Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The East, Central and Southern Africa boxing tournament has reverted to its old three-nation format, down from some 11 countries. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya's National Sports Council has rejected a five-man committee appointed by the country's Football Federation to probe its financial management. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- After losing four matches on penalty shoot-outs, goal-shy Zambian strikers are to undergo special training on how to shoot home from the penalty spot. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Mauritania has signed a contract with an Argentinean coach whose task will be to prepare the country's new national team, known as the Mourabitounes. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- When he set himself the task of revamping the dormant Kenya Ladies Hockey Association (KLHA), critics dismissed the late Tobias Oduor as a joker. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Succumbing to pressure from the government to put its house in order, the embattled Kenya Football Federation (KFF) has slapped an indefinite ban on its treasurer, Levi Obondo. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- The draw next weekend of the first round groups in the 2002 African Cup of Nations (CAN) in Bamako, will be marked by Malian President Omar Alpha Konare's inauguration of CAN 2002 Boulevard in honour of the football tournament. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- Moroccan runner Hicham El Guerrouj has taken the top position in the world ratings of the International Associations of Athletics Federation (IAAF), formerly held by 100m sprinter Maurice Greene of the United States. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwe Wednesday appointed Australian Geoff Marsh as coach for its national cricket team ahead of tough international matches against South Africa and England in the coming months. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- A two-week ultimatum the government gave the Kenya Football Federation (KFF) to put its house in order came as a surprise to the Kenyan soccer fraternity. Full text...

NAIROBI- Kenya (PANA) -- It's a full house for this year's Central and East Africa Senior Challenge Cup after 11 countries confirmed their participation in the tournament to be hosted by Rwanda. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- Italian and Moroccan national football teams are scheduled to play a friendly match on 5 September as part of the Maghreb team's preparations for the 2002 finals of the African Cup of Nations to be staged in Mali, soccer sources said in Rabat Tuesday. Full text...

Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- Rwanda will for the second time host this year's prestigious regional soccer tournament, the Central, Eastern and Southern Senior Challenge Cup in early December, a senior sports official said Tuesday. Full text...

Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- Any Tunisian athlete who wins a gold medal during the Mediterranean Games to be held in Tunis from 2 to 15 September will run to the bank with 100,000 dinars (over 80,000 euros) in the pocket, press reports said. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's Sports Ministry has re-deployed the Secretary-General of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA), Tijani Yusuf, in a move to restructure the Association for better performance, the local media reported Tuesday. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- Moroccoan tennis player, Hicham Arazi, emerged 29th on the 2001 ATP Tour ranking as the US Open, the last round of the Gran Slam, started Monday in New York. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Stade Malien of Bamako won the 41st edition of the Mali's football Challenge Cup after stunning Mamahira of Kati 5-0 in the final played at the weekend in Koulikoro, 70 km from Bamako. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- Morocco has invited a team of 18 mostly locally-based players to national camp in preparation for the 14th Mediterranean Games being held in Tunisia 2-15 September. Full text...

Lome- Togo (PANA) -- In three matches on the nineth day of play in Togo's First Division football championship at the weekend, ended up in ties. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwe cricket officials reacted angrily Monday to the British government's wish to cancel a tour of its former colony by the England cricket team in October because of alleged political instability. Full text...

Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Tens of thousands of Mauritians greeted Sunday local athletes Stephane Buckland and Eric Milazar on their return from the recent world athletics championship in Edmonton, Canada. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Kaizer Chiefs's first half goal sent defending champions Orlando Pirates out of the BP Top Eight Cup in a tightly fought Soweto derby at the FNB stadium Saturday. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Julius Berger of Nigeria defeated visiting Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa 2-0 Saturday, to grab the maximum three points at stake in an African Champions League match played in Nigeria's south-western city of Abeokuta. Full text...

Walvis Bay- Namibia (PANA) -- Walvis Bay coastal residents were treated to top netball action when South Africa narrowly beat Namibia 31 to 28 in the Confederation of School Sports Associations in Southern Africa (COSSASA) competition on Friday. Full text...

Walvis Bay- Namibia (PANA) -- At the ongoing Confederation of Schools Sports Associations of Southern Africa (COSSASA) games in Walvis Bay, Namibia's Under-20 football selection Friday beat their South African counterparts 1-0. Full text...

Walvis Bay- Namibia (PANA) -- A tough battle is looming when Namibia and Botswana square up in the boys' basketball final of the Confederation of Southern African Schools Sports Association (COSSASA) Ball Games on Saturday. Full text...

Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- A Tunis laboratory to screen those using illegal drugs during the 14th edition of the Mediterranean Games of 2-15 September has received official approval from the Montreal, Canada-based World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Nine players of the national basketball team of the Central African Republic (CAR) who defected during a stopover in Paris recently were still at large as of Friday, confirmed the CAR ambassador in France. Full text...

Algiers- Algeria (PANA) -- The Algerian Football Federation President Omar Kezzal has been dismissed for alleged poor performance, football administration sources said. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The much-touted inaugural Afro-Asian Games slated for November in New Delhi, India, risks being postponed following disputes among India's sports administrators. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- A confident Kenya national team to Sunday's East African Golf Challenge tournament in Kampala, Uganda, departed Nairobi Friday predicting nothing short of victory in the contest. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria Football Association (NFA) has approved the programme submitted by Super Eagles' Chief Coach, Shaibu Amodu, in preparation of the team's 2002 World Cup finals. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- Moroccoan tennis player Hicham Arazi has been seeded Number 28 at the US Open, in last round of the Grand Slam due to start next Monday in New York. Full text...

Lome- Togo (PANA) -- Dyto of Lome is leading in the Togolese soccer first division after playing a 1-1 draw with Maranatha of Fiokpo in their eighth round match Wednesday. Full text...

Monrovia- Liberia (PANA) -- Liberia has joined the world swimming governing body, the Federation of International Natation Amateur, a local official said in Monrovia Thursday. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Zambia's junior 'Chipolopolo' team Wednesday beat Lesotho 3-0 to enter the semi-finals of the regional COSAFA under-17 soccer tournament under way in Lilongwe, Malawi. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Guadaloupian-born French professional footballer, Lilian Thuram, is expected to attend the World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) to be held in Durban, South Africa later this month. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya, the sole African team in next month's girls World Youth Volleyball Championship in Croatia has been placed in group "A" together with Spain, the Republic of China (Taipei) and the hosts. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- South African Cassius Baloyi retained his World Boxing Union (WBU) featherweight title Wednesday after knocking out Argentinean challenger Jorge Paredes in the seventh round. Full text...

Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- There has been little change in the latest International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) rankings announced on Wednesday, with Namibia still placed at 97th position in the world-wide line-up. Full text...

Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- Namibia's Under-17 football team, currently competing in the first ever Council of Southern African Football Associations (COSAFA) Youth Cup in Lilongwe, Malawi looks set for an early exit after suffering a 4-0 defeat at the hands of their South African counterparts on Tuesday. Full text...

Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- Niger's most well known wrestler and four time national champion, Yacouba ANGO, alias Kantou, died last week of Asthma as he was being transported from his home town of N'Tuila to the Dakoro medical centre 750 kilometres north of Niamey. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Although eastern African nations could not go far in contests for the Africa Cup of Nations and the World Cup qualifiers, they have not given up the chase for top flight soccer. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Nairobi will host this year's East African intercity boxing tournament on 20 October, the Nairobi Provincial Amateur Boxing Association announced Tuesday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- All 11 countries have confirmed participation in this year's East and Central Africa Senior Challenge Cup tournament, thus making a full house. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The troubled Kenya Football Federation (KFF) found itself on the spotlight again over the weekend when the giant Nairobi branch entered two rival teams in the ongoing Coca-Cola National Under 17 tournament at Eldoret, about 350 km north-west of Nairobi. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya will be Africa's sole representative at the hockey World Cup qualifier to be held September in France. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Nkana United FC still lead Zambia's premier league table after matches played over 20 weeks. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Defending league champions Accra Hearts of Oak toppled their arch-rivals, Kumasi Asante Kotoko from the top of the 16-team premier league table when they beat Real Tamale United 2-1 in their outstanding league match played at the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- New signing Simba Marumo assisted Sundowns to clinch a 2-0 victory over Jomo Cosmos in a BP Top Eight Cup semi-final match Sunday. Full text...