Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Zambia's all-time boxing great, Lottie Mwale, has won compensation for defamation amounting to 63,694 pound sterling (350 million kwacha) from a British boxing magazine after it published a false story about him. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) has picked Kenya to host the Africa Weightlifting Championship in May. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Issa Hayatou arrived in Bamako Sunday evening to witness the 23rd African Cup of Nations, which kicks off on Saturday. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- Moroccan national football team defeated Guinea 2-1 on a friendly match played in Rabat Sunday ahead the African Cup of Nations finals, which kick off on 19 January in Mali. Full text...

Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- Burkina Faso has dropped Argentine coach Oscar Fullone for the national team, Etalons, for CAN 2002, a reliable source said Monday in Ouagadougou. Full text...

Lome- Togo (PANA) -- Togo's "Eperviers" trounced All Stars of Lagos (Nigeria) 4-0 on Sunday in Lome during an international friendly ahead of the African Cup of Nations finals tournament which starts 19 January in Mali. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- More than 1,600 pigeons will on 25 January soar through African skies towards Sun City, each with a chance to land a 200,000-dollar first prize in the 2002 World Free Flight Million Dollar Pigeon Race. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Burundi is the latest country to confirm participation in this week's Africa Zone Five handball Challenge Cup tournament in Nairobi. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya is among eight countries to take part in next month's inaugural world women's hockey Challenge Cup tournament in South Africa. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Al Nasr still lead the Libyan first division football championship despite a goalless draw with Al Ittihad on the 12th round played at the weekend. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Italian Fabrizio Meoni, riding a KTM motorbike, won the Paris-Dakar rally for the second time running, while Japan's Hiroshi Masuoka won the car event driving a Mitsubishi. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Senegalese media has requested for an additional 10 accreditations to cover the African Cup of Nations (CAN 2002) which kicks off Saturday in Mali. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- A mere three goals were scored in seven matches in the 16th Senegalese first division football championship played at the weekend. Full text...

Algiers- Algeria (PANA) -- Algerian television will cover live 10 matches of the African Cup of Nations (CAN 2002) which kicks off on Saturday in Mali. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's African Nations Cup hopes are on the balance Monday with reports that star striker Nwankwo Kanu was injured Sunday, a day after head coach Amodu Shaibu named his team for the 2002 African Nations Cup starting in Mali Saturday. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Popular South African off-road motorcycle champion Alfie Cox finished second in the 2002 Total Arras-Madrid-Dakar on Sunday. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- Cameroon's first division championship for this year kicks off 27 January, the board of Cameroonian Football Association (FECAFOOT) has decided. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A High Court in Nigeria's federal capital city of Abuja has barred the newly appointed Secretary-General of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) from taking up office. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The Malian Football Association (FMF) has announced the list of 22 players selected for the 2002 African Nations Cup (CAN) finals the country will host, beginning 19 January. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- Cameroon's head coach, German-born Winfried Schafer has in an eleventh-hour change, dropped three players earlier selected into the country's squad for the Cup of Nations finals scheduled to kick of 19 January in Mali. Full text...

Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Despite losing to a local side, Togo coach Tianile Bana said that morale was still high among his players two weeks before the 23rd African Cup of Nations (CAN) to be hosted by Mali. Full text...

Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- The African Judo Union is planning to set up high-level judo centres in five regions of Africa, union president Lansana Palenfo has said. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Determined to go places this year, Kenya's Gor Mahia football club, one of the oldest clubs in the country, is set to hire a Yugoslav coach, club patron Job Omino said Saturday. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- The dispute between Cameroonian football coach Emmanuel Bityeki and Gerard Houiller, a former national technical director of France, accused of fraud and breach of trust, has been referred to the financial unit of the Paris High Court. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Malian foreign minister Modibo Sidibe and Christian Conan, the French ambassador to Mali, have signed in Bamako an aid agreement of 1. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- A Kenyan basketball player, named Steve Biko has been murdered in South Africa. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Lamine Diack welcomed delegates from Belgium (Brussels), Hungary (Budapest), Finland (Helsinki), Germany (Berlin, Munich and Stuttgart), Italy (Rome) and Russia (Moscow) to Monaco Friday to brief them about the bid process and requirements for the 2005 IAAF World Championships in Athletics. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Zambian soccer fans were on Friday trying to work out their team's chances at the Cup of African Nations finals after their celebrated Chipolopolo (Bullet) Boys drew 1-1 against a full strength Mali national team Thursday in Kayes, Mali, in a preparatory friendly. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South African Stephane Peterhansel, driving a South African built Team Dessoude Nissan pick-up, finally threw in the towel Thursday at the start of stage 13 of the 2002 Total Arras Madrid Dakar rally. Full text...

Lome- Togo (PANA) -- Togo's national soccer coach has released the final list of 22 players who will represent the country during the 23rd finals of the African Cup of Nations to be stage in Mali from 19 January to 10 February 2002 The 'Eperviers' (Sparrow hawks) are expected back in Lome Friday after an acclimatisation camp in Niamey, Niger. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso will host this year's Africa volleyball club championship in March and April. Full text...

Bissau- Guinea Bissau (PANA) -- Guinea Bissau's national football league kicks off 19 January, it has been confirmed. Full text...

Yaounde- Cameroon (PANA) -- There are massive preparations for two music concerts Friday and Saturday in Yaounde and Douala to support Cameroon's national team, the Indomitable Lions, currently in training camp to prepare for CAN 2002 slated to start 19 January Mali. Full text...

Monrovia- Liberia (PANA) -- The Liberia Football Association (LFA) has selected a 22-player squad to represent the country at the CAN 2002 due to begin 19 January in Mali. Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- Mali is ready to host the African Cup of Nations (CAN) which will be held from 19 January to 10 February 2002, a DR Congolese journalist said in Kinshasa Tuesday. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Senegal's national football coach, Bruno Metsu, Tuesday announced the country's squad for the Cup of Nations (CAN) finals, scheduled for 19 January to 10 February 2002 in Mali. Full text...

Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- Football authorities in Burkina Faso have announced 22 names of players forming the national team, the 'Etalons', that will play the 23rd African Cup of Nations finals in Bamako, Mali. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya Football Federation has cleared the way for the country's clubs to play regional games after it paid $6,000 owed to the Confederation of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA). Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- FIFA has appointed a Zimbabwean to officiate this year's World Cup finals to be played in South Korea and Japan. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Ghana Football Association on Tuesday released the names of the 22-man squad for the Africa Cup of Nations finals kicking off in Mali on 19 January. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's national football team, the Super Eagles, failed to travel to Cairo for a soccer friendly on Tuesday against the "Pharaohs" of Egypt due to a dispute over pay, Nigerian football officials said. Full text...

Monrovia- Liberia (PANA) -- The Liberian FA has turned down an invitation from its Togolese counterpart for a soccer friendly in Lome, Togo, next week on the heels of the CAN 2002, Liberian FA press officer said Tuesday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The country to host the 2005 World Athletics Championship will be picked during the 14 April International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) council meeting in Nairobi. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya's player of the year 2001, Tom Juma, is among the 19 regulars picked by Premier League champions Oserian Fastac for the forthcoming Africa Champions League tournament. Full text...

Freetown- Sierra Leone (PANA) -- Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) secretary general Alimu Bah has announced the expected arrival of two Dutch football experts in the country for a week- long visit. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Nigerian national squad, the Super Eagles, failed to travel to Cairo for Tuesday's friendly against the Pharaohs of Egypt due to a dispute over pay, Nigerian football officials said. Full text...

Algiers- Algeria (PANA) -- Algerian national football team coach Rabah Madjer on Monday released a list of 22 players selected for the African Cup of Nations finals scheduled in Mali from 19 January to 10 February 2002. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Zambia has confirmed it will take part in this month's Africa Challenge Cup Zone Five handball tournament in Nairobi. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwe football authorities Tuesday banned the national team's captain from playing for the country for life after he criticized them for giving players "low allowances" during the team's current international tour of the Middle East. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Senegal will pay its foreign-based professional footballers a bonus of 13,484 dollars (10 million CFA francs) each for qualifying to play in this year's Cup of African Nations in Mali. Full text...