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...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has announced various cash rewards for members of the National Under-17 football team and the Under-18 African Youth Athletic champions for their recent outstanding performances. 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...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Mali has won the 21st "Solidarity Athletics Tournament", held from 17 to 20 May, in Bamako, the capital, at which 152 athletes from Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Togo participated in 34 disciplines. 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...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Director of Cabinet of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA), Mr. Sone Winslow, has died, the association formally announced in a statement obtained by PANA here Friday. 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...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - With no opposition candidate available on the even of election day, Athletics Kenya (AK) chairman Isaiah Kiplagat may be re-elected unopposed despite being at the helm of affairs for the past 21 years, PANA reported here Monday. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Kenyan-born Qatari Nicholas Kemboi and Kenyan Caroline Rotich notched their biggest career wins on Sunday when they won the men's and women's events respectively at the 19th edition of the Volkswagen Prague Marathon. 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...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Integrated telecommunications services provider, Orange, has renewed its sponsorship of Kenya's Orange Ladies Hockey team ahead of the 2013 season that kicks off Saturday. 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) - Kenyan runners won the men's and women's events at the 25-kilometre BIG 25 Berlin race held in the German capital on Sunday. 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...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Organizers of the Berlin road race say they have assembled a world-class field of about 10,000 runners to take part in the 33rd edition of the BIG 25 road race in Berlin, the German capital, according to a press statement from the online RaceNewsService, received here Thursday by PANA. 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...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Sfax of Tunisia has won the 32nd edition of the African Volleyball Club Championship, beating Esperance, also of Tunis, by three sets to two in the final match played here Saturday. 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...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Ethiopian runners won the men's and women's titles at Sunday's METRO GROUP Marathon Duesseldorf in Germany. 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, Morocoo (PANA) - Nigeria and Cote d'Ivoire ended regulation time 1-1 in the final match of the 10th African Under-17 Football championship here Saturday and had to resort to penalty shootout to break the deadlock. 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...