Yaoundé- Cameroon (PANA) -- The Cameroonian football fans in Taounde took to the streets Thursday to celebrate their national squad's qualification for the finals of the ongoing African Cup of Nations in Mali. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Following is a Fact Sheet on the Cup of Nations semi-final clash between host country Mali and defending champions Cameroon at the Bamako March 26 Stadium Thursday. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Defending champions Cameroon strolled into the final of the 23rd African Cup of Nations tournament Thursday with an emphatic 3-0 victory over host Mali. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Senegal Thursday qualified for the finals of the 23rd African Cup of Nations football tournament CAN 2002 , with a 2-1 victory over Nigeria after extra-time. Full text...

London- UK (PANA) -- Six African countries have been selected among 21 others to receive the Queen's Baton, the symbol of the Commonwealth Games before the games kick off in Manchester on 25 July 2002. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Senegalese Lions and Nigeria's Super Eagles played out a goalless draw in the first half of the first semi-final match at the ongoing African Cup of Nations tournament, CAN 2002 in Bamako, Mali. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Visiting British Prime Minister Tony Blair has wished the Super Eagles of Nigeria good luck in their Thursday's semifinal encounter against Senegal, at the current African Cup of Nations tournament in Mali. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- The Football Association of Zambia, which was greatly stung by the national team's early exit from the Cup of African Nations in Mali, is working on drastic changes that will see the draw result deleted from the league fixture. Full text...

Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- Members of the Burkinabe Football Federation have resigned from all football management bodies in the country, the federation said in press release. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- The skipper of Cameroon's national football team, Rigobert Song, affirmed in Bamako that he does not fear Mali's Eagles with whom the Indomitable Lions lock horns Thursday in the semi-final of the ongoing Cup of Nations. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The semi-final Cup of Nations match coming up Thursday between Cameroon and host nation Mali at the March 26 Stadium in Bamako, was Tuesday already off to arguments over accommodation as the Cameroonians moved in from Sikasso where they had played all along the earlier rounds of the tournament. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Anxiety is high in Mali and indeed across the continent as the on-going Africa Cup of Nations tournament goes into the semi-finals. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Ivorian football fans are pressing for sanctions against the country's football administrators, the national team and their handlers, over the nation's poor performance at the ongoing African Cup of Nations tournament in Mali. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- Morocco's national football team coach, Humberto Cuelho, has met with officials of the country's Football Federation over the team's early exit from the ongoing 23rd African Cup of Nations championship in Mali. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Senegalese soccer coach Bruno Metsu said in Bamako Wednesday that his "Lions" were prepared to "devour" the Super Eagles of Nigeria in their Thursday's semi-final match at the ongoing 23rd African Cup of Nations. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Zambia's humiliated national football team, 'Chipolopolo,' jumped from the proverbial fry-pan into the fire when it arrived in Lusaka late Tuesday only to be met by hostile customs officers who demanded heavy taxes on goods bought in Mali. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenya Football Federation has finally agreed to pay the $3,975 debt it owes national soccer champions, Oserian Fastac soccer club. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya will take part in 14 events at this year's Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, the government announced here Wednesday. Full text...

Moroni- Comoros (PANA) -- In the era of digital television, football fans in the Comoros are still limited to radio broadcasts for reports on the ongoing Cup of Nations finals in Mali. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- A sudden power cut on Monday evening in Yaounde prevented fans in the Cameroonian capital from celebrating the 1-0 victory of their national team over Egypt at the quarterfinals of the ongoing Cup of Nations tournament in Mali. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Zambian striker Dennis Lota says he is retiring from the national team to make way for younger players. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Ghana's soccer team, the Black Stars, arrived home on Tuesday from Mali amid heavy security presence at the Kotoka International Airport and without much fanfare after failing to qualify for the semi-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The International Hockey Federation (IHF) will grant Kenya $125,000 for rehabilitation of the Astro-Turf City Park Stadium in Nairobi, Kenya Hockey Union chairman Hardev Singh has disclosed. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- President Abdoulaye Wade Tuesday congratulated Senegal's national team, the "Lions" for advancing to the semi-finals after beating DR Congo 2-0 Monday at the on- going African Cup of Nations being played in Mali. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Angry students of the College of Agriculture in Nigeria's south-west city of Akure, Monday abducted three staffers of the nation's power company, NEPA, because of a power outage during Sunday's Nigeria-Ghana quarter-final encounter in the current African Cup of Nations football tournament in Mali. Full text...

Sikasso- Mali (PANA) -- If Cameroon goes on to win the Cup of Nations for the second time in a row, it would have to pay a special tribute to Patrick Mboma. Full text...

Sikasso- Mali (PANA) -- Following is the fact sheet for Monday's Cup of Nations quarterfinal match played between Cameroon and Egypt at the Babemba Traore Stadium in Sikasso, Mali: Weather - Mild Pitch - Good Spectators - numerous Score: Cameroon 1 Egypt 0 Goal: Patrick Mboma 62nd minute Booked: Bill Tchato, Ngom Kome (Cameroon) Hassan Hossam (Egypt) Referees: Dami Mourad (Tunisia), Dramane Dante (Mali) and Gamal El Hawani (Libya) Teams Cameroon: Alioum Boukar, Bill Tchato, Rigobert Song (Skipper), Raymond Kalla, Geremi Njitap, Pierre Wome, Laurent Etame Mayer, Salomon Olembe (Ngom Kome 72nd), Marc-Vivien Foé, Samuel Eto'o (Suffo 90th), Patrick Mboma Coach: Winfried Schنfer Egypt: Essam El Hadary, Fahim Amr (Wael 52nd), Emara Mohamed, Hany Ramzy (Skipper), El Zaher El Saka, Rdawan Yasser, Barakat Mohamed, Emane Hazem, Hassan Ahmed (El Amine 80th), Hossam Ahmed, Hosni Asalah (Hossam Hassan 65th) Coach: Mahmoud El Gohary Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Senegal qualified Monday for the semi- finals of Cup of Nations tournament underway in Mali, after beating DR Congo 2-0. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- At their quarterfinal match at the ongoing Cup of Nations finals in Mali, Senegal was at half time leading DR Congo 1-0. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Current champions Cameroon are through to the semi-finals of the ongoing Cup of Nations tournament in Mali, following a 1-0 victory over Egypt Monday, in Sikasso. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Members of the Ivorian football team, the Elephants, escaped the wrath of local fans waiting for them, by using a special exit normally reserved for pilgrims, on their arrival at the Felix Houphouet Boigny Airport, Abidjan at the weekend. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Zambia topped the fair-play team list in the first round of the ongoing 23rd African Cup of Nations tournament, according to a ranking by championship organisers, the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- Congolese soccer officials and club coaches have expressed mixed feeling about their team's chances in Monday's quarterfinal clash against Senegal at the ongoing African Cup of Nations tournament in Mali. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Cup holders Cameroon and Egypt played to a goalless first half in their quarterfinal encounter Monday at Sikasso, Mali, where the 23rd African Cup of Nations finals are underway. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- After winning their places in the semi- finals of the African Cup of Nations (can) Sunday, host Mali and Nigeria only have hours to learn who they will be facing next in their campaign for a berth in the CAN final two. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The ongoing Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Mali is heading for top-notch quarter finals because of the remaining best teams, says former French goalkeeper Dominique Colona. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- This past weekend's violence, which continued Monday in Lagos, Nigeria, tainted celebrations after Sunday's national team's 1-0 victory over Ghana in the quarterfinals of the 2002 African Cup of Nations in Mali. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Celebration of Nigeria's victory over Ghana in the quarterfinals of the 2002 African Nations Cup in Mali on Sunday, has been tainted by weekend's bloody ethnic violence, which continued Monday in parts of the nation's commercial city of Lagos. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Before Sunday's encounter Nigeria's "Super Eagles" in the quarterfinals of the 23rd African Cup of Nations, the youthful Ghanaian players thought they could exhaust their opponents physically. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya's premier league kicks off Saturday with 22 teams battling for top honours. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Visiting Indian national women's hockey team is having a field day in Nairobi after winning two friendly matches against the hosts. Full text...

Sikasso- Mali (PANA) -- A few hours before the CAN 2002 quarterfinals match between the Pharaohs of Egypt and the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon, Coach Winfried Schنfer of the Cameroon side says he is looking forward to the duel with serenity. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Ghanaian soccer fans on Monday expressed mixed feelings about the exit of the national soccer team from the African Cup of Nations tournament being held in Mali. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Zambian soccer fans have called for the immediate dissolution of the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) executive following the first round elimination of the country's national football team from the ongoing 23rd African cup of Nations finals in Mali. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Issa Hayatou's decision to take a shot at the International Federation of Football Association (FIFA) presidency does not appear a wise move. Full text...

Kayes- Mali (PANA) -- The Eagles of Malian which beat Bafana Bafana of South Africa 2-0 Sunday in Kayes, might still surprise spectators and win several other matches during the current African Cup of Nations, the national coach, Henri Kasperzack observed. Full text...

Kayes- Mali (PANA) -- Here is the fact sheet of the Mali-South Africa quarterfinal match played Sunday afternoon at the Abdoulaye Makoro Sissoko stadium in Kayes in continuation of the 23rd African Cup of Nations. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Nigerian Super Eagles Sunday in Bamako advanced to the semi-final of the ongoing 23rd African Cup of Nations championship, CAN 2002, with a slim 1-0 victory over rival Black Stars of Ghana. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Nigeria and Ghana played out a goalless first-half in their quarter-final match Sunday at the ongoing African Cup of Nations tournament in Mali. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Malians thronged the streets of Hamdallaya, a suburb of Bamako, to celebrate their country's emphatic victory over South Africa Sunday in Kayes, which gave the host nation the semi-final berth at the ongoing CAN 2002. Full text...