Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- The 24th round of the Cameroonian firs division football championship played on Sunday saw all the three frontrunners lose in their respective matches. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Jomo Cosmos took the last available ticket to South Africa's BP Top Eight semi-final at the weekend with an emphatic 3-0 win over fancied Cape Town side, Santos. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Full African Champions League first-round results of matches played over the weekend and leading goal scorers. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Sundowns of South Africa were held to a virgin tie Saturday by visiting Esperance of Tunisia in an African Champions League match at Loftus stadium in Pretoria. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Kaizer Chiefs scored a goal in each half against Ria Stars Saturday, to progress to the semi final of the BP Top Eight Cup in South Africa. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- South African football defending league champions Orlando Pirates defeated Bush Bucks 2-1 in their first league match Thursday at Johannesburg Stadium, but a cloud hangs over the eligibility of their Zambian striker Dennis Lota. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Four Nigerian football coaches are to attend an advanced course in the Netherlands from 18-29 August, Nigerian football officials said. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Zambia's Nkana United FC has opened a three point lead at the top of the premier league table after matches played on Monday. Full text...

Kadoma- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- A football player of one of Zimbabwe's top-flight soccer clubs collapsed and died on the pitch during a match Sunday, team officials said. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Relegated African Wanderers FC is taking the Premier Soccer League (PSL) to the High Court to prevent the league from starting Wednesday. Full text...

Lome- Togo (PANA) -- Togo's elite football championship was into the fifth day of play last weekend, with Agaz of Lome beating AS Douane of Lome 2-1 and Dyto of Lome slamming Gomido of Kpalime 2-0, while Asko of Kara and Maranatha of Fiopko tied one- all. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- League leaders Kumasi Asante Kotoko maintained their unbeaten record in Ghana's premier soccer league with a 2-0 victory over Dawu Youngsters in Kumasi on Sunday, but it was Hearts and Goldfields who stole the show by sharing 12 goals equally. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Brazil beat host Nigeria 4-3 in an international under-17 soccer friendly played at the National Stadium in Lagos Sunday. Full text...

Gaborone- Botswana (PANA) -- Kick-off of Botswana's soccer league has been postponed from 11 August to 1 September, it was announced in Gaborone Friday. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Brazil's Under-17 national soccer team arrived in Lagos Friday, two days ahead of a match against its Nigerian counterpart to help raise funds for the "Kanu Heart Foundation. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- League leaders Kumasi Asante Kotoko slipped when they were held to a 1-1 draw by Berekum Arsenals in the Ghanaian mid-week Premier Soccer League Wednesday. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- The "Buffaloes" Wednesday won the Benin Independence football Cup for 2001 after beating rivals Dragons 1-0 at the Cotonou Friendship Stadium. Full text...

Gaborone- Botswana (PANA) --­ Botswana has pulled out of the qualification matches for the Under-19 Women's soccer World Cup because of poor preparations, the country's Football Association said. Full text...

Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- Namibia Football Association on Tuesday received in Windhoek an assortment of soccer equipment from its German counterpart, GFA. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Ghana Football Association (GFA) chairman Ben Koufie has said that the senior national soccer team, the Black Stars, will be revamped to prepare them for next year's Cup of Nations in Mali. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The gross amount from gate-taking in four matches played in Dakar in the run up to next year's World Cup finals stands at 299 million francs CFA (398,000 US dollars), according to the Senegalese Football Association (FSF). Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Africa south of the Sahara demonstrated its supremacy on the occasion of the 2000 world Cup qualifying matches/Africa zone by raking four out of the five slots reserved for the continent, the Senegalese News Agency (APS) commented Monday. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- After the last World Cup qualifying games played over the weekend, Cameroon, Nigeria, Senegal, Tunisia and South Africa have qualified to represent Africa at the 2002 finals being co-hosted by South Korea and Japan. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- Canon Yaounde beat current leaders Coton Sport 2-1 Sunday, on the 21st day of play in Cameroon's elite football championship. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigerians Monday continued their celebration of the Super Eagles' qualification for the 2002 World Cup finals, following a 3-0 victory over Ghana in a crucial encounter on Sunday in the south-eastern city of Port Harcourt. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- When he took charge of the Kenya Football Federation (KFF) last year, Chairman Maina Kariuki promised to revolutionise soccer in the country. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's star midfielder, Austin Okocha, has been named the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of Sunday's 2002 World Cup qualifier between Nigeria and Ghana by a team of journalists who decided the award. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- After the last World Cup qualifying games played over the weekend, Cameroon, Nigeria, Senegal, Tunisia and South Africa have qualified to represent Africa at the 2002 finals co-hosted by South Korea and Japan. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The president of football governing body in Africa, CAF, has confirmed that Mali would host the African Cup of Nations 2002 from 19 January to 10 February in the five cities selected in agreement with Malian authorities. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Ghana's Black Stars have arrived in Nigeria for Sunday's crucial 2002 World Cup qualifier against the Super Eagles, the local press reported Saturday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenya Football Federation (KFF) has slapped an indefinite ban on one of its senior officials over his role in the controversial transfer of three players to Egypt's Ismailia Football Club. Full text...

Monrovia- Liberia (PANA) -- If pleasing God were the route to the World Cup 2002 in Korea and Japan, then Liberia can be counted among the "saints" that would go marching on to glory. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The final countdown has begun to Sunday's Nigeria-Ghana epoch clash in Nigeria's south-eastern city of Port Harcourt, that will decide Africa's fifth ticket for the South Korea/Japan 2002 World Cup finals. Full text...

Lome- Togo (PANA) -- Following are results recorded on the second day of play in Togo's elite football championship played Wednesday: [ST] ASKO-AS Douanes : 0-0 Gomido-Maranatha: 0-1 Dyto-Agaza : 2-0 [ET] The third day of play has been billed for Sunday. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Ivorian oldest soccer club, Africa Sports, has fired its Swiss coach, Franco Cuccinotta, for poor performance, informed sources said in Abidjan Wednesday. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Ghanaian coach, Fred Osam Duodo says he does not envisage any problem in Sunday's crucial Ghana-Nigeria World Cup soccer qualifier in Nigeria's south-eastern city of Port Harcourt. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Ahead of Sunday's crucial 2002 World Cup qualifier against Ghana, at least 18 of the 26 players invited by Nigeria have arrived at the national camp. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Even if members of the Senegalese Football Federation do not acknowledge the qualification of the national team, the "Lions", to World Cup finals as a fresh start, they do not deny that it is a springboard for reorganisation from the bottom. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade has promised to help the country's football team to achieve its goal during its preparations for the 2002 World Cup competition in South Korea/Japan. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwe's football administrators said Tuesday they planned to introduce compulsory doping tests for all players to comply with international standards and practice. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Heavy rains which fell the whole day on Abidjan did not prevent Senegalese nationals living here to celebrate their national team's qualification for the finals of the 2002 World Cup. Full text...

Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- Two days after Namibia suffered a crushing defeat in the World Cup qualifying match, the country's top soccer administrator Monday announced that no foreign coach would be hired to train the national team. Full text...

Abidjan- Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The Ivorian Football Federation (FIF) has refuted allegations that FIF officials struck a deal that compromised the country's chances at qualifying for the 2002 World Cup finals. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The final countdown to this weekend's crucial 2002 World Cup qualifier between Nigeria and Ghana begins Sunday, when members of Nigeria's Super Eagles to arrive at the team's camp in the southeastern city of Port Harcourt. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- The Zambian soccer team known as the Chipolopolo (Bullet) has been drawn against Angola in the semi- finals of the regional Confederation of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) Castle Cup to be played in August. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- A rousing welcome awaits Les Lions of Senegal Sunday in Dakar after their emphatic 5-0 win over Namibia's Brave Warriors in Windhoek Saturday to qualify for the 2002 World Cup. Full text...

Algiers- Algeria (PANA) -- Fans have billed the Saturday match between the national squads of Algeria and Egypt as an encounter to be filled with revenge crowned by sportsmanship. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- League leaders Kumasi Asante Kotoko beat King Faisal 1-0 to extend their lead in Ghana's Premier Soccer League to five points but the troubles of Accra Great Olympics continued as thy were humbled 2-0 at home by Goldfields. Full text...

Monrovia- Liberia (PANA) -- About two million US dollars was expended by Liberia to participate in the World Cup and African Nations Cup qualifying rounds, press reports said Thursday. Full text...

Praia- Cape Verde (PANA) -- The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) will finance the construction of a training centre in Cape Verde through the "Goal" project, an official source said in Praia. Full text...