November 21, 2009
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Accra, Ghana (PANA)CAN 2010: Ghana FA boss says â?Group of Deathâ? will be tough * Accra, Ghana (PANA) â" Ghana's Central Bank on FriGhana cuts prime rate to 18 per cent * Accra, Ghana (PANA)Ghana records major swine flu outbreak school * Moroni, Comoros (PANA) -Government provides more money for Comoros elections * Dakar, Senegal (PANA) -CAN 2010: Group B seen as â?Group of Deathâ? *
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Sports Last Updated     20/11/2009    23:38:00
CAN 2010: Ghana FA boss says â?Group of Deathâ? will be tough
Accra, Ghana (PANA) â" The Chairman of the Ghana Football Association, Kwasi Ny antakyi, said on Friday the Group B in the 2010 African Cup of Nations (CAN), wh i ch comprises Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Togo and Burkina Faso, will not be an easy on e .    20/11/2009   full text...
CAN 2010: Group B seen as â?Group of Deathâ?
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Group B in the 2010 African Cup of Nations in Angola, wh ich is made up of Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Burkina Faso and Togo, seems to be the â ?Group of Deathâ?, analysts said on Friday.    20/11/2009   full text...
ACN 2010: Draws for Angola 2010 unveiled
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The draw for next African Cup of Nations (ACN) finals, t aking place from 10-31 January, 2010, in Angola, took place Friday in Luanda, th e Angolan capital.    20/11/2009   full text...
Ethiopia’s Great Run to feature famous athletes
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - About 33,000 people, 200 of them from overseas, have registered to take part in Ethiopia’s Great Run, scheduled for Sunday, event organizers disclosed told PANA here Friday.    20/11/2009   full text...
Libya's national soccer league: Al-Ittihad 2, Al-Ahli 1
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Al Ittihad on Thursday beat Al-Ahli 2-1 at the 11th June Stadium of Tripoli in the seventh round of the Libyan national soccer league.    19/11/2009   full text...
Guinean soccer team manager banned for corruption
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The former Guinean national soccer team manager, Mamadi Souare "Passarella", has had his name struck off the register of local team man a gers in Guinea, for being corrupt, the general secretary of the country's footba l l federation, Fode "Capi" Camara, told PANA Thursday.    19/11/2009   full text...
South Africa welcomes 2010 World Cup qualifiers
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Just hours after the 2010 World Cup qualifying process ended, the 2010 Organising Committee Thursday welcomed the 32 qualified countries to the World Cup by hosting a symbolic flag- raising ceremony in Johannesburg.    19/11/2009   full text...
FIFA U-17 WC: LOC 'receives only 900m Naira'
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Days after the 2009 FIFA Under-17 World Cup rounded off in Nigeria, the finances of the competition's Local Organising Committee (LOC) remain shrouded in controvers y.    19/11/2009   full text...
'South Africa will be a force to reckon with at 2010 World Cup'
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Returning South Africa's coach Carlos Alberto P arreira has assured that the host nation will be a force to reckon with at the 2010 World Cup, despite a string of poor r esults in recent matches.    19/11/2009   full text...
Last World Cup places secured
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Algeria, Greece, Slovenia, Portugal, France and Uruguay Thursday night became the final countries to qualify for the 2010 World Cup, to be held in South Africa.    19/11/2009   full text...
List of all 32 qualifiers for 2010 World Cup
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The following 32 teams have qualified for the 2 010 FIFA World Cup finals, to be held in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010.    19/11/2009   full text...
2010 WC: Antar Yahia sends Algeria to the World Cup
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Antar Yahia's 40th minute volley was all that Algeria n eeded to reach the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa as they edged out their closest rivals Egypt 1-0 in the play off in Khartoum, Sudan, on Wednesday.    18/11/2009   full text...
Guinea's national football team disbanded due to bad results
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The national football team of Guinea has been disbanded and its management staff sacked due to a lack of good results and discipline, Minist er of Sports, Fodeba Isto Kera, said Tuesday.    18/11/2009   full text...
US basketball association names Mutombo global ambassador
New York, US (PANA) - The US National Basketball Association(NBA), has named a f ormer NBA star, Dikembe Mutombo, as its global ambassador.    17/11/2009   full text...
Libya to hold 2nd "Libya Raid" motor rally in March
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The second edition of the international car/motorcycle r ally, called "Libya Raid", will be held from 6 to 20 March, 2010, the initiators of the sports and tourist event told PANA here on Tuesday.    17/11/2009   full text...
FIFA 2010 WC: S/Africa invites Interpol on security issues
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's National Police Commissioner, Bh eki Cele, on Tuesday met with Interpolâ?s Secretary General Ronald K. Noble, in Lyon, France, to discuss South Africaâ?s security preparations for the FIFA 2010 World Cup.    17/11/2009   full text...
Nigerian govt to probe U-17 WC organisation
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian government will probe the organisation of t he recently-concluded 2009 FIFA Under-17 World Cup, amid allegations of financial mismanagement by the Local Organising Committee (L OC), according to Vice President Goodluck Jonathan.    17/11/2009   full text...
FIFA U-17 WC: Nigeria media lament loss
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The disappointment of Nigerian fans with the country's 1 -0 loss to Switzerland in the final of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Nigeria's capital city of Abuja was driven home Monday by local newspapers.    16/11/2009   full text...
2010 WC: 'Nigeria set to dump coach Amodu'
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria is set to drop Super Eagles coach Shaibu Amodu, despite leading the team to pick the ticket for the 2010 World Cup to be held in South Africa, the local press reported Monday.    16/11/2009   full text...
FIFA U-17 WC: Swiss coach savours first World Cup title
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Switzerland coach Danny Ryser has described the final of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup won by his side, which beat Nigeria 1-0 here Sunday, as 'tough, hot and difficult', but still worth all the efforts put in to win.    16/11/2009   full text...
FIFA U-17 WC: Nigeria dominates awards
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's Golden Eaglets may have lost the 2009 FIFA Und er-17 World Cup which rounded off here Sunday, but the team dominated the awards given out by world soccer's governing body, FI FA.    16/11/2009   full text...
FIFA U-17 WC: My boys played to the gallery - Obuh
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's Under-17 national team coach John Obuh has bla med his team's 1-0 loss to Switzerland in the final on Sunday on the fact the Nigerian boys played to impress talent hunters rather than to win.    16/11/2009   full text...
FIFA U-17 WC: Colombia coach complains of tiredness, thanks Nigerians
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Colombia Coach, Ramiro Viafara, has blamed Sunday's 1-0 loss to Spain for the third place at the FIFA U-17 World Cup on tiredness and ps y chological challenges of his players.    15/11/2009   full text...
FIFA U-17 WC: Switzerland beats Nigeria to lift cup
Abuja, Nigeria, (PANA) - Debutants Switzerland on Sunday beat Nigeria 1-0 to l ift the FIFA U-17 World Cup trophy in the final played in the National Stadium i n the Nigerian capital, Abuja.    15/11/2009   full text...
BREAKING NEWS: FIFA U-17 WC: Switzerland wins U-17 WC
Abuja, Nigeria, (PANA) - Switzerland on Sunday beat Nigeria 1-0 ...    15/11/2009   full text...
Namibia beats Tunisia 18-13 in Rugby World Cup qualifier
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Namibia on Saturday beat Tunisia 18-13 in Tunis in the f irst leg final tie of the qualifying round of Rugby World Cup tournament.    15/11/2009   full text...
2010 CAN/WC: Mali and Ghana draw 2-2
Kumasi, Ghana (PANA) â" Mali held Ghana to a 2-2 draw in their final Group D ma tch of the 2010 African Cup of Nations/World Cup qualifier played at the Kumasi S ports Stadium on Sunday.    15/11/2009   full text...
Triumphant Super Eagles arrive to warm welcome
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's Super Eagles, who picked a 2010 World Cup tick et after beating Kenya 3-2 in Nairobi on Saturday, arrived home to a warm welcom e at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, on S unday.    15/11/2009   full text...
Malawi celebrates despite defeat
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi on Saturday lost their final World Cup/Africa C up of Nations qualifier away to Burkina Faso by 1-0, but the result in Ouagadoug o u did not matter after Ivory Coast comfortably beat Guinea, Malawiâ?s rivals for a final place at next yearâ?s African Nations Cup finals in Angola.    15/11/2009   full text...
FIFA U-17 WC: Spain beats Colombia for third place
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Spain on Sunday beat Colombia 1-0 to grab the third plac e spot at the FIFA U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009.    15/11/2009   full text...
Embattled Kenya football coach 'sneaks' out
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Embattled Kenya national football head coach, Antoine Hey, has apparently sneaked out of the country after boycotting the team's training sessions in Nairobi a few days ago.    15/11/2009   full text...
2010 WC: Qualification ticket triggers jubilation in Nigeria
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian football fans were continuing their celebration on Sunday, one day after the Super Eagles of Nigeria encountered what many are c alling a miracle by qualifying for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.    15/11/2009   full text...
2010 CAN/WC: West Africa once again emerges Africa's football powerhouse
Accra, Ghana (PANA) â" West Africa may not be the holder of the African Cup of Nations cup, but it has once again asserted itself as the powerhouse of African f ootball, claiming three of the five spots for the World Cup, football's most pre s tigious competition.    15/11/2009   full text...
2010 CAN/WC: Standings after final group matches played on Saturday
Accra, Ghana (PANA) â" The following are the standings of the five groups in Af rica after the final group matches of the joint 2010 African Cup of Nations and F IFA World Cup qualifiers played on Saturday.    15/11/2009   full text...
2010 CAN/WC: Results of final matches
Accra, Ghana (PANA) â" The following are the results of the final group matches in the 2010 African Cup of Nations/World Cup qualifiers played throughout Afric a on Saturday.    15/11/2009   full text...
FIFA 2010 WC: Kenyaâ?s caretaker coach raps Nigeria after victory
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The caretaker coach of the Harambee Stars of Kenya, Mwah ir Muhuyideen has warned the Nigerian Head Coach, Shuibu Amodu to work on the de f ence and the goalkeeping departments of the Super Eagles if the country hopes to do well at the 2010 FIFA senior World Cup in June.    14/11/2009   full text...
Super Eagles captain says to quit after 2010 World Cup
Nairobi, Kenys (PANA) - Nigeria's Super Eagles' Captain Nwankwo Kanu, declared a fter his teamâ?s hard earned 3-2 victory over the Harambe Stars of Kenya on Satu rday that he would quit the game of football after the 2010 World Cup in South A f rica.    14/11/2009   full text...
FIFA 2010 WC: Eagles determined to go to World Cup, says coach
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Nigeria's Super Eagles Coach, Shuaibu Amodu has disclose d that the determination of the team to play in the 2010 World Cup gave them the all important 3-2 victory against Kenya in their qualifying match decided at the Kasarani Stadium on Saturday.    14/11/2009   full text...
FIFA U-17 WC: Nigeria, Swiss coaches vow to win trophy
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The U-17 team coach of Nigeria, John Obuh and his Switze rland counterpart, Dany Ryser, Saturday boasted that their teams will pick the c o veted trophy on Sunday at the finals of the FIFA-organised championship between b oth countries.    14/11/2009   full text...
FIFA U-17 WC: FIFA satisfied with Nigeria's hosting
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - FIFA President Sepp Blatter has expressed satisfaction w ith the organisation of the U-17 Championship, Nigeria 2009, despite the initial hiccups.    14/11/2009   full text...
Nigeria beats Kenya 3-2, qualifies for 2010 World Cup
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Nigeria's Super Eagles beat Kenya's Harambee Stars 3-2 i n a fast-paced and entertaining 2010 FIFA World Cup-cum-African Cup of Nations f i nals Group 2 qualifier return match here Saturday to qualify for the World Cup.    14/11/2009   full text...
FIFA 2010 WC: Kenya coach shuns journalists (Corrected)
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's national football team coach, Antoine Hey, Frida y in Nairobi, shunned interviews and even ordered security men to send out journ a lists when they stormed his hotel to interview him on Saturday's World Cup quali f ying match against the Super Eagles of Nigeria.    14/11/2009   full text...
FIFA 2010 WC: Kenya coach shuns journalists
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's national football team coach, Antoine Hey, Frida y in Nairobi, shunned interviews and even ordered security men to send out journ a lists when they stormed the hotel he was lodged to interview him on the World Cu p qualifying match aginst the Super Eagles of Nigeria that would be played here S a turday.    14/11/2009   full text...
FIFA 2010 WC: Kenya coach shuns journalists
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's national football team coach, Antoine Hey, Frida y in Nairobi, shunned interviews and even ordered security men to send out journ a lists when they stormed the hotel he was lodged to interview him on the World Cu p qualifying match aginst the Super Eagles of Nigeria that would be played here o n Sunday.    14/11/2009   full text...
FIFA U-17 WC: Nigeria's coach sees tough final against Switzerland
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The First Assistant Coach of Nigeria's Golden Eaglets, M onday Odigie has predicted a very tough match for his team when they confront Sw i tzerland at the finals of the FIFA U-17 World Cup that would be decided at the A b uja National Stadium on Sunday.    14/11/2009   full text...
FIFA 2010 WC: Super Eagles land in Nairobi for crucial qualifier
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Nigeria's Super Eagles landed in Nairobi Friday night fo r Saturday's 2010 FIFA World Cup-cum-African Cup of Nations group return-leg qu a lifier against their Kenyan counterparts, Harambee Stars.    13/11/2009   full text...
FIFA 2010 WC: Kenyan fans back Super Eagles
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Contrary to wide expectation that the Kenyan fans would support their darling team, the Harambee Stars, to beat the Super Eagles of Nige r ia in Saturdayâ?s all-important 2010 World Cup last qualifying match, some of th e local fans have written of their team's chances of beating Nigeria.    13/11/2009   full text...
FIFA 2010 World Cup: Kenya ready for Super Eagles
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya, thirsting for sixth African Cup of Nations appear ance , will leave nothing to chance when it takes on Nigeria in a Group 2 2010 F IFA World Cup-cum-African Cup of Nations qualifier return-leg match here on Satu r day.    13/11/2009   full text...
World Club: TP Mazembe starts against Pohang Steelers
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - TP Mazembe of the DR Congo, Africa's representatives, will take on the Pohang Steelers of Korea, champions of Asia zo ne, on 11 December, in the quarterfinals of the FIFA World Club Championships, to be held 9-19 December in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.    13/11/2009   full text...
2010 WC qualifier: Kenya coach keeps team list to himself
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's stand-in coach Twahir Muhidin Friday failed to r elease the list of players to tackle Nigeria's Super Eagles here Saturday in a crucial 2010 World Cup quali fier.    13/11/2009   full text...
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