Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's senior national football team, the Black Stars, will play Japan in an international friendly on 8 September in Japan, the Ghana Football Association (GFA) announced on Friday. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's coach Kwesi Appiah on Friday named a 25-man squad for next month's World Cup qualifying matches against Sudan and Lesotho. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian and Sudan were selected to play a commemorative friendly here Saturday - to mark the 50th year of the founding of the Organisation of the African Unity (OAU), the predecessor of the African Union (AU) - because they were among the four founding members of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Below are the first-day results, Wednesday, of the African qualifiers for the 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, which kicked off in Morocco. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Mali is incensed at the alleged signing of a contract between its French coach of the national football team, Patrice Carteron and the top DR Congo team, TP Mazembe. Full text...

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The African qualifiers for the 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, scheduled for Tahiti in September, was due to kick off in Morocco Wednesday (22May). Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa will play Central African Republic (CAR) in their 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier in the Cameroonian capital, Yaounde, on 9 June. Full text...

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Equatorial Guinea has been named as the replacement for Tanzania in the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) Cup, Zambia 2013, after the latter withdrew from the regional tournament. Full text...

Lome, Togo (PANA) – Kotoko de Lavie FC vaulted from fourth place to the first position in the current national football league after beating bottom-of-the-table Agaza 2-0 at the weekend. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Below are all the results of the first-leg, playoff round of the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup played across Africa this weekend. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan will host a reception for the country's national Under-17 football side in the capital city of Abuja on Tuesday, football officials said. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Following are the results of the 22nd round of matches in Mauritania’s football championship played this weekend: Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria has named a 30-man provisional squad for the 21 June to 13 July FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Turkey. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The first leg action in the playoff round of the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup kicked off across Africa this weekend. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Only two matches were played on Friday as the first-leg of the play-off round of the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup competition got underway across Africa. Full text...

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced that a friendly between Ethiopia and Sudan would be held in Addis Ababa, 25 May as part of activities marking the 50th anniversary of the OAU/AU. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Below are fixtures for the first-leg of the play-off round of the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup competition, taking place from 17 to 19 May across Africa. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The 1 June friendly football match between Kenya and Ghana has been cancelled at the request of the West African nation, following changes in the Black Stars' 2014 World Cup qualifier fixture. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's national Under-20 team, the Flying Eagles, has begun training in Germany ahead of the 21 June to 13 July FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Turkey. Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The Senegalese Mbaye Leye, who plays for the Belgian first division club, Zulte-Waregem, on Monday in Brussels won the "Soulier d’Ebène" award for the best African footballer in the Belgian league. Full text...

Lome, Togo (PANA) - Only six of the eight matches slated for the first round of the Togolese first division soccer league were played at the weekend, PANA reported Monday. Full text...

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Nigeria's head coach Stephen Keshi has assured that the country's national football team, the Super Eagles, will make Africa proud by performing well at next month's FIFA Confederations Cup. Full text...

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - African soccer's governing body CAF has kick-started a three-day symposium in Cairo, Egypt, to analyse the 2012 and 2013 editions of the Africa Cup of Nations. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - French coach Braconnier Pascal Albert is due to take over from his compatriot, Nicolas Santucci, as coach of the Mauritanian home-based football team. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) – With 10 weeks to the end of the Malian first division National Football League season, the Stade Malien FC may have taken an unassailable lead with a total of 60 points from 22 matches. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's mobile phone company Globacom has returned as the title sponsor of the country's professional football league. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The South African Football Association (SAFA) said Tuesday it would protest to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) over the treatment meted out to Orlando Pirates fc during their CAF Champions League second round, second leg clash against TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo in Lubumbashi on Sunday. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - This year’s Cecafa Kagame Club Championship will almost certainly take place in Darfur, Sudan after official inspectors were encouraged by the efforts of the people and facilities at El Fasher City, the biggest in North Darfur. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - All the eight teams due to play in the lucrative group stage of the 2013 CAF Champions League have emerged, following the conclusion of the second round over the weekend. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - All the 16 teams that will participate in the playoff round of the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup have emerged, following the conclusion of second round action in both the competition and the more prestigious CAF Champions League at the weekend. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Six of the eight teams that will progress to the play-off round of the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup have emerged. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Five of the 8 teams that will play in the lucrative group stage of the 2013 CAF Champions League have emerged after the conclusion of their second round, second leg matches on Saturday. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Six of the eight teams that will progress to the play-off round of the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup have emerged. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya has been invited to this year's Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) Cup tournament, which kicks off 6 July in Lusaka, Zambia. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - With 16 second round, second leg matches of the 2013 CAF Champions League due to be played across Africa this weekend, the stage is set for the eight qualifiers for the lucrative group stage to emerge. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has invited 29 players to camp in preparation for the country's match in June against Togo, in the second round of the African qualifiers for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Full text...

Lome, Togo (PANA) - Former Cameroon international Francois Oman-Biyick has been appointed coach of FC Gomido of Kpalime, a Togolese first division team, PANA learnt here Monday from sports sources. Full text...

Lome, Togo (PANA) - Dyto football club won Togo’s independence Cup on Saturday after a 3-0 victory over AS Douanes. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Ghana will play Kenya in a friendly football match next month in Nairobi, the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has announced Full text...

Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) - Cote d'Ivoire Saturday won the 2013 African Under-17 football championship here, beating two-time champion Nigeria 5-4 on penalties. Full text...

Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) - Half-time score here Saturday in the final match of the 10th African Under-17 Football championship is Nigeria 1, Cote d'Ivoire 1. Full text...

Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) - Cote d'Ivoire has drawn level 1-1 against Nigeria, which took a 10th-minute lead in the final match of the 10th African Under-17 Football championship in Morocco here Saturday. Full text...

Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) - Nigeria Saturday took an early lead (scoring in the 10th minute) against Cote d'Ivoire in the final match of the 10th African Under-17 Football championship in Morocco. Full text...

Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) - The final match of the 10th African Under-17 Football Championship between Nigeria and Cote d'Ivoire got underway a few minutes ago here Saturday. Full text...

Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) - After a marathon penalty shootout here Saturday, Tunisia emerged winner of the third-place match 12-11 against hosts Morocco at the 10 African Under-17 Football championship. Full text...

Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) - After regulation and extra time, Morocco and Tunisia were Saturday still locked 1-1 in the third-place match at the 10th African Under-17 Football championship here. Full text...

Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) - Regulation time in the third-place match of the 10th African Under-17 Football championship here Saturday between hosts Morocco and Tunisia has ended 1-1. Full text...

Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) - Morocco drew level 1-1 against Tunisia here Saturday with just 12 minutes to the end of the third-place match at the 10th African Football Championship in Morocco. Full text...

Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) - Half-time score here Saturday in the third-place match of the 10th African Under-17 Football championship is Tunisia 1, Morocco 0. Full text...

Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) - The Morocco-Tunisia third-place match at the 10th African Under-17 Football Championship is now underway here. Full text...