Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Below are the latest FIFA rankings for African countries, released Thursday. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The 15th round of matches in the Mauritanian first division football league will be played on Friday and Saturday: Full text...

Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) – The coach of the Cape Verdian football team, Lucio Antunes, on Wednesday named 21 players for the Group B 2014 World Cup qualifier against Equatorial Guinea. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Athletics Kenya Wednesday set new dates for its elections which had earlier been postponed twice. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's Super Eagles have kick-started their training for the 23 March World Cup qualifier against the Harambee Stars of Kenya in Nigeria's southern city of Calabar. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's coach Kwesi Appiah has named his squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Sudan in Kumasi, central Ghana, on 24 March. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The defending champion and course record holder of the annual Vienna City Marathon, Henry Sugut of Kenya, will face a tough opposition when he competes in 30th edition of the race in the Austrian capital 14 April. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - FIFA President Joseph Blatter, has said that the World Football Governing Body would support Libya's bid to host the 2017 Orange African Cup of Nations. Full text...

Marrakech, March (PANA) - Cameroonian Issa Hayatou was unanimously re-elected on Sunday president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for a new term that runs until 2017. Full text...

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The 35th General Assembly of African soccer's governing body, CAF, enters the second day in Marrakech, Morocco, Sunday with the election of the Confederation's officials, including the President. Full text...

Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - FIFA President Sepp Blatter, arrived in Marrakech, Morocco, on Saturday to take part in the 35th Confederation of African Football (CAF) Ordinary General Assembly, PANA reported from here. Full text...

Lomé, Togo (PANA) – The Togolese national football league for the 2012-2013 season will kick off on 13 April, according to the Togolese Football Federation (FTF) Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The coach of Ghana's national U-20 football team, the Black Satellites, Sellas Tetteh, on Friday released his final 21-man squad for the Africa Youth Championship (AYC) in Algeria that opens on 16 March. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has confirmed that the country's national football team, the Super Eagles, will take on their Mexican counterparts in an international friendly in Houston, US, 31 May. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria, defending champions of the African Youth Championship (AYC), on Wednesday released the final list of 21 players for the finals of the 2013 competition to be hosted by Algeria from 16-30 March. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has sent the gold medal won by Nigeria’s 4x400 metres relay team at the 2000 Sydney Olympics to the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC). Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The coast is clear for CAF President Issa Hayatou to retain the presidency of the African soccer governing body in this month's election of the body, after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dismissed the appeal filed by Jacques Anouma against regarding his candidacy for the CAF presidency. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Ahead of next month's CAF Under-17 football championship in Morocco, Nigeria on Monday defeated Botswana 9-0 in a preparatory friendly played in the country's southern city of Calabar. Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Curepipe Starlight maintained its lead in the Mauritian first division soccer league after beating Faucon Flacq 2-0 in the 13th round of matches played over the weekend. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - All the 32 first-round qualifiers in the 2013 CAF Champions League Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - African runners on Sunday dominated the 68th annual Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon in Otsu, Japan, finishing in the first three places, according to the sport's world governing body, IAAF. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Fines have not acted as a deterrent against racism in football, hence a new strategy must be evolved to stop the disturbing practice, according to the head of the FIFA's Anti-Racism Task Force and FIFA Vice President Jeffrey Webb. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Some 10 teams have advanced to the first round of the 2013 CAF Champions League, Africa's premier club football competition, after scaling the preliminary stage. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The 2011 Dakar Rally champion, Nasser Al Attiah, is among the 60 drivers who have confirmed participation in this year's Kenya Airways East African Classic Motor Rally, the organisers said Thursday. Full text...

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Visiting Mauritania on Wednesday defeated hosts Gambia 2-0 in a international friendly match at the Independence stadium in Bakau, Gambia. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) – French-based Ghanaian brothers, Andre and Jordan Ayew, have announced their "temporary" withdrawal from the senior national football team, the Black Stars, the local media reported on Wednesday. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Aminu Maigari has accepted an apology from Nigeria's head coach Stephen Keshi, saying it is time for everyone to forge ahead. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's federal government has approved a special grant for the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for the participation of the country's senior national team, the Super Eagles, in June's FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Black Stars defender John Paintsil, who was rushed to hospital in Accra on Tuesday, suffered from "exhaustion and dehydration", his media adviser has announced. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Black Stars defender John Paintsil was on Tuesday rushed to a hospital in Accra, Ghana, after he apparently collapsed at home, local radio stations reported, but added that he is doing well. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - President Sepp Blatter of world soccer's governing body FIFA has hailed Nigeria's head coach Stephen Keshi for leading his country's national football team to win the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa earlier this month. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Gambia will host Mauritania in two international friendly encounters, to be played at Gambia's Independence Stadium in Bakau on Wednesday (Feb. 27) and Saturday (March 2). Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Super Eagles head coach Stephen Keshi has apologised to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) over the public spat he had with the federation after leading the national team to lift the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations title in South Africa earlier this month. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's national Under-20 football team, the Flying Eagles, will play against its Tunisia counterpart as well as Esperance football club of Tunis this week in continuation of its preparations for the 2013 African Youth Championship (AYC), to be played in Algeria 16-30 March. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Coach Houssam El Badry of the Egyptian club Al Ahly has described as ''a reward for my players'' the club's victory in the 2013 CAF Super Cup played on Saturday. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is set to hire a foreign Technical Director to develop the country's football, the federation said. Full text...

Alexandria, Egypt (PANA) - Egyptian football giants Al Ahly on Saturday beat AC Leopards of Congo 2-1 to win their 5th African Orange Confederation of African Football (CAF) Super Cup at Bog El Arab stadium in the port city of Alexandria. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Black Stars defender John Paintsil was on Friday night granted bail following his arrest in Accra by police for assault and causing harm. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Black Stars defender John Paintsil was on Friday arrested in Accra by police assault and causing bodily harm, the Greater Accra Region Poliuce Public Relations Officer said. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania's senior national football team will play two friendly matches against its Gambian counterpart on 27 Feb. and 2 March, according to the Mauritanian Football Association (FFRIM). Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Athletics Kenya Friday confirmed the banning of three distance runners for five years for committing doping offences. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Coach of Nigeria's national Under-20 team, John Obuh, has said he Full text...

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Cote d'Ivoire's national Under-17 team will play two friendly games against its Botswana counterpart 23 and 27 Feb. in Abidjan, according to the Ivorian Football Federation (FIF) . Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Next month's World Cup qualifier between South Africa and the Central African Republic (CAR) will be held in Cape Town, the South Africa Football Association (SAFA) confirmed Thursday. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Ababu Namwamba, has hailed coach Stephen Keshi for guiding Nigeria to victory in the recent 2013 AFCON finals in South Africa, saying he is rooting for African tacticians. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Football Kenya Federation (FKF) has named a Belgian of Algerian origin, Adel Amrouche, as new head coach of the country's senior national football team. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - World soccer's governing body, FIFA, announced Tuesday it would use its Goal-Line Technology (GLT) at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup and 2014 FIFA World Cup. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A former star player of Nigeria's senior national football team, Okey Isima, has died at the age of 56, the local media reported Tuesday. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Determined to enhance its anti-doping measures, football's World Governing body, FIFA, said it plans to introduce biological profiling of players at this year’s Confederations Cup and the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, UK-based sports business organization, Sports Business, indicated Monday. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Stade Malien has maintained its lead in the Malian first division football league after pipping Djoliba 1-0 in the 13th round of matches played over the weekend. Full text...