Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Rwandan Football Federation, FERWAFA, on Wednesday sacked the coach of the national football team, Serbian Milutin Sredojevic Micho, for poor results, PANA reported. Full text...

Lome, Togo (PANA) - Burkina’s Abdou Sokondo has won the third stage of the 22nd International Cycling Tour of Togo, which was held Tuesday between Sotouboua and Kara over a distance of 139km. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The South African government is to appoint a judicial commission of inquiry into match-fixing allegations ahead of the 2010 World Cup. Full text...

Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) - Nigeria's Golden Eaglets take on Cote d'Ivoire while Ghana squares up with Congo as action resumes Wednesday in Group B at the ongoing 10th African Under-17 football championship in Morocco. Full text...

Casablanca, Morocco (PANA) - Morocco on Tuesday beat Botswana 3-0 in their second group A match in Casablanca at the ongoing 2013 CAF Under-17 championship in Morocco. Full text...

Casablanca, Morocco (PANA) - Nine overaged players at the ongoing 10th African Under-17 championship in Morocco have been sent home by organizers Confederation of African Football (CAF). Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has expressed ''a great deal Full text...

Casablanca, Morocco (PANA) - Tunisia became the first country to qualify for the semi-finals of the ongoing 10th CAF Under-17 championship in Morocco after beating Gabon 4-2 Tuesday in their second Group A encounter in Casablanca. Full text...

Lome, Togo (PANA) - Mederic Clin of Togo’s team B won the second stage of the 22nd international cycling tour on Monday. Full text...

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - An official of world soccer's governing body, FIFA, has expressed optimism about the growth of football in Gambia. Full text...

Casablanca, Morocco (PANA) - The two semi-final matches at the ongoing 10th edition of the CAF Under-17 championship in Morocco will be played at the same time but on different days, according to African soccer's governing body, CAF. Full text...

Casablanca, Morocco (PANA) - Host Morocco, coming off an emphatic 4-1 win over Gabon Saturday in the opening match of the 10th edition of the CAF Under-17 championship, takes on Botswana Tuesday in Casablanca as action returns to group A. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Africans swept Monday's 2013 Boston Marathon in the United States, winning the top three places in the men's and women's events, PANA reported. Full text...

Casablanca, Morocco (PANA) - Here is how they stand in their groups after the opening matches at the 10th edition of the CAF Under-17 championship in Morocco. Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The club 1º de Agosto retains its second spot in Angola's first division football league, tagged Girabola 2013, despite losing 1-2 to Progresso do Sambizanga Sunday in the seventh round of matches at the Cidadela Stadium in Luanda. Full text...

Lome, Togo (PANA) - The kickoff of the Togolese first division soccer league, originally scheduled for last weekend, has been postponed to 4 May by the Togolese Football Federation (FTF). Full text...

Lome, Togo (PANA) - Burkina Faso’s Arouna Ilboudo has won the first stage of the 22nd International Cycling Tour of Togo, which was held on Sunday over 103 km between Lomé, the capital, and Anhéo. Full text...

Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) - Nigeria on Sunday defeated Ghana 6-1 in their opening group B match at the ongoing 10th edition of the CAF Under-17 championship in Morocco. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A member of the coaching crew of Nigeria's team to the just concluded African Under-20 handball competition in Djibouti, John Uzor, has attributed the team's victory to the determination of the male team, which saw it defeating highly-rated Senegal in the final. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Kenyan runners on Sunday won both the men's and women's events of the 30th edition of the Vienna City Marathon. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has said it may reconsider its decision to withdraw from the 2014 African Nations Championship if it gets sponsorship for the qualifying matches. Full text...

Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) - Group B action opens Sunday at the 10th CAF Under-17 championship in Morocco, with Nigeria taking on Ghana and Congo tackling Cote d'Ivoire. Full text...

Casablanca, Morocco (PANA) - With goals from Arbi in the second and sixth minutes and a third from Hassen in the 50th, Tunisia humiliated Botswana 3-1 in their group A match at the 10th CAF Under-17 championship taking place in Morocco. Full text...

Casablanca, Morocco (PANA) - Hosts Morocco got off to a good start at the 10th CAF Under-17 championship, lashing Gabon 4-1 in the group A opening match in Casablanca. Full text...

Casablanca, Morocco (PANA) - The stage is set for Saturday's kick-off of the 10th CAF Under-17 championship at Casablanca, one of the two cities in Morocco which will host the matches. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Ethiopia superstar Haile Gebrselassie will feature in Sunday's half marathon in Vienna, the Austrian capital, in his first race this year, according to the online RaceNewsService. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria and Algeria top the first five places in that order in the latest FIFA rankings for African countries, published Thursday by the World Soccer Governing Body. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Cameroonian government has honoured President Issa Hayatou of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), who was recently re-elected to what he said would be his last term. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - African champion Nigeria has opted out of the 2014 African Nations Championship (CHAN) due to lack of funds, the local media reported Thursday. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The coach of Ghana's U-17 football team, Paa Kwesi Fabin, has named his final 21-man squad for the 2013 Africa U-17 Championship in Morocco, the Ghana Football Association (GFA) announced on Wednesday. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Fifteen of the 16 qualifiers for the second round of the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup have emerged following weekend action in the return leg, first round of the competition. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The 16 qualifiers for the second round of the 2013 CAF Champions League emerged at the weekend, following the first round, return leg matches played across the continent. Full text...

Kumasi, Ghana (PANA) - JSM Bejaia of Algeria on Sunday knocked out Kumasi Asante Kotoko of Ghana from the Orange CAF Championship league following a 1-1 draw in their second leg one-sixteenth finals match played at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are the results of the 16th round of the Mauritanian football league played on Friday and Saturday. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Gor Mahia held ENPPI of Egypt to a barren draw in a CAF Confederation Cup first round return leg match in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on Saturday but crashed out of the tournament. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Etoile sportive du Sahel of Tunisia has qualified for the second round of the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup by beating Malian club Onze Créateurs 3-2 on Friday in Bamako in the return match of the first round. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Sewe Sports of Cote d'Ivoire and Entente Setif of Algeria have advanced to the round of 16 of the 2013 CAF Champions League. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - President Sepp Blatter of world's soccer governing body FIFA has called for punishment that hits hard against any form of racism in football. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's head coach Stephen Keshi has invited 30 players, including Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Tusker FC is in Cairo for Sunday's CAF Champions League first round match against Al Ahly of Egypt. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Four Malian clubs will compete in the return leg matches of African Football tournaments this weekend in the West African country. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Over 546,000 tickets have been sold for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, to be held in Brazil in June, leaving about 246,000 tickets to be snapped up, according to organiser world soccer's governing body, FIFA. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's federal government is to concession key national sports stadia across the country to the governments of the states where they are situated, with the exception of those in the commercial city of Lagos and the capital city of Abuja which will be handed over to the private sector to manage. Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – Rwanda has expressed confidence of playing well after the draw for the next male Africa Cup of Nations basketball (Afrobasketball) scheduled for 20-31 August this year in the Ivorian city of Abidjan. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has invited 26 home-based players into the local Black Stars to begin camping in Obuasi, central Ghana, on Tuesday. Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Kabuscorp do Palanca remains unbeaten in the Angolan national first division football championship (Girabola2013), leading with 15 points after the fifth round of matches. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigeria player who finished as the top goal scorer at the just-concluded African Youth Championship (AYC) in Algeria, Umar Aminu, has dedicated his award to his mother. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's national Under-20 football team, the Flying Eagles, is due back in the country Tuesday after participating at the 2013 African Youth Championship in Algeria, where it lost its crown and managed to finish third, football officials said. Full text...

Oran, Algeria (PANA) - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has released the list of award winners from the just-concluded African Youth Championship, which was won by Egypt after beating Ghana 5-4 on penalties. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Former Nigeria's Under-20 football team coach Tunde Disu has called for an overhaul of the team ahead of its participation in the FIFA Under-20 World Cup, due to start in Turkey in June. Full text...