not do anything as he watched his basement side go down 2-1 to Boteti Young Fighters in an exciting be MOBILE Premier League encounter in Lobatse.

  • Mmegi Botswana: All Eyes on Bafana Bafana Now

    South Africa proved to the doubting Thomases that they are capable of hosting big occasions when they hosted the 2010 FIFA World Cup draw at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CICC) on Friday night.

  • Mmegi Botswana: Beleaguered Tafic Call 'Indaba'

    Crisis-ridden Premier League side TAFIC has called for a special general meeting to introspect on recent events which have left the club bleeding.

  • Daily News East Africa: Zanzibar Heroes Kick Out Zambia to Enter Cecafa Semifinals

    Zanzibar Heroes surprised many by upsetting favourites Zambia, beating them 4-3 in postmatch penalty shootouts booking its place in the in the semifinal of the CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup in the quarterfinals at the Nyayo Stadium here today.

  • The Herald Zimbabwe: Greatness Beckons

    IF Norman Mapeza wins the 2009 Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup - with the rag-tag army that he took into battle in East Africa - then he will have taken a huge step in a journey that should end up with him, one day, replacing Sunday Chidzambwa as Warriors' head coach.

  • The Herald Zimbabwe: Just Like What Stuck in the Sixties [column]

    it was when they were players in 1963, that was all that mattered.

  • The Herald Zimbabwe: FC Victoria - Machawira Hits Back

    ZIFA Eastern Region administrator Thaddeus Machawira has fired a salvo at Air Zimbabwe Jets and Masvingo United for allegedly challenging FC Victoria's promotion to the Premier Soccer League from the just-ended Division One championship.

  • Mmegi Botswana: Dambe Leaves Under 20 Team At Rollers' Request

    The Botswana team to the Under-20 COSAFA Castle Cup in South Africa left without first choice goalkeeper, Kabelo Dambe who remained behind at the request of his club, Township Rollers.

  • Mmegi Botswana: First Division South Introduces Double-Headers

    Four First Division South clubs face a tough weekend as they prepare to play two games in as many days.

  • Mmegi Botswana: The Rise And Fall of Sithole

    He arrived in Botswana as a little known coach but carrying a big reputation. Mike Sithole, a shrewd Zambian coach took the Premier League by storm, endearing himself to the Mochudi Centre Chiefs faithful when he joined in October 2006.

  • Mmegi Botswana: Minnows Get the Ball-Rolling in Coke Cup

    Botswana's premier knock-out competition, the Coca-Cola Cup roars into life this weekend with lower division teams battling it out in the round of 32. Premier League clubs join the competition on the weekend of January 9-10.

  • Mmegi Botswana: Ecco Out for Revenge Against Chiefs

    ECCO City Greens and Mochudi Centre Chiefs clash in what promises to be a thrilling be Mobile Premier League match at the Francistown Stadium tomorrow.

  • Mmegi Botswana: Premier League Clubs Face De-Registration

    At least 14 Premier League clubs and other sports bodies face sanctions from the Registrar of Societies for failure to submit their annual returns.

  • Arusha Times East Africa: Soccer - Why Region Should Emulate West Africa [opinion]

    In 1956 Lisbon, Portugal a meeting took place between seven delegates. The result was the formation of the Confederation of African Football abbreviated as CAF. As the name suggests this soccer body comprises all African National soccer teams. This was the equivalent to the European Championship in Europe, which is held every four years.


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