Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Egyptian Gamal Al Ghandour will be referee of the Cup of Nations final at the 26 March Stadium in Bamako, the African Football Confederation (CAF) announced Saturday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya was off to a good start at the ongoing Davis Cup, Africa Zone tennis tournament in Mombasa, romping to the top of Group A. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Host country Mali take on Nigeria Saturday afternoon at Mopti, 600 km east of Bamako in a match for the third place at the 23rd Cup of Nations finals. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Ghana's Aloryi Moyoyo Mensah on Friday night made a quick job of it knocking out his Ivorian opponent Goba T. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The South African city of Johannesburg will in April host the African Football Awards, sources disclosed Friday in Bamako, on the sidelines of the ongoing Cup of Nations finals. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- Morocco bowed Friday to Spain at a Davis Cup first round match in the Spanish town of Saragossa. Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- Seventy-seven countries, including three from Africa, are participating in the 2002 Winter Olympic games which opened Friday in Salt Lake City, US. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Cameroon's Salomon Olembe, who scored twice against Mali in the semi-final and Nigeria's Julius Agahowa who scored the only goal of his team against Senegal, have joined Patrick Mboma (Cameroon) as top scorers of the 23rd edition of the African Cup of Nations. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Malian President Alpha Oumar Konare paid a surprise visit to his country's national football players only about 30 minutes after they had lost their semi-final match against Cameroon in Bamako Thursday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Three African sports administrators are among ten new officials elected to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Cameroon's national football team "Indomitable Lions" on Thursday humbled the Malian hosts of the 23rd African Cup of Nations (CAN) with a heavy 3-0 defeat although an injury had sidelined their top scorer, Patrick Mboma. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Coach Twahir Muhidin, who recently resigned from Kenyan soccer champions Oserian Fastac, has joined Tanzania's Mtibwa FC. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- A conquering mood prevailed in Dakar Friday following Senegal national team's 2-1 victory Thursday over Nigeria in the semi-finals of the 2002 African Cup of Nations (CAN) being held in Mali. Full text...

Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- Angola's under 17 soccer national team is preparing for the 'Joao Havelange Cup' international tournament to be stage in Brazil from 2-10 March. Full text...

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...