Segou- Mali (PANA) -- Burkina Faso's national football team coach Jacques Yameogo is satisfied following Sunday's goalless draw his team obtained in its first match against South Africa in Group B of the African Cup of Nations. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Zambia national football team takes on Tunisia Monday night in a second Group D match at Modibo Keita Stadium in Bamako, Mali, where the African Cup of Nations enters its third day. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Ethiopia's 1968 Mexico Olympics Marathon gold medallist Mamo Wolde was released from prison Sunday after being in jail for more than nine years. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Bafana Bafana of South Africa and the Etalons of Burkina Faso Sunday ended their first encounter in the 23rd edition of the final tournament of the African Cup of Nations in a goalless draw at the 26 March stadium in Bamako. Full text...

Bissau- Guinea Bissau (PANA) -- While all the African countries have tuned in to the African football bonanza, Guinea Bissau is in the doldrums as its national television has not yet started to broadcast the great African football pageant. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Senegal's assistant coach Jules Bocande noted Sunday evening in Bamako his team's win against Egypt was the first since 1986 when the Lions beat the Pharaohs 1-0 in Cairo. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Title holders of the African Cup of Nations, Cameroon's Indomitable Lions Sunday beat DR Congo's Simbas 1-0 in their first round match played in Sikasso, 380km south of Bamako. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- Cameroon's Indomitable Lions and DR Congo's Simbas entered the scene in the CAN 2002, in the first match of the Group C posted in Sikasso (380 south of Bamako). Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa is searching a new rugby coach after Harry Viljoen's unexpected resignation on Saturday. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Sundowns travelled to Durban without their talented Zambian midfielder Gift Kampamba, but managed to secure a 1-1 draw against a spirited full strength Amazulu side on Sunday. Full text...

Segou- Mali (PANA) -- Four nations (South Africa, Morocco, Ghana and Burkina Faso) will play for the first place of Group B, which qualifies them for the quarterfinals of the 23rd African Football Cup of Nations. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Senegal on Sunday beat Egypt 1-0 in Bamako in their first round match of the 23rd edition of the African Cup of Nations. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Senegal and Egypt Sunday ended the first half of their CAN 2002 match at 0-0 in Bamako, Mali. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's regulatory National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) has cleared all televisions stations in the country to transmit matches of the 23rd African Nations Cup, which most of the stations blacked out on the opening day due to a dispute. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Each player of the Malian national team, the Eagles, would get a cash reward of 20 million francs CFA (27,000 US dollars) if they win the 23rd Cup of Nations final the country is currently hosting. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The body of Kenyan basketballer Steve Biko, who was allegedly murdered in Johannesburg last month, is still stuck in South Africa. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The body of Kenyan basketballer Steve Biko, who was allegedly murdered in Johannesburg last month, is still stuck in South Africa. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- At the ongoing Cup of Nations finals, the match Sunday afternoon between Egypt and Senegal at Bamako's Modibo Keita Stadium promises fireworks, a senior official of the Egyptian side reckoned Sunday morning. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Uganda Saturday trounced Zambia 50-16 at a one-sided Africa Zone Five men's Handball Challenge Cup match in Nairobi. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Hosts Mali and Liberia drew 1-1 Saturday in the opening match at the 23rd edition of the African Cup of Nations finals. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Current champions, the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon, begin their fight to retain the Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday when they take on DR Congo in Sikasso, with other top-seeded contenders also taking to the pitch. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Under the gaze of 50,000 spectators, host President Alpha Konare Saturday took the kick-off in Bamako for the 23rd edition of the African Cup of Nations holding in Mali. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Liberia made a spectacular entrance into the 23rd tournament of the African Cup of Nations (CAN) by leading with a lone goal in the first half of the game against host country Mali. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Falling victims of a disagreement between the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON) and Nations Cup television rights owner, TV Africa, most Nigerians Saturday missed watching the opening match of the 23rd African Nations Cup in Mali. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Africa could be the surprise of the next World Cup, FIFA president Joseph Blatter predicted Saturday as the African Nations Cup competition kicked off here. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Mammoth traffic jams occurred in Bamako as early as 10. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Mauritanian President Maaouiya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya will witness Saturday's opening match of the 23rd finals of the African Cup of Nations between hosts Mali and Liberia. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Malian President Alpha Omar Konare on Friday received the highest order of merit from the Confederation of African Football (CAF). Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya women's team beat Uganda 28-24 Friday evening as the Africa Zone Five Challenge Cup handball tournament entered its second day in Nairobi. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- For the past few days, Cameroonian enterprises have been trying to boost their business by taking advantage of the euphoria generated by the African Cup of Nations kicking off Saturday in Mali. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- FIFA President Joseph Blatter has confirmed that Africa would host the World Cup finals in 2010. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- The Cairo-based Confederation of African Football (CAF) has barred three foreign players registered by Tanzanian club champions, Simba of Dar es Salaam, from representing their new club in this year's continental championship until they get international transfer documents. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Liberia's legendary football player George Weah said Friday that his "Lone Star" national team was ready for Saturday's opening encounter against hosts Mali in the 2002 African Cup Nations Cup at Bamako's 26 March Stadium. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The Cup of Nations (CAN) finals would henceforth determine Africa's flag bearers at subsequent World Cup tournaments, according to a decision taken Thursday in Bamako, Mali at the general assembly of the African Football Confederation (CAF). Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Uganda Thursday beat Burundi 26-22 in a tough Africa Zone Five men's handball Challenge Cup match in Nairobi. Full text...

Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- Striker Zied Jaziri has given a blow to his country's African Nations Cup hopes after being ruled out with a shoulder injury, it was reported in Tunis. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- Cameroon's National Electricity Company, l'AES-SONEL, has instructed its clients to switch off unnecessary lights to minimise possibilities of power cuts during the 23rd African Cup of Nations finals kicking off in Mali Saturday. Full text...

Lome- Togo (PANA) -- The Togolese National Soccer Team, the Eperviers (Sparrowhawks) left Lome Thursday for Sikasso in southern Mali where it will play its first match in Group C Monday against Cote d'Ivoire. Full text...

Abidjan- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Cote d'Ivoire's national football team's coach Lama Bamba admitted Wednesday that the "Elephants" were not fully prepared for the 23rd finals of the African Cup of Nations. Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- Supporters of the Democratic Republic of Congo's national soccer team fondly known as "Simba" leave Kinshasa Saturday for Bamako, Mali to witness the finals of the 2002 African Cup of Nations (CAN) kicking off the same day. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa goes into this weekend's African Cup of Nations tournament in Mali ranked 31st in the world, according to the latest FIFA rankings released Wednesday. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa's national football team, Bafana Bafana, departed in high spirits for Mali Wednesday night, a day after beating Angola's football national team 1-0 in a training match. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The Malian Federation of Football (FMF) has offered each Eagle player and technical staff member a one- million franc CFA bonus, the local press reported on Wednesday. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Several airline passengers arriving in Bamako for the 23rd finals of the African cup of Nations kicking off Saturday in the Malian capital have lost their luggage. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The Confederation of African Football (CAF) invited many leaders of world football community in its meeting which began late Wednesday at Palais des congres in Bamako. Full text...

Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- The Tunisian national football team beat German first division club FC Cologne 2-1 Tuesday in a friendly match played in Malaga, Spain, where the Tunisians are in camp for the Cup of Nations finals starting this weekend. Full text...

Douala- Cameroon (PANA) -- Ahead of their flight to Mali scheduled for Thursday, the Cameroonian national team is back home from a warm-up tour abroad, for a gala match Wednesday in which the Indomitable Lions would bid local fans bye. Full text...

Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- The Angola Football Federation says it will ban interviews at half time or at the end of matches on stadium tracks in Angola beginning the next football season. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- Cameroon's Prime Minister Peter Mafany Musonge will on Thursday receive the national football team before it leaves for the Africa Cup of Nations matches in Mali, the government radio reported Tuesday. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- A sports official in Cameroon is urging participants in the forthcoming CAN 2002 finals in Mali to observe fair play and the principles of Olympism. Full text...