Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A member of the coaching crew of Nigeria's team to the just concluded African Under-20 handball competition in Djibouti, John Uzor, has attributed the team's victory to the determination of the male team, which saw it defeating highly-rated Senegal in the final. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Kenyan runners on Sunday won both the men's and women's events of the 30th edition of the Vienna City Marathon. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has said it may reconsider its decision to withdraw from the 2014 African Nations Championship if it gets sponsorship for the qualifying matches. Full text...

Marrakech, Morocco (PANA) - Group B action opens Sunday at the 10th CAF Under-17 championship in Morocco, with Nigeria taking on Ghana and Congo tackling Cote d'Ivoire. Full text...

Casablanca, Morocco (PANA) - With goals from Arbi in the second and sixth minutes and a third from Hassen in the 50th, Tunisia humiliated Botswana 3-1 in their group A match at the 10th CAF Under-17 championship taking place in Morocco. Full text...

Casablanca, Morocco (PANA) - Hosts Morocco got off to a good start at the 10th CAF Under-17 championship, lashing Gabon 4-1 in the group A opening match in Casablanca. Full text...

Casablanca, Morocco (PANA) - The stage is set for Saturday's kick-off of the 10th CAF Under-17 championship at Casablanca, one of the two cities in Morocco which will host the matches. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Ethiopia superstar Haile Gebrselassie will feature in Sunday's half marathon in Vienna, the Austrian capital, in his first race this year, according to the online RaceNewsService. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria and Algeria top the first five places in that order in the latest FIFA rankings for African countries, published Thursday by the World Soccer Governing Body. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Cameroonian government has honoured President Issa Hayatou of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), who was recently re-elected to what he said would be his last term. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - African champion Nigeria has opted out of the 2014 African Nations Championship (CHAN) due to lack of funds, the local media reported Thursday. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The coach of Ghana's U-17 football team, Paa Kwesi Fabin, has named his final 21-man squad for the 2013 Africa U-17 Championship in Morocco, the Ghana Football Association (GFA) announced on Wednesday. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Fifteen of the 16 qualifiers for the second round of the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup have emerged following weekend action in the return leg, first round of the competition. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The 16 qualifiers for the second round of the 2013 CAF Champions League emerged at the weekend, following the first round, return leg matches played across the continent. Full text...

Kumasi, Ghana (PANA) - JSM Bejaia of Algeria on Sunday knocked out Kumasi Asante Kotoko of Ghana from the Orange CAF Championship league following a 1-1 draw in their second leg one-sixteenth finals match played at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Following are the results of the 16th round of the Mauritanian football league played on Friday and Saturday. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Gor Mahia held ENPPI of Egypt to a barren draw in a CAF Confederation Cup first round return leg match in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on Saturday but crashed out of the tournament. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Etoile sportive du Sahel of Tunisia has qualified for the second round of the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup by beating Malian club Onze Créateurs 3-2 on Friday in Bamako in the return match of the first round. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Sewe Sports of Cote d'Ivoire and Entente Setif of Algeria have advanced to the round of 16 of the 2013 CAF Champions League. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - President Sepp Blatter of world's soccer governing body FIFA has called for punishment that hits hard against any form of racism in football. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's head coach Stephen Keshi has invited 30 players, including Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Tusker FC is in Cairo for Sunday's CAF Champions League first round match against Al Ahly of Egypt. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Four Malian clubs will compete in the return leg matches of African Football tournaments this weekend in the West African country. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Over 546,000 tickets have been sold for the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup, to be held in Brazil in June, leaving about 246,000 tickets to be snapped up, according to organiser world soccer's governing body, FIFA. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's federal government is to concession key national sports stadia across the country to the governments of the states where they are situated, with the exception of those in the commercial city of Lagos and the capital city of Abuja which will be handed over to the private sector to manage. Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – Rwanda has expressed confidence of playing well after the draw for the next male Africa Cup of Nations basketball (Afrobasketball) scheduled for 20-31 August this year in the Ivorian city of Abidjan. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has invited 26 home-based players into the local Black Stars to begin camping in Obuasi, central Ghana, on Tuesday. Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Kabuscorp do Palanca remains unbeaten in the Angolan national first division football championship (Girabola2013), leading with 15 points after the fifth round of matches. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigeria player who finished as the top goal scorer at the just-concluded African Youth Championship (AYC) in Algeria, Umar Aminu, has dedicated his award to his mother. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's national Under-20 football team, the Flying Eagles, is due back in the country Tuesday after participating at the 2013 African Youth Championship in Algeria, where it lost its crown and managed to finish third, football officials said. Full text...

Oran, Algeria (PANA) - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has released the list of award winners from the just-concluded African Youth Championship, which was won by Egypt after beating Ghana 5-4 on penalties. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Former Nigeria's Under-20 football team coach Tunde Disu has called for an overhaul of the team ahead of its participation in the FIFA Under-20 World Cup, due to start in Turkey in June. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria garnered 13 gold, 10 silver and 12 bronze medals to win the first Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) – A senior Malian police officer, Boubacar Baba Diarra, has been unanimously elected president of Bamako-based Djoliba Athletic Club, according to reports on Sunday. Full text...

Oran, Algeria (PANA) - Sellas Tetteh, the coach of Ghana's U-20 football team that lost to its Egyptian counterpart in the final of the 2013 African Youth Championship on Saturday, has congratulated his Egyptian counterpart, Rabiea Yassin, on his victory. Full text...

Oran, Algeria (PANA) - Newly crowned African U-20 Champions, Egypt, will join Chile, England and Iraq in Group E of the FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 as the champions of Confederation of African Football (CAF). Full text...

Oran, Algeria (PANA) - Nigeria's Umar Aminu, with four goals, has emerged the top goal scorer at the 2013 African Youth Championship which rounded off in Algeria on Saturday. Full text...

Oran, Algeria (PANA) - The Young Pharaohs of Egypt on Saturday beat the Black Satellites of Ghana 5-4 on penalties, after finishing 1-1 in regulation and extra time play, to win the 2013 African Youth Championship in Algeria. Full text...

Oran, Algeria (PANA) - Nigeria's Umar Aminu, who scored two goals against Mali in the third-place match at the 2013 African Youth Championship in Algeria on Friday, has emerged the leading goal scorer, with four goals, going into Saturday's final day of competition. Full text...

Oran, Algeria (PANA) - After two weeks of competition, the 2013 African Youth Championship is Full text...

Oran, Algeria (PANA) - Nigeria's head coach John Obuh said he is ''pleased'' with his team's third place finish at the 2013 African Youth Championship due to round off in Algeria Saturday (30Mar) Full text...

Oran, Algeria (PANA) - Nigeria made up for its failure to defend its title by beating Mali to finish third Full text...

Lome, Togo (PANA) - At the end of its fact-finding mission to Togo, a delegation of the World's Football Governing Body (FIFA) on Thursday announced the imposition of an audit Full text...

Oran, Algeria (PANA) - Egypt's Monem Hamid Mahmoud and Assifuah Ebenezer of Ghana, with three goals each, are the leading top scorers at the ongoing 2013 Under-20 African Youth Championship (AYC) in Algeria. Full text...

Oran, Algeria (PANA) - Nigeria and Mali will clash later Friday in the match for third place at the ongoing 2013 Under-20 African Youth Championship (AYC) in Algeria. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Prospective African referees and assistant referees for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil are to undergo training in Casablanca, Morocco, 27-30 April, the world soccer's governing body, FIFA, has announced. Full text...

Oran, Algeria (PANA) - Mali's coach Moussa Keita has said his team lost to Ghana in the semi-final of the ongoing 2013 African Youth Championship in Algeria because it lacks creativity. Full text...

Oraan, Algeria (PANA) - Ghana and Egypt will meet in the final of the 2013 African Youth Championship on Saturday in Algeria after defeating Mali and Nigeria respectively in their semi-final match played on Tuesday. Full text...

Paris, France (PANA) - Some 53 countries have confirmed their participation in the seventh Francophone Games, slated to be held from 7 to 15 September in Nice, southern French, the Secretary General of the International Francophone Organization (OIF), Abdou Diouf, told PANA on Monday. Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Curepipe Starlight took the lead in the Mauritian first division soccer league after beating ASVP 1-0 in the 15th round of matches played over the weekend. Full text...