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The outcome of the crucial encounter tomorrow between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Harambee stars of Kenya, which is a must-win encounter and also dependent on Mozambique and Tunisia's clash in Maputo, has been described as a moment of decision for Nigerian football development by the President of Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Sani Lulu Abdullahi. Lulu revealed shortly before leaving ...
AMAVUBI Stars have even more reason to down Zambia's Chipolopolo in Saturday's decisive Africa Nations Cup (CAN) qualifier at Amahoro Stadium.
RETURNING national soccer team coach Carlos Alberto Parreira will bear the burden of high expectations when Bafana Bafana host Japan at Port Elizabeth's Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium tomorrow afternoon.
THE Zimbabwe women's Under-20 national soccer team are expected to go into camp early next week to prepare for the 2010 World Championships which will be held in Germany.
ALL is set for this year's CBZ Soccer Star of the Year award with the winner walking away a cool US$4 000 richer after the league sponsors committed themselves to bankrolling the awards again this season, writes Grace Chingoma.
The question on the lips of many is how did Fortune Chukwudi Golden Eaglets captain pass the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) test first conducted at the National Hospital in Abuja and the subsequent test performed in Qatar where the team prepared for the FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Former chairman of Gombe State Football Association, Alhaji Shuaibu Ahmed Gara Gombe says that the Local Organizing Committee for the FIFA U-17 World Cup has failed the country because of the lack of transparency in all its affairs.
Former Green Eagles player, Charles Bassey (MON) has said that the Super Eagles will look to "put the record straight" by showing their might in African football by beating Kenya today and pick the all important ticket to South Africa.
Former Super Eagles captain, Austin Jay Jay Okocha has reiterated the stance of the coach of the Black Mambas of Mozambique, Mart Nooij that they should think more of the encounter against Kenya than what Tunisia will play in Maputo.
As the German coach of Kenya's Harambee Stars, Antoine Hey continues to sit in his hotel room in protest to the imposition of Auxerre of France player Daniel Oliech on him, the homers have continued to pick their pieces from the confusion.
Nigeria's Super Eagles left for Nairobi on a chartered flight yesterday morning ahead of their 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Kenya.
The Under-17 national hockey team is seeking US$60 000 for their Youth Olympic Games (YOG) African nations qualifiers, which kick-off in East London, South Africa, on February 21 next year.
As part of the Rugby world cup trophy tour, 2011 trophy was presented in Tunis during a press conference held on Friday at the international Press Center.
The Namibia Football Association (NFA) this week officially opened a coaches training course aimed at equipping coaches to train young footballers around the country.
The day every rugby fan has been waiting for for such a long time promises to be a very nervy encounter to say the least. The national rugby team are away to Tunisia this weekend aiming to secure a good result and build a foundation for the return leg at home.
Hot on the heels of Usain Bolt, who recently adopted "Lightning", a cheetah cub in Kenya, Windhoek International School has adopted "Cheetah" and "Cub" as the names of their soccer teams in support of the Cheetah Conservation Fund, an NGO based in Namibia.
Friday 13 November, would be a crucial day for Workshop F.C as they prepare to meet mighty KGHS Academy in theLamin knock out final to be played at the Sana Jatta Memorial football field.
IT was generally agreed that Zimbabwe's recent 4-1 series defeat in the spin-haven of Bangladesh was not an accurate appraisal of their overall performance on the subcontinent. On different stages of the games they were in it, and with a little bit of luck they could actually have snatched the series. But what of the two ODIs in South Africa in familiar conditions this week?
LIKE most Zimbabweans, I was naturally delighted that the Warriors won the Cosafa Senior Challenge Trophy. Certain people think otherwise due to this newspaper's restrained coverage of the tournament and criticism of Zimbabwe coach Sunday Chidzambwa and his team.
WITH such emerging talents as Brian Mtawarira, the future of Zimbabwe rugby looked extremely bright.
The Tunisian woman Ons Jabeur qualified on Wednesday for the semifinals of women's singles as part of the African Cup of Nations Tennis Championship which is currently taking place in Cairo, Egypt.
As a complement to the Gambian leader's "Operation Clean the Nation", initiative, KGI Sports Football Academy in Lamin, in collaboration with Erase Foundation and Banutu Business College, recently embarked on a massive cleaning exercise along the Lamin Brikama highway.
Botswana National Sports Council (BNSC) executive secretary, Kitso Kemoeng has said that the delay in the commencement of the refurbishment of the Sir Seretse Khama Barracks (SSKB) Stadium has been caused by the quest for caution.
A group of foreign-based Botswana boxers have accused the Botswana National Sports Council (BNSC) of neglecting them.
As the global wild fire of the Under 17 world cup moves beyond all frontiers, Bauchi State is in the news once again. This time around the state is not in the news for the wrong reasons; which is a welcome development for a state that is being marketed as a tourism destination.
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