Edmonton- Canada (PANA) -- Morocco's Nezha Bidouane Wednesday shed tears of joy when she won a gold medal for her efforts in the women's 400m hurdles at the World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Canada. Full text...

Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- A record 62 players will take part in Namibian Veterans' Lawn Tennis tournament taking place in Swakopmund at the weekend. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Four Nigerian football coaches are to attend an advanced course in the Netherlands from 18-29 August, Nigerian football officials said. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- American professional boxing promoter Don King has agreed to sponsor the training of Tanzania's pugilist Mbwana Matumla under a three-year contract. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Cotonou will host a three-day sub-regional traditional wrestling tournament, Benin's Ministry of Youth, Sports and Recreation has announced. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Zambia's national rugby team leaves Lusaka on Thursday for Kampala to play the Ugandan side in a crucial match that will decide the qualifier to the next round of the 2003 World Cup finals. Full text...

Edmonton- Canada (PANA) -- Swiss Andre Bucher managed to elude five Africans to win a gold medal Tuesday at the World Athletics Chmpionship in Edmonton, Canada. Full text...

Edmonton- Canada (PANA) -- African women pushed themselves to the limit Tuesday at the World Athletics Championships under way here. Full text...

Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- Ace Namibian sprinter Frank Fredericks again disappointed his compatriots Tuesday when he failed to take his position in the fifth heat of the 200m event at the World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Canada. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya Police punched their way into the leadership of the National Boxing League when they bagged 30 points at the end of the fourth leg in Nyeri at the weekend. Full text...

Edmonton- Canada (PANA) -- Five African sprinters in the 200m and three in the 400m hurdles Tuesday qualified for the next rounds of the World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Canada. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria has indicated interest in bidding for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the four-yearly sports extravaganza involving the 54 members of the Commonwealth, an official of the Nigeria Olympic Committee said in Lagos Tuesday. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Zambia's Nkana United FC has opened a three point lead at the top of the premier league table after matches played on Monday. Full text...

Kadoma- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- A football player of one of Zimbabwe's top-flight soccer clubs collapsed and died on the pitch during a match Sunday, team officials said. Full text...

Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- All Namibia's 13 regions are expected to participate in this weekend's National Under-14 Hockey Championships to be held at the Union Fields in Olympia. Full text...

Edmonton- Canada (PANA) -- US sprinter Marion Jones lost her world title in the women's 100 metres to Zhanna Pintusevich-Block of Ukraine Monday evening in a spectacular upset at the World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Canada. Full text...

Edmonton- Canada (PANA) -- Senegal's Amy Thiam Mbacke Monday qualified for the finals of the women's 400m race by winning her heat in 50. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Relegated African Wanderers FC is taking the Premier Soccer League (PSL) to the High Court to prevent the league from starting Wednesday. Full text...

Edmonton- Canada (PANA) -- Malawi's barefoot runner, Rodwell Kamwendo, Monday failed to advance to the next rounds of the men's 5000m race at the World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Canada. Full text...

Lome- Togo (PANA) -- Togo's elite football championship was into the fifth day of play last weekend, with Agaz of Lome beating AS Douane of Lome 2-1 and Dyto of Lome slamming Gomido of Kpalime 2-0, while Asko of Kara and Maranatha of Fiopko tied one- all. Full text...

Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- Namibian cricket sensation Burton van Rooi Monday received a V600 cricket bat from the Michelle McLean Children's Trust, the Namibian News Agency (NAMPA) reported. Full text...

Edmonton- Canada (PANA) -- Nine African runners were among the 15 that qualified Monday for the next rounds of the men's 5000m event at the World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Canada. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- League leaders Kumasi Asante Kotoko maintained their unbeaten record in Ghana's premier soccer league with a 2-0 victory over Dawu Youngsters in Kumasi on Sunday, but it was Hearts and Goldfields who stole the show by sharing 12 goals equally. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- A Toyota Camry 200Si, crewed by Willie and Rentia Nel, won the overall Index of Fuel Efficiency for petrol-engined vehicles in the 25th running of the Total Economy Run at the weekend. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria will send 12 players to the 5th All-Africa Junior Badminton Championships scheduled 12-26 August in Lusaka, Zambia, according to officials of the Badminton Federation of Nigeria (BFN). Full text...

Edmonton- Canada (PANA) -- Ethiopian runner Abebech Negussie Sunday failed to make it into the finals of the World Athletics Championships' 1500m race slated for Tuesday in Edmonton, Canada. Full text...

Edmonton- Canada (PANA) -- World and Olympic champion Maurice Green proved too strong for last placed African runner Abdul Aziz Zakari Sunday when the US ace easily won the 100m race at the World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Canada. Full text...

Edmonton- Canada (PANA) -- Though she still has more hurdles to overcome, Morocco's Nezha Bidouane clocked the second fastest time Sunday in her qualifying round to advance to the next in the World Athletics Championships (World's) being held in Edmonton, Canada. Full text...

Edmonton- Canada (PANA) -- Despite Ghanaian heptathlon champion Margaret Simpson's hard work to place herself on the podium, her 5748 points Sunday were not good enough to win any medals at the World Athletics Champioships in Edmonton, Canada. Full text...

Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- The South African duo of Sylvia Burger and Piet Swanepoel Sunday won the three-day International Fraternity Rally flagged off by Rwandan President Paul Kagame Friday. Full text...

Edmonton- Canada (PANA) -- Four African female sprinters qualified Sunday for the next round of the women's 100m race Sunday at the World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Canada. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Brazil beat host Nigeria 4-3 in an international under-17 soccer friendly played at the National Stadium in Lagos Sunday. Full text...

Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- Current African Mountain Bike Champion Mannie Heymans Sunday won the National Mountain Bike Championships in Namibia held at Kleine Kuppe on the outskirts of Windhoek. Full text...

Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- Ahead of the Zone Six Championships scheduled for Swakopmund in November, the Namibia Volleyball Federation (NVF) is in the thick of a divisive quarrel over the management of funds. Full text...

Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- The University of Namibia (UNAM) men's teams campaigning in the National Hockey League Premier and First Divisions have shot to the top of the log standings after winning both league commitments at the Union Fields on Saturday. Full text...

Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- At least three teams in Namibia's Central Netball League got points for free when their opponents failed to turn up for scheduled matches at the Katutura Youth Complex netball courts on Saturday. Full text...

Edmonton- Canada (PANA) -- Nigerian Uchenna Emedolu and Ghana's Abdul Aziz Zakari were the only African sprinters to qualify Saturday for the 100m semi-finals coming up Sunday afternoon at the 8th World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Canada. Full text...

Edmonton- Canada (PANA) -- International Olympics Organisation (IOC) president Jacques Rogge has intimated he was in favour of a rotational format for the staging of the Olympic Games, provided there was some flexibility to the arrangement. Full text...

Gaborone- Botswana (PANA) ­ World number one femal-e chess player Judit Polgar is to hold a workshop in Gaborone to popularise the game in Botswana. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- Defending champions Orlando Pirates won Saturday's 'BP Top Eight Cup' quarterfinal Match at Johannesburg stadium in extra time after erasing Supersport United's three goal lead. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- Cote d'Ivoire's Alphonse Bile was on Friday elected as new Secretary General of the African Federation of Basketball Associations, replacing Yousri Hammouda of Morocco. Full text...

Edmonton- Canada (PANA) -- Ethiopia's Gezahegne Abera proved that his Sydney 2000 Olympics marathon win was not a fluke as he beat a tough field of 62 runners to win the 42-km race at the 8th International Association of Athletics Federations World Championships in Athletics Friday night in Edmonton, Canada. Full text...

Edmonton- Canada (PANA) -- International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge has commended the existing working relations with the International Association of Athletics Federations after an audience with IAAF president Lamine Diack. Full text...

Gaborone- Botswana (PANA) -- Kick-off of Botswana's soccer league has been postponed from 11 August to 1 September, it was announced in Gaborone Friday. Full text...

Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- About 200 athletes are participating in the sixth men's senior West African Taekwondo championships officially opened in Ouagadougou Friday by Burkina Faso's youth and sports minister Rene Emile Kabore. Full text...

Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Friday morning flagged-off the three-day international rally in Kigali, state-run radio Rwanda reported Friday night. Full text...

Edmonton- Canada (PANA) -- Kenya's Josephat Kiprono is a leading contender among 24 African marathon runners taking part Friday in the only event scheduled during the opening of the 8th International Associations of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Canada. Full text...

Gaborone- Botswana (PANA) -- Grandmaster and world number one female chess player, Judit Polgar Friday lost to Botswana national chess champion Ignatius Njobvu in Gaborone. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Brazil's Under-17 national soccer team arrived in Lagos Friday, two days ahead of a match against its Nigerian counterpart to help raise funds for the "Kanu Heart Foundation. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya, (PANA) -- Dropped for insubordination from Kenya's athletics team to the World Championship in Edmonton, Canada, Tecla Lorupe is contemplating running for Uganda. Full text...