Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Here are results from six games played Sunday at various stadia in the national first division football championship, in which eight teams are competing. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- Reigning champions CODM Meknes have done the double by winning the Moroccan handball cup, beating Hay Mohammadi of Casablanca 22-19 in the final played Saturday in Rabat. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- East, central and Southern Africa Club Basketball Championship men's title defenders, Vijana of Tanzania got a walk over as the regional event tipped off in Nairobi Sunday. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Orlando Pirates, one of South Africa's biggest football clubs, fired French coach Jean-Yves Kerjean at the weekend and replaced him with a Zimbabwean, Roy Barreto. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya's former national football champions Gor Mahia have been relegated from the preliminary rounds of the Premier League. Full text...

Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- Angola's basketball champions "Primeiro de Agosto" will participate in the 22-30 September qualifier matches for the male African club champions cup in Libreville, Gabon, the country's news agency Angop reported. Full text...

Daejeon- South Korea (PANA) -- Striker Ahn Jung-Hwan's 117th minute golden goal against highly-rated Italy Tuesday qualified co-host South Korea for its first quarter-finals at the World Cup. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- University of Zimbabwe students got more than they bargained for when they celebrated Senegal's weekend 2-1 victory over Sweden in the ongoing World Cup tournament: a raid by police who mistook the fanfare for one of the students' riotous demonstrations. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya will enter a 113-member contingent in next month's Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, but Games chief of mission, Maj. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- In a move to cut cost and ensure only possible winners travel, athletics authorities in Zambia have trimmed by more than half the national team for the Commonwealth Games scheduled in Manchester, England. Full text...

Daejeon- South Korea (PANA) -- Italy recovered from a poor performance in the first half in which it gave away a penalty kick to lead South Korea 1-0 at half time in their second round World Cup match being played in Daejeon, South Korea. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's first round elimination from the 2002 World Cup has re-opened the controversy over the hiring of a foreign coach for the country's national side, the Super Eagles. Full text...

Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Niger Sports Minister Issa Lamine has congratulated Senegal for the country's qualification for the quarterfinals of the 2002 World Cup, wishing it the best for the rest of the tournament. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The stalemate provoked by the government's recent dissolution of the Kenya Football Federation (KFF) is hurting the development of soccer in the country. Full text...

Miyagi- Japan (PANA) -- A 13th minute header has enabled Turkey to lead Japan 1-0 at halftime in their second round World Cup match being played in Miyagi, Japan. Full text...

Praia- Cape Verde (PANA) -- The Teranga Lions' 2-1 victory over Sweden was welcomed by a joyous outburst from the Senegalese community in Cape Verde and the numerous football fans in the country, craving for a final between Senegal and Brazil on 30 June. Full text...

Cairo- Egypt (PANA) -- Reflecting the mounting admiration of Egyptian football fans for Senegal's national team, Al Ahram's cartoonist has turned star player El Haj Diouf into one of the heroes of the legendary One Thousand and One Nights. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritanians celebrated with Senegalese in Nouakchott on Sunday after the Lions of Teranga beat Sweden 2-1 to enter the quarterfinals of the ongoing World Cup in Japan and South Korea. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Images on Gambian television monitored Sunday in Dakar revealed that Gambians heavily rejoiced over the qualification of Senegal to the quarterfinals of the World Cup tournament co-hosted by South Korea and Japan. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Zambia's two high profile football sides, Power Dynamos FC and Kabwe Warriors, have entered the finals of the annual BP Top Eight championship to be played in Lusaka after a fortnight. Full text...

Kobe- Japan (PANA) -- After a goalless first half, Brazil's Rivaldo and Ronaldo made up for the dry spell, sending Belgium home with 2-0 in a tough second round World Cup match played Monday in Kobe, Japan. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigerian football authorities have confirmed the redeployment of head coach Adegboye Onigbinde, after the Super Eagles failed to advance beyond the first round of the 2002 World Cup. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- South African rugby side, Free State Griffons, are the new champions of Zambia's Mosi sevens international rugby tournament following the finals played at the weekend. Full text...

Kobe- Japan (PANA) -- Brazil and Belgian have settled for 0-0 draw at halftime in a tough second round World Cup match being played in Monday in Kobe, Japan. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko on Sunday won their respective league matches stretching the gap between them and their closest rivals. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Swarms of African immigrants from Senegal, Cameroon, Togo, Gambia and Chad swelled the streets of Cotonou on Sunday morning to salute Senegal's 2-1 victory over Sweden at the ongoing World Cup finals. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenyan press Monday saluted Senegal's 2-1 victory over Sweden in Sunday's World Cup second round tie in Oita, Japan. Full text...

Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- The Armed Forces Sports Union (USFA) still dominates the Burkinabe elite football championship after beating Racing Club of Bobo Dioulasso (RCB) 2-0 during the 5th round on Sunday. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Following Senegal's qualification Sunday for the quarterfinals of the ongoing World Cup tournament, President John Agyekum Kufuor of Ghana has addressed a message of congratulations to the West African side. Full text...

Jeonju- South Korea (PANA) -- A 2-0 victory over Mexico Monday gave the USA a quarterfinal berth with Germany when the two North American neighbours met in their second round World Cup match played in Jeonju, South Korea. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- There were wild celebrations Sunday in Johannesburg after Senegal beat Sweden 2-1 in extra time to proceed to the World Cup quarter finals. Full text...

Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- Watching the Gambian population jubilate Sunday following the Senegalese Lions' victory over Sweden, an Irish technical assistant who heads the 'Alliance for the Protection of Children' exclaimed "today, Senegal and the Gambia have become one and the same country. Full text...

Jeonju- South Korea (PANA) -- An early goal has given the USA a 1- 0 lead against neighbours Mexico in their second round World Cup match being played in Jeonju, South Korea. Full text...

Libreville- Gabon (PANA) -- Cameroon's Aboubacar Adamo and Celmada Gracca of Sao Tome and Principe won the 10th edition of the international semi-marathon in Libreville, Sunday. Full text...

Libreville- Gabon (PANA) -- General euphoria reigned in Libreville Sunday as Gabonese fans celebrated Senegal's qualification for the quarterfinals of the ongoing World Cup tournament following their 2-1 victory over Sweden. Full text...

Moroni- Comoros (PANA) -- Overjoyed motorists in Moroni blared their car horns and put their headlights in celebration when Senegal's national team striker Henry Camara's slotted the "golden goal" against Sweden, that qualified the "Lions of Teranga" for the quarterfinals of the 2002 World Cup finals. Full text...

Oita- Japan (PANA) -- Senegal's star attacker El Hadj Diouf declared in Oita, Japan that his national football team's 2-1 victory over Sweden Sunday would not change the team's behaviour in the 2002 World Cup finals. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Several scores of supporters of the Senegalese national team on Sunday converged at the chick Champs Elysees in Paris to greet their side's qualification for the 2002 World Cup quarterfinals. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Thousands of Malian football fans gleefully welcomed the 2-1 victory Senegal won Sunday against Sweden in a second round match of the 2002 World Cup finals being co-hosted by Japan and South Korea. Full text...

Lome- Togo (PANA) -- Soccer fans in Lome, Togo's capital widely cheered Senegal's 2-1 victory over Sweden in a second round match of the 2002 FIFA World Cup finals. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Thousands of people on Sunday stormed the streets of Abidjan after the Senegalese national soccer team's 2-1 victory over Sweden in the 8th final of the ongoing World Cup finals co-hosted by Japan and south Korea. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Senegal has booked a place in the quarterfinals of the 2002 FIFA World Cup through hard work, concentration and determination by all involved during the past 17 months and not through black magic as has been alleged, an insider in the country's soccer scene told PANA in an interview Sunday in Dakar. Full text...

Suwon- South Korea (PANA) -- Spain beat a tough Ireland side 4-3 on penalties after the two sides failed to break a 1-1 deadlock in extra time during their second round match played Sunday in Suwon, South Korea. Full text...

Suwon- South Korea (PANA) -- Spain and Ireland, after to failing break a 1-1 deadlock in extra time, are now getting ready to go into penalty. Full text...

Suwon- South Korea (PANA) -- A 90th minute penalty goal from Ireland spoiled Spain's celebrations after it led the Irish in the 8th minute with a Fernando Morientes header in their second round World Cup match being played Sunday in Suwon, South Korea. Full text...

Khartoum- Sudan (PANA) -- The word 'mabrook', meaning congratulations was on every lip in the Sudanese capital as Senegal's national football team muscled its way to the quarterfinals of the World Cup Sunday. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Ecstatic about Senegal's record-equalling qualification for the quarter-finals of the 2002 World Cup, Nigerian soccer fans Sunday tipped the Lions of Teranga to cruise all the way to the final of the competition, and possibly lift the much-coveted trophy. Full text...

Suwon- South Korea (PANA) -- Spaniard Fernando Morientes' 8th minute header gave Spain a 1-0 lead against Ireland in their second round World Cup match being played Sunday in Suwon, South Korea. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Zambian soccer fans broke into wild cheers and embraced each other in the suburbs of Lusaka Sunday as Senegal headed for the quarterfinals of the World Cup 2002. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- "All Africa needed this victory," Mamadou Issa acclaimed joyously after Senegal beat Sweden 2-1 Sunday to advance to the quarterfinals of the World Cup 2002 in Japan. Full text...