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  • July 3
  • New Vision South Africa/Uganda: 2010 World Cup Offers Continent Great Opportunity [editorial]

    THE Confederations Cup is the traditional dress rehearsal for the FIFA World Cup. And as far as dress rehearsals go, the 2009 Confederations Cup recently held in South Africa was a splendid advert for this Rainbow nation.

  • BuaNews South Africa: Possible 2010 Strike Will Not Affect Stadia Deadlines

    The possible strike by construction workers will not affect the deadline to have 2010 FIFA World Cup stadia completed six months ahead of the tournament.

  • Zimbabwe Independent Zimbabwe: Sables Coach Dawson Sweats Over Players

    THE club vs country question is likely to disrupt Zimbabwe rugby coach Brendan Dawson's plans for the inaugural Confederation of African Rugby (Car) Trophy in Gaborone, Botswana, in a fortnight.

  • Namibia Economist Namibia: Abidjan Hospitality Caused the Draw - Coach

    The national rugby team, the Welwitschias, followed their disappointing 13-13 draw in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, with a quality and dominant 54-14 win at home in the return leg last week.

  • Zimbabwe Independent Zimbabwe: Go for Pace - Streak

    FORMER Zimbabwe cricket captain and pace bowler Heath Streak says Zimbabwe would enjoy an advantage if they went for an all-out pace attack against Bangladesh next month.

  • Zimbabwe Independent Zimbabwe: Two Wimbledon Semis for Cara

    CARA Black and Kevin Ullyett -- the two Zimbabweans playing at Wimbledon -- had mixed fortunes yesterday in the quarter-finals of the mixed doubles.

  • Independent (Lagos) Nigeria: 2010 W'cup - Nieketien Warns Eagles Over Tunisia

    Former Nigeria junior international, Peter Nieketien, has advised the players and coaches of the Super Eagles not to be carried away by the goalless score-line with Tunisia's Carthage Eagles in last month's 2010 World Cup qualifiers in Tunis.

  • Independent (Lagos) Nigeria: Nigeria to Invest in Sports Politics -Ndanusa

    Minister of Sports and Chairman, National Sports Commission, Sani Ndanusa, has restated the country's desire to invest heavily in international sports politics to enhance the nation's political and technical standing in the global sports arena.

  • Namibian Namibia: Three Awards By NPL

    THE Namibia Premier League will only have three categories when it holds its awards for the football season on July 10.

  • ANGOP Angola: Participation in Five-a-Side Football Tournament Reasonable

    side football team participation in the first stage of the fifth edition of the "Great Prize of Brazil in Futsal" was considered as reasonable by a top official of this sport, Luís Mourão.

  • Cameroon Tribune Cameroon: Cameroon Drops In FIFA Ranking

    They are now second in Africa and 29th on the world stage.

  • The Herald Zimbabwe: Eagles Appoint Mawiwi

    EAGLES have handed Bigboy Mawiwi the job as head coach at the club - just less than a week after they sent their promotion-winning coach Mike Madzivanyika packing - and the former Lengthens coach has already started work at his new team.

  • The Herald Zimbabwe: World Karate Champ Muripo Returns Home

    KARATEKA Samson Muripo, the first full contact world karate champion from Africa, attributed his victory at the recent world championships to perseverance and dedication.

  • The Herald Zimbabwe: Women Living With HIV/Aids Tourney Spreads Wings

    THE Sokhaya tournament, a soccer event designed for women living with HIV and Aids, is now going places.

  • The Herald Zimbabwe: Chabata Blasts ZNSSA Leadership

    ONE of Zimbabwe's biggest football fans, Promise Chabata, has blasted the leadership of the Zimbabwe National Soccer Supporters' Association for chaotic arrangements that resulted in the bungling of the trip to watch the Confederations Cup final.

  • The Herald Zimbabwe: Rugby Inter-Provincial Tournament Cancelled

    THE Zimbabwe Rugby Union has this year cancelled the annual inter-provincial tournament that is used as a basis for selecting national team players for the Sables.

  • The Herald Zimbabwe: Squash Development Programme Gets Major Boost

    THE junior squash development programme in this country received a major boost yesterday when one of its traditional sponsors announced that it was repackaging its sponsorship of the sport in schools this year, Collin Matiza writes.

  • The Herald Zimbabwe: World's Rugby Nursery

    AS the 13th British and Irish Lions' tour of South Africa in 121 years draws to a close, with the final Test at Ellis Park in Johannesburg tomorrow, it's a remarkable tribute to the productivity of Zimbabwean rugby that the ailing game continues to bathe in the global spotlight.

  • Vanguard Nigeria: Lessons From Confederation Cup [analysis]

    Onochie, How I wish you are watching South Africa's Bafana Bafana match and Spain. When will Nigeria's Super Eagles play with this type of zeal and determination? Again, I wish coach Amodu Shuaibu can learn about the current kick and rush football. Thanks, Nwosu Marius.

  • New Times Rwanda: Costa Good to Go

    OLIVIER Costa is ready to power his Subaru N11 series in the Zambia International Rally after a useful reccing session yesterday.

  • New Times Rwanda: Teams in High Gear for Afrobasket Event

    WITH exactly 33 days to the 25th FIBA Africa Nations Championship for Men (Afrobasket 2009) in Libya, teams have stopped at nothing to make sure they are in the best possible shape. Rwanda's Group D opponent Morocco has been locked in the Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy.

  • New Times Rwanda: Kabagambe Fakes Letter to Join Al-Neel

    Atraco FC's attacking winger Joseph Kabagambe's transfer to Sudanese side Al-Neel has hit a snag after confirmed reports that the player has failed to get an International Transfer Certificate (ITC).

  • New Times Rwanda/Egypt: Amavubi Off to Egypt

    AMAVUBI Stars fly to Cairo this afternoon ahead of Sunday's 2010 World /Africa Nations Cup qualifier against Egypt. The 30-man contingent leaves aboard Kenya Airways at 1pm.

  • Daily Trust Nigeria: Siasia Leads Eagles to Qatar

    Flying Eagles Chief Coach, Samson Siasia will soon commence final preparations for the 2009 FIFA junior World Cup as he gets set to lead his team out of the country on Wednesday to a training camp in Qatar.

  • Daily Trust Nigeria: Local Referees Will Silence Critics Come 2014 World Cup

    Nigerian football referees who have suffered so much criticism in recent times over their inability to be picked by FIFA, the world's football ruling body to officiate at its major championships have vowed to silence their critics with superlative performance at the 2014 World Cup to be hosted by Brazil.




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