Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) - – Ten Rwandan players will compete in the Davis Cup, scheduled to open 24 July in Gaborone, Botswana, sport sources in Kigali announced Wednesday. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Senegalese Daouda Ndiaye won the seventh edition of the cash prize tennis tournament after beating Burkinabe, Zakaria Lonfo, in the final match played Sunday in Bamako. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- Morocco's leading tennis star, Younes El Aynaoui, who plays for the Sporting Club Geovillage in Italy, has categorically denied claims that he took THC (cannabis) as alleged by the Italian sports Medicine Federation. Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- The Democratic Republic of Congo will in 2006 host the 17th African Cup of Nations (CAN) in table tennis, the Secretary General of the DRC Table Tennis Association, Mathieu Mbuta, said Wednesday here. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Four Kenyan players will represent the country in this year's Afro-Arab wheelchair table tennis championships starting on 2 December in Egypt. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Here are the first round results in Benin's tennis championships played Thursday in Cotonou: Under 21 men Djomakin Romuald - Degbe Brice 2-0 Saïzonou Sourou - Sègla Romuald 2-0 Alowakinou Pascal - Malate Parfait 2-0 Segodo Nicolas - Mora Arnaud 2-0 Karim Toloutou - Okou Aristide 2-1 Houndedji Gilles - Houndelo Felix 2-0 De Campos Tunde - Agbochan Michel 2-0 Under 17 men Oketokoun Idriss - Hounsou Justin 2-0 Togbe Herve - Kpossi Benjamin 2-0 Kponou Mafou beat Baorou Fiacre (abandoned) Allowakinou Rodrigue - Honvo Thomas 2-0 De Campos Femi - Souleymane Moubarak 2-0 Djossou Roland - Boko Bovis 2-0 Yakpa Magloire - Codjo Charles 2-0 Under 14 men Zannou Rodrigue - Soundja Thomas 2-0 Ablola Arnaud - Attinkpa Belano 2-0 Fanou Romaric - Assouma Sabik 2-0 Under 12 men Djossou Bernadin - Kponou Amaziath 9-3 Tetevi Florent - Houssou Françis 9-1 Idrissou Falilou - Gandonou Romeo 9-2 Under 17 women Gandonou Bernice - Adeyemi Urielle 2-0 Ahounou Christelle - Hontongnon Frida 2-0 Houssa Lilia - Bonou Gésika 2-0 Degbe Ida - Wallis Salamath 2-0 Under 14 women Azo Léa - Ibrahim Boukaya 2-0 Nagbé Christelle - Kponou Kafilath 2- 0 N'Tcha Stéphanie - Soumanou Faridat 2-0 Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Benin's four-day national tennis championships kicks off Thursday at the Tennis Club of Amitie Stadium in Cotonou, a tennis official has said. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Georgia beat Ghana 3-2 to send the West Africans down to the Euro-Africa Zone III Tennis Davis Cup category at the end of their extended Zone II ties at the Accra Sports Stadium Monday. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The reverse singles matches between Ghana and Georgia at the ongoing Davis Cup Tennis tournament were rained off in Accra Sunday, forcing the organisers to shift the competition to Monday. Full text...

Accra- July 16 -- PANA - Georgia on Saturday won the doubles match by three sets to one to lead Ghana 2-1 in the Euro Africa Zone II Davis Cup match being played at the Frank Ofori Centre Court of the Accra Sports Stadium. ) Full text...

Accra- July 15 -- PANA - Ghana and Georgia tied 1-1 on the opening day of their Euro Africa Zone II Davis Cup competition played Friday at the Frank Ofori Centre Court of the Ohene Gyan Sports Stadium in Accra. ) Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Wheelchair tennis sport will be officially launched in South Africa this year, thanks to a partnership between the Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA), the SA Tennis Association, Disability Sports SA and the SA Sports Association for Physically Disabled. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The Akosombo Textiles Limited (ATL) Table Tennis League 5th week results: Men's Division: Ashanti Region 0 Ghana Navy 3 Winneba Club 1 Koforidua 3 Kwanyako 3 Street Academy 0 Ghana Police 3 Aflao Vilca Bamba 0 Ghana Customs 3 Swedru 0 Greater Accra 3 Ghana Universities 2 Ghana Telecom 0 GASSA 3 Tema 0 Fire Service 3 Eastern Region 0 Cape Coast 3 Women's Division: Ghana Police 3 Swedru 0 Winneba Club 3 Fire Service 0 Eastern Region 3 Ghana Universities 0 Cape Coast 3 Street Academy 0 GASSA 3 Ashanti Region 0 GCPS 3 Ghana Navy 1 Greater Accra 0 Kwanyako 3 Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- Argentine Mariano Puerta won the 21st edition of the Hassan II Tennis Grand Prix in Casablanca Sunday after beating compatriot Juan Monaco by 6-4, 6-1 in the 323,250 Euro prize money ATP circuit. Full text...

Kinshasa- RD Congo (PANA) -- The DR Congo Table Tennis Federation has selected in all, 19 players (six girls and 13 boys) to represent the country at the 7th Africa Under-21 table tennis championship billed for 29 March to 4 April in Casablanca, Morocco. Full text...

Algiers- Algeria (PANA) -- Algeria has qualified for the next round of the Euro-African Zone (Group 2) Davis Cup tennis tournament, after beating Poland 3-2 in their singles and doubles matches concluded Monday in Algiers. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Finland romped into an unassailable 3-0 lead against Ghana in the Davis Cup Euro Africa Zone, Group II competition winning the doubles event here Saturday. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Ghana lost two singles matches in the opening day of the Euro-Africa Zone Group II Davis Cup Tennis competition in Accra Friday. Full text...

Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Some 164 tennis players from 27 countries will participate in the 28th junior African tennis championships from 20 TO 26 March in Mauritius, an official source said here Thursday. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The Ivorian Tennis Association (FIT) has been forced to withdraw from hosting a Davis Cup contest previously slated here for 4-6 March due to insecurity, official sources said Tuesday. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Ghana has selected a six-member team to form the nucleus of the Junior Table Tennis squad to represent the country in the African Youth Championship in Morocco this year. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Following are the results of the finals in the West African Junior Tennis Circuit played here Thursday. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Results of the third round of the West African Junior Tennis Circuit played Tuesday at Cotonou's Amitie Stadium are as follows: Semi-finals Men's singles: Didavi Loic (Benin) beats Nortey Michael (Ghana) (6-3 6-3). Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Following are the results of the second round of the West African Junior Tennis Circuit played Monday at the Kouhounou Amitie Stadium in Cotonou: Men's second round Singles: Didavi Loic (Benin) beats Boli Joe Joe (Togo) (6-0 6-0) Menford Owusu (Ghana) bts Razack Adeniyi (Nigeria) (7-6 6-2) Nortey Michael (Ghana) bts Alayaki Lanre (Nigeria) (6-4 5-4) Keita Beatsiekoro (Mali) bts Ka Omar (Senegal) (6-3 6-3) W. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Didavic Loic of Benin Saturday defeated his compatriot Setomey Romain 6-3, 6-4 to win the Cotonou international tennis tournament here. Full text...

Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- A tennis tournament to determine the International Tennis Federation (ITF) rankings opened here Monday with 29 tennis men from Africa, Europe, Asia and America taking part. Full text...

Mbabane- Swaziland (PANA) -- A four-member squad from the Swaziland Tennis Association leaves here next week to participate in the Joaquim Chissano Senior Challenge billed for Mozambique, an official said here Wednesday. Full text...

Abidjan- Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The Ivorian and French Tennis Federations have signed a cooperation agreement according to which the former would get assistance from the latter, informed sources told PANA here. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Benin's tennis player Arnaud Segodo has changed his nationality and become a Qatari citizen, a sports source in Cotonou told PANA. Full text...

Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- Uganda's tennis squad for next month's Euro/Africa Zone IV Davis Cup qualifiers enters its third week of training that will lead to a final selection for the tourney. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- Santiago Ventura of Spain has won the Casablanca tennis tournament, dominating first-seeded Slovak Dominik Hrbaty (6-3, 1-3, 6-4) here Saturday. Full text...

Libreville- Gabon (PANA) -- About 100 players from Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Central African Republic, DR Congo and Rwanda will compete in the eighth central African table tennis contest and the first edition of the Omar Bongo Ondimba Challenge tournament scheduled here 19-23 April, organisers said. Full text...

Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- Kenya's top table tennis male and female players Sahd Gain and Rachael Kature, respectively, are vying for the Makerere University's open championship due here later this week, the sport's local authorities confirmed Monday. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The director of development for West and Central Africa for the International Tennis Federation (ITF), Achille Takpa, has arrived in Abidjan to organise a five- day training session, the local federation said. Full text...

Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- Congo has won a three-nation sub- regional table tennis tournament staged here as a prelude to the African U-21 championships billed for 29 March to 4 April in Accra, Ghana. Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- DR Congo is to participate for the first time in the African Under 17 tennis championship set for April in Egypt. Full text...

Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- Ugandan teenage tennis players Ducan Mugabe and Sandra Kasumba are flagbearers expected to cause upsets next week when qualifiers for the 2004 Africa Junior tennis championships get underway in South Africa. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A camp to train 20 candidates to first grade tennis coaches has opened in Nouakchott, the Mauritanian capital. Full text...

Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Ghana's teenage table tennis player Nana Yaw Boateng survived a stiff challenge Tuesday from South African Shaun Jones to win the robber and the match for Ghana in a team match at the Lungi Barracks. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwean tennis pair Kevin Ullyett and Wayne Black beat their Italian counterparts 7-6, 6-2, 6-4 Saturday in Harare, in the ongoing Euro-Africa Zone Davis Cup series. Full text...

Casablanca- Morocco (PANA) -- Morocco lost one point to Britain Saturday in the Davis Cup playoff, but still leads 2-1 after Hicham Arazi and Mounir El Aarej gave in to British pair Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski 7-6 (7-3), 6-2, 6-4 in the doubles. Full text...

Casablanca- Morocco (PANA) -- The Moroccan tennis team lead Britain 2-0 after the first day of their play-off matches in the Davis Cup qualifying series. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwe on Friday beat Italy 2-0 in the opening encounter of the Euro-Africa Zone Davis Cup tennis tie in Harare, the capital. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya has dropped the lawn tennis squad from its contingent to next month's All-Africa Games in Nigeria following wrangles among officials of the sport. Full text...

Casablanca- Morocco (PANA) -- Morocco will meet Great Britain in a weekend serial beginning Friday in Casablanca, 100 km south of here, in a Davis Cup tennis world group qualifier. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- Moroccan tennis star Younes El Aynaoui is 19th in the current ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) ranking, after reaching the quarter-finals in the US Open. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroun (PANA) -- The African Lawn-Tennis Confederation (CAT) has nullified the election of Cameroon's Victor Hugo Mbarga Mbarga as head of zone III due to irregularities, authorised sources told PANA here Thursday. Full text...

Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- Burkina Faso's Sansan Dabiré has won the third integration tennis tournament that featured players from the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) 29-31 August. Full text...

Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Malagasy tennis team snatched the gold medal Monday in Petit Camp (Phoenix) at the Indian Ocean Island Games holding in Mauritius. Full text...

Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Malagasy tennis team snatched the gold medal Monday in Petit Camp (Phoenix) at the Indian Ocean Island Games holding in Mauritius. Full text...