London- UK (PANA) -- Moroccan-born Khalid Khannouchi disproved bookmakers Sunday when he shattered his world record at the highly contested 2002 edition of the London Marathon. Full text...

Gaborone- Botswana (PANA) -- Botswana's military side, BDF XI, achieved a rare soccer win Saturday when they walloped El-Masry of Egypt 4-2 in the first leg of the CAF Cup in Gaborone. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Rome will be the first city to present its bid to host the 2005 World Athletics Championship to the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)council in Nairobi Sunday morning. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- At its first session in Nairobi Saturday morning, the Council of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) adopted of a new Competition Structure that takes effect in 2003. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Teams from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal and Rwanda have arrived in Nairobi for next week's first African military games. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Seven home-based members of the Nigerian national football side, the Super Eagles, left Lagos for London Friday to join their foreign-based counterparts ahead of the 17 April friendly against Scotland in Aberdeen. Full text...

Gaborone- Botswana (PANA) -- In his bid to become FIFA's head, Issa Hayatou, the President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has called a meeting of Southern African soccer chiefs in South Africa. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Stade Malien of Bamako's coach Abdoul Razak is optimistic his team will score at least two goals at home against Jeanne d'Arc of Dakar in Sunday's first leg match of the African Champions League. Full text...

London- UK (PANA) -- Morocco's long distance runner and winner of last year's edition of the London Marathon, Abdelkader El Mouaziz, has admitted that Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie was an exciting signing for Sunday's race and that he has consequently been inspired to train harder and thoroughly. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- A rich haul of points on the Cape Rally's round two of the 2002 South Africans rally championship will be Toyota's main focus as the series visit the coast for the first time this season. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- A Moroccan will be among referees picked to officiate at this year's World Cup finals in South Korea and Japan. Full text...

Douala- Cameroon (PANA) -- Fovu de Baham on Thrusday left Douala for Brazzaville for a match with AS Police on Sunday in the first leg of the eighth finals of the African Cup Winners Cup competition. Full text...

Algiers- Algeria (PANA) -- USM Alger remains atop the Algerian national football championship table though they could not play the 22nd round due to involvement in the African Cup of Winners Cup tournament. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Thirty-three African countries have confirmed participation in next week's first Africa Military Games in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital. Full text...

Lome- Togo (PANA) -- Following are scores recorded on the 10th round of the Togolese elite football championship played Wednesday: Kakadl-Doumbe (1-0) Abou Osse-ASKO of Kara (2-0) Gomido Kpalime-Sara FC Bafilo (1-0) Etoile Filante-Modèle (2-1) AC Merlan-Togo Telecom (1-1) FC La Semeuse-Dyto (1-1) League positions: Pts GD 1 Togo Telecom 18 +3 2 AS Douane 17 +10 3 Dyto 16 +6 4 Etoile Filante 15 +4 5 La Semeuse 15 +2 Agaza 15 +2 7 Semassi 15 +0 (+1 match) 8 Gomido 14 +0 9 Maranatha 13 +4 (+2 matches) 10 Abou Osse 13 +0 11 Kakadl 12 -1 (+1 match) 12 Sara Sport 10 -4 13 AC Merlan 9 -3 14 ASKO 8 -3 15 Modèle 7 -8 16 Doumbe 7 -11 Full text...

London- UK (PANA) -- Ethiopian ace long distance runner Haile Gebreselassie has promised to shatter the world record at the London Marathon on 14 April all things being equal. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Three legends of Kenyan athletics will make the draw to decide the order in which the six cities bidding to host the 2005 World Championship will make their final presentations to the IAAF Council in Nairobi on 14 April. Full text...

Freetown- Sierra Leone (PANA) -- The national cricket team of Sierra Leone left Freetown Wednesday to participate in the 14th and final Quadrangular Cricket tourney scheduled 14 April in Lagos. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Constance Dago, a key player in the Ivorian women's handball team, will not take part in the Nations Cup finals opening 19 April in Morocco, after she was denied a visa to France where the rest of the team is training for the tournament. Full text...

Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- Congolese clubs Etoile and AS Police, respectively competing in the African Champions League and Cup Winners Cup competitions, have complained of being left to their own devices by the authorities. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Morocco's champion Hicham El Geurrouj and Mozambique's Maria Mutola remain the highest placed Africans in the latest International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Rankings. Full text...

Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- With two rounds to the end of the season, suspense reigns in Tunisia's premier league after front-runners Etoile du Sahel and Esperance of Tunis both pulled wins on the 8th day of play Tuesday. Full text...

Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- Malawi President Bakili Muluzi's teenage daughter, Edna, who was called up for women's national soccer team training in preparation for the inaugural Cosafa women's football tournament to be staged in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare has been ruled out of the tournament. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Fourteen volleyball clubs from 13 countries are taking part in the African Champions' Cup contest being held in Abidjan from 5 to 15 April. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Following are results of the Malian soccer premier league after the 8th round of matches played in the country's several stadia on Sunday and Monday: In Bamako : AS Mande-COB 0-2 ASB-USFAS 2-1 CSK-ESD 3-1 Djoliba AC-Sigui de Kayes 7-0 Stade-AS Real-3-0 In Segou : AS Biton-Commune II 2-1 In Koulikoro : Nianan-Mamahira de Kati 3-0 After the matches, Stade Malien de Bamako maintains lead with 21 points, followed by its rival contender Djoliba AC with 19 points. Full text...

Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- Arab Football Union (UAF) secretary general Othmane Assaad has announced in Tunis the launch of a campaign to keep Israel out of the International Football Federation (FIFA) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Full text...

Gaborone- Botswana (PANA) ­ Botswana Football Asso-ciation president David Fani said Tuesday that officials of his association would meet soon to decide on which candidate to back for the FIFA presidency. Full text...

NAIROBI- Kenya (PANA) -- Nzoia Sugar and Mumias maintained top positions in their respective Zones of the Kenyan Premier League after weekend matches. Full text...

Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- With FIFA President Sepp Blatter on a seven-hour visit to Malawi Tuesday, the southern African country seems poised to join a number of African countries turning their backs on Issa Hayatou, the Confederation of African Football president vying for the top-most job at the world football governing body. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- FIFA's presidential elections in South Korea in May has taken an interesting turn as a number of retired soccer stars are routing for incumbent Sepp Blatter over his rival and Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) president Issa Hayatou. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- French coach Jean Fernandez is being tipped as the man to succeed Cote d'Ivoire national football coach, Lama Bamba, who was sacked five days ago, official sources disclosed in Abidjan Monday. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Incumbent FIFA President Sepp Blatter took his re-election campaign to South Africa Monday, where he reiterated earlier sentiments that Africa should host the 2010 World Cup finals. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- The 7th and last round in the first leg of the Ivorian elite football championship failed to make any impact at the top of the two league tables, as defending champion ASEC of Abidjan and its arch rival Africasport still lead their respective pools. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has allayed fears that it would sanction members who fail to vote for its president, Issa Hayatou, at next month's FIFA elections in Seoul, South Korea. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Sepp Blatter paid a whistle- stop visit to Johannesburg Monday and held talks with South African Sports minister Ngconde Balfour about a new initiative to drum up support for his re-election as FIFA president. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- In an apparent response to dwindling football standards in the country, the Kenya Football Federation (KFF) is launching a Premier League Management Board this week, according to Federation chairman, Maina Kariuki. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Fourteen countries will feature in May's Africa Weightlifting Championship in Nairobi, the Supreme Council for Sports in Africa's (SCSA) Zone Five President, Tom Ommuombo, said in the Kenyan capital. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Dakar University Club (DUC) Saturday beat ASC Bopp 61-43 to win the Dakar City Basketball Cup (women's series). Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Jeanne d'Arc (JA) of Dakar continued its lead in the Senegalese First Division championship with a draw on the 22nd round played at the weekend. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Following are results of the 22nd edition of the African Boxing championship, held Saturday in Cotonou, Benin: In the Welterweight category, Benin's Kpadenou Victor (64 kg) beat his compatriot and title holder Boko Kuami (66,5 kg) upon the referee's decision at the 10th round. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Benin's 17th round of the first division championship was played Saturday and Sunday in various venues in the country. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- Cotonsport of Garoua has shot into the lead in Cameroon's elite football league, after mauling former leader Bamboutos Mbouda 4-0 at the 11th round played at the weekend. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Benin held an Under-17 national athletics championships on Saturday and Sunday in Cotonou, the Beninese capital. Full text...

Algiers- Algeria (PANA) -- Algerian swimmer Salim Ilès Saturday set the African 100m freestyle record and qualified for the finals of the world championships to be held in Moscow. Full text...

Libreville- Gabon (PANA) -- Following are the results of the 10th round of the Gabonese first division football championship played at the weekend: Stade d'Akébé/AO Evizo: 4-2 JSL/Munadji 76: 2-2 FC 105/TP Akwembé: 2-0 Pétrosport/CMS: 0-1 Aigles de Belinga/ASS: 0-0 USB/Wongosport: 2-0 Mangasport/USM: Deferred Current league positions: Teams Pts Played Won Lost Drawn GD 1 FC 105 21 9 7 2 0 +22 2 CMS 21 10 6 1 3 +7 3 USM 20 9 6 1 2 +14 4 Pétrosport 18 9 6 3 0 +8 5 USB 15 10 4 3 3 -2 6 Munadji 76 13 10 4 5 1 0 7 JSL 13 10 3 3 4 -2 5 Stade d'Ak. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- South Africa's Kaizer Chiefs, holders of the African clubs Winners Cup has petitioned the Confederation of African Football (CAF) against a decision by CAF's Inter-Clubs Committee to disqualify the team from this year's ongoing tournament. Full text...

Algiers- Algeria (PANA) -- Algeria has officially announced its support for Issa Hayatou's candidacy in the race for the FIFA presidency, in which the Cameroonian is trying to oust incumbent Swiss Sepp Blatter for the top world football post at the 29 May elections in Seoul, South Korea. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa's Sundowns football club equalised in the second half to secure a point in a tough league encounter against Johannesburg-based Kaizer Chiefs Sunday. Full text...

Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- A total of 35 Mauritian woman soccer players have gathered in Georges V stadium at Curepipe, 25 km from Port Louis to begin preparations for selection into the first women's national team. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwe's junior national soccer team Sunday beat Swaziland 1-0 on the first leg of the African Youth Championship qualifier in Harare. Full text...