Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Four former Nigeria international footballers have been named on an 11-member committee to run Nigerian football after the government withdrew the national teams from international competitions for two years following the dismal performance of the Super Eagles at the ongoing FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Full text...

Sal- Cape Verde (PANA) -- Some soccer-loving diplomats and others who are already here for Friday's mid-year summit of ECOWAS have expressed the hope that the one-day meeting would end early to enable them watch on television the Ghana-Uruguay quarter-final match at the ongoing 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga Thursday wished Ghana's national soccer team good luck and success in its 2010 FIFA World Cup quarter-final match against Uruguay on Friday. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- With a place in the semi-finals at stake, two of South Africa 2010's dark horses will meet in Johannesburg on Friday with a chance to keep the dream alive at the ongoing World Cup finals, the World Football governing body said in a preview of the match. Full text...

Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- There are no doping cases yet at the ongoing World Cup finals in South Africa despite tests carried out on 208 players after 52 games, FIFA chief medical officer, Prof. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria risks a massive ban by world soccer's governing body FIFA after the country's President, Goodluck Jonathan, suspended the national soccer team from international competitions for two years for performing poorly at the ongoing World Cup in South Africa. Full text...

Rustenburg- South Africa (PANA) â" The Black Stars- of Ghana will go down in his tory as the first African country to reach the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup if they defeat Uruguay in the quarter-finals clash of the 2010 World Cup in Sout h Africa at the Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg on Friday. Full text...

Rustenburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng seems to be wi nning the race over the injury that saw his substitution in the last game agains t United States of America (USA) and could be available for Friday's game against Uruguay at the Soccer City Stadium, Johannesburg. Full text...

Rustenburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Ghanaâ?s defender John Painstil says the Blac k Stars have not achieved anything yet despite being the third African team to r e ach the quarter-finals stage of the World Cup. Full text...

Rutsenburg- South Africa (PANA) -- After a few days of reflection on their histor ic second-round victory over USA, Ghana captain Stephen Appiah says that the Bla c k Stars are staying themselves: relaxed and happy to be together. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Referees who committed obvious errors in their handling of matches at the ongoing World Cup finals in South Africa have been sent home, according to the FIFA list of referees and their assistants who will handle the remaining part of the competition. Full text...

Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- Disgusted by the elimination of their national team from the ongoing World Cup finals in South Africa, hundreds Portuguese citizens in Angola Tuesday switched their support and solidarity to Brazil. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Former Nigerian International Footballer, Emmanuel Amuneke, has said that the ongoing World Cup finals in South Africa is a tournament of shocks and surprises. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- It would have been a big miracle had Nigeria advanced beyond the opening stage of the ongoing World Cup in South Africa, so says Emmanuel Amuneke, the 1994 African Footballer of the Year and the scorer of the goals that earned Nigeria the 1994 African Nations Cup and the gold medal of the soccer event of the 1996 Olympic Games. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) – The following is the line--up of the quarter-final matches at the FIFA 2010 World Cup tournament after the conclusion of the Round of 16 final matches on Tuesday. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Spain beat Portugal 1-0 on Tuesday in their Wor ld Cup round of 16 match in Cape Town to reach the quarter-finals of the tournam e nt. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Spain scored deep in the second half in their W orld Cup round of 16 match here, to lead Portugal 1-0. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- The elimination, in the first round of five of the six African representatives at the ongoing World Cup finals in South Afri c a, has not undermined the morale of South African fans who continue to fill the s tadiums, PANA reported here. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Half-time score in the World Cup round of 16 ma tch here is Spain 0, Portugal 0. Full text...

Rustenburg- South Africa (PANA) -- It is now official that Ghana’s Black Stars will be without their 'talismanic' midfielder Andre Ayew for their World Cup 2010 quarter final clash against Uruguay on Friday at the Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg . Full text...

Pretoria- South Africa (PANA) -- Paraguay scrapped through to the quarter-finals of the ongoing World Cup 2010 in South Africa after getting on target five times from the penalty box in their round of 16 game against Japan here. Full text...

Pretoria- South Africa (PANA) -- After 120 minutes, Japan and Paraguay were tied 0-0 and their World Cup 2010 round of 16 match will now be decided on penalty sh o otout. Full text...

Pretoria- South Africa (PANA) -- Score at the end of 90 minutes remained 0-0 betw een Japan and Paraguay and their World Cup round of 16 match will has now gone i n to extra time. Full text...

Pretoria- South Africa (PANA) -- Half-time score in the World Cup 2010 round of 1 6 match here is Japan 0, Paraguay 0. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Following is the schedule of two Round of 16 matches slated for Tuesday, 29 June, at the ongoing 2010 World Cup in South Afr i ca. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The Ghana Police say they will deploy more police officers on the streets should the Black Stars win their quarter-final match against Uruguay on Friday in the FIFA 2010 World Cup tournament in South Africa to check indiscipline. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) – Ghana's President John Evans- Atta Mills has predicted a "handsome" win for the Blacks Stars over Uruguay in Friday's quarter-final clash at the FIFA 2010 World Cup tournament in South Africa. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) – Brazil on Monday beat Chile 3--0 in their Round of 16 match played at the Ellis Park in Johannesburg to set up a quarter-final date with The Netherlands in the FIFA 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- With another goal in the 60th minute, Brazil are now 3-0 up against Chile in their World Cup round of 16 match here. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- It's Brazil 2, Chile 0 at half time in their World Cup 2010 round of 16 match in Johannesburg, South Africa. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Brazil scored two goals in a four-minute bli tz to take a comfortable 2-0 lead over Chile in their round of 16 match at the c u rrent World Cup finals in South Africa. Full text...

Rustenburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Ghana’s defender Samuel Inkoom, who made his debut World Cup appearance Saturday against the United States of America (USA), said the united spirit in the camp of the team would spur them onto victory. Full text...

Rustenburg- South Africa (PANA) -- The camp of the Black Stars of Ghana has been one of the busiest since they made entry into the knockout stages of the 2010 FI F A World Cup in South Africa. Full text...

Rustenburg- South Africa (PANA) -- The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has said it has not made a special package for the Black Stars ahead of their crucial qua r ter finals game against Uruguay on Friday, at the Soccer City Stadium, in Johann e sburg. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The chair of the Ivorian Football Federation (FI F), Jacques Anouma, has indicated that the contract of Elephants' coach, Swede S v en Goran Eriksson, may be renewed, despite the elimination of the team in the fi r st round of the on-going 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Full text...

Durban- South Africa (PANA) -- Slovakia scored in the third minute of injury time to reduce the tally to 2-1 against Netherlands but were still knocked out at th e round of 16 of the current World Cup finals in South Africa. Full text...

Rustenburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Ghana Black Stars head coach Milovan Rajevac has said he is looking forward to shocking the world for the third time on Friday, with a victory over Uruguay in the quarter finals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Full text...

Durban- South Africa (PANA) -- Netherlands scored with just eight minutes to the end to lead Slovakia 2-0 in the World Cup 2010 round of 16 match here Monday. Full text...

Durban- South Africa (PANA) -- Netherlands scored with just eight minutes to the end to lead Slovakia 2-0 in the World Cup 2010 round of 16 match here Monday. Full text...

Rustenburg- South Africa (PANA) -- The Black Stars of Ghana returned to training Monday afternoon at the Mogwase Stadium in Rustenburg, in preparation for the ne x t game against Uruguay in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Full text...

Rustenburg- South Africa (PANA) -- The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has said it has not made a special package for the Black Stars ahead of their crucial qua r ter finals game against Uruguay on Friday, at the Soccer City Stadium, in Johann e sburg. Full text...

Rustenburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Central defender Isaac Vorsah is expected to m ake a return to the starting line up on Friday, when Ghana takes on Uruguay in t h e quarter finals of the current World Cup finals in South Africa. Full text...

Rustenburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Ghana is seeking to overturn the effect of the one-match ban on midfielder Andre Ayew after he was given a yellow card in the game against United States of America (USA) at the round of 16 games at the current World Cup finals in South Africa. Full text...

Durban- South Africa (PANA) -- Half-time score here in the round of 16 match betw een Netherlands and Slovakia in the current World Cup in south Africa is 1-0 in f avour of the Dutch. Full text...

Durban- South Africa (PANA) -- Netherlands are up 1-0 against Slovakia in their W orld Cup 2010 Quarter-final match here. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Members of the Ivorian national team have return ed home after they were eliminated in the first round of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in Sout h Africa. Full text...

Pretoria- South Africa (PANA) -- The Ghanaian government on Sunday send home the last batch of its soccer fans brought to South Africa to cheer the Black Stars. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Five football fans died last Saturday night and more than a dozen were seriously injured in Accra following the Black Stars' 2-1 victory over the USA in Rustenburg, Sout h Africa, according to the state-owned Graphic newspaper. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Ghanaian newspapers, which were off the stands on Sunday, have hailed the sterling performance of the Black Stars in Saturday's 2-1 win over the US to secure a quarter-final b erth against Uruguay in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Following is the schedule of Round of 16 mat ches slated for Monday, 28 June at the ongoing 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Full text...