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Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The draw for the Under-20 North African Football Union (UNAF) tournament was conducted on 30 November 2020 in Tunis. According to the website of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), the tournament, which serves as the regional qualifiers for the Total Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations in [...]
©- - 02 december 2020 - 17:07:21 - thread Sports (178 words)


Thies, Senegal (PANA) - The Junior Scorpions of Gambia on Sunday won the Zone A West African Football Union (WAFU) tournament by beating hosts Senegal in 4-3 on penalties in the final match played in Thies, 70 km east of Dakar.  The match was tied 2-2 after extra time and the [...]
©- - 30 november 2020 - 08:50:41 - thread Sports (158 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Here are results from all the first-leg, preliminary-round matches of the 2020/21 CAF Confederation Cup, played this weekend. First-named teams hosted the first leg. AS Kaloum Star, Guinea 1-1 Tevragh-Zeina, Mauritania CI Kamsar, Guinea 0-0 Renaissance, Chad Yeelen Olympique, Mali     0-1 USGN, Niger       GAMTEL, The Gambia 0-1 TAS [...]
©- - 29 november 2020 - 20:13:03 - thread Sports (225 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are results of all the first-leg, preliminary-round matches of the 2020/21 CAF Champions league, played at the weekend. First-named teams hosted the first leg. Ashanti de Siguiri, Guinea 1-2 Stade Malien, Mali Gambia Armed Forces, The Gambia 1-1 Teungueth, Senegal RC Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire 1-0 ASKO Kara, Togo AS [...]
©- - 29 november 2020 - 20:09:12 - thread Sports (249 words)


Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The former Senegalese football international, Pape Bouba Diop, died on Sunday in Arras, northern France, where he was hit by an unamed disease for several years. He was aged 42 years. Famous for scoring the winning goal for Senegal in the opening match of the World Cup jointly hosted [...]
©- - 29 november 2020 - 19:46:56 - thread Sports (137 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Here are all the results of matches played in the 2020/21 CAF Confederation Cup at the weekend. Saturday, 28 Nov. Gamtel (Gambia) 0 - 1 TAS Casablanca (Morocco) Jaraaf (Senegal)  3 - 1  Kano Pillars (Nigeria) Kaloum Star (Guinea) 1 - 1 Tevragh-Zeina (Mauritania) Al-Ittihad (Libya) 4 - 1 Horseed (Somalia) Namungo [...]
©- - 29 november 2020 - 13:30:20 - thread Sports (185 words)


Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Musongati FC from Burundi and Green Eagles FC from Zambia drew 2-2 Saturday at the Intwari stadium in Bujumbura in the first leg encounter of the preliminary round of the 2020-2021 CAF Cup, sports officials told PANA here. As a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus [...]
©- - 28 november 2020 - 18:52:43 - thread Sports (160 words)


Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Al Ahly of Cairo won Friday its 9th title in the African Champions League, beating its great Egyptian rival, Zamalek, by 2 goals to 0. Al Soleya (5th mn) and Afsha Magdy (86th mn) for Al Ahly and the veteran Shikabala (31st min), 34-year-old for Zamalek, were [...]
©- - 28 november 2020 - 10:34:24 - thread Sports (126 words)


Thies, Senegal (PANA) - The finals of the Union of West African Football Associations (WAFU A) U 20 tournament between Gambia and Senegal will be played Sunday at 5 p.m. at the Lat Dior stadium in Thies, 70 km from Dakar. The two teams in Group A will meet for the [...]
©- - 28 november 2020 - 10:17:40 - thread Sports (246 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - US Monastir of Tunisia Friday at the Ben Jannet Stadium in Monastir beat Fasil Ketema of Ethiopia 2-0 in the first preliminary round of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Cup. The first goal for the locals was scored in the third minute by Mohamed Ali Amri [...]
©- - 28 november 2020 - 09:53:47 - thread Sports (114 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia maintained its 26th place in the world monthly football ranking released by FIFA on Friday. Tunisia also occupies second place in Africa, behind Senegal, first in Africa but ahead of Algeria in third position, followed by Nigeria and Morocco in fourth and fifth positions respectively. Globally, Belgium [...]
©- - 27 november 2020 - 15:36:33 - thread Sports (92 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - US Monastir of Tunisia will on Friday be at home in Monastir when they play Fasil Ketema of Ethiopia in the preliminary round first leg match of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Cup. The match officials are Moroccans, with Karim Sabri being the referee. The Tunisians hope [...]
©- - 27 november 2020 - 11:27:20 - thread Sports (91 words)


Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Two Malian clubs will on Sunday play in the top African clubs competitions at home and away. Stade Malien de Bamako will play Ashanti Golden Boy in Guinea on Sunday in the Champions League preliminaries while Yeelen Olympique de Bamako will welcome at the Stade du 26 [...]
©- - 27 november 2020 - 10:25:41 - thread Sports (114 words)


Thies, Senegal (PANA) - The finalists of the zone A tournament of the Union of West African Football Federations (WAFU-A) U-20 qualification for the AFCON junior soccer "Mauritania 2021" will be known Friday, an official source told PANA here. This is after the semi-finals Guinea-Gambia (16 hours) and Senegal-Guinea Bissau (19:30) [...]
©- - 26 november 2020 - 22:18:20 - thread Sports (207 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Club Sportif Sfaxien (CSS), one of the top clubs in Tunisia, Thursday announced the signing of Gabonese international striker Malick Evouna on a two-year contract. Evouna, 28, who plays as an attacker, formerly played for the Portuguese first league club of CD Santa Clara. Regarded as one of [...]
©- - 26 november 2020 - 21:33:09 - thread Sports (147 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The 2020-21 Total CAF Champions League season kicks off this weekend with the first-leg fixtures of the first preliminary round taking place across the continent. Here is the schedule: Friday 27 November, 2020 Nouadhibou (Mauritania) vs Asante Kotoko (Ghana) Saturday 28 November, 2020 Forest Rangers (Zambia) vs AS Bouenguidi Sports (Gabon) Jwaneng [...]
©- - 26 november 2020 - 18:40:42 - thread Sports (272 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Confederation Africaine de Football (CAF) and the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) have said that following the current situation of COVID-19 pandemic, the Total CAF Champions League final between Zamalek SC and Al Ahly SC next Friday will be played behind closed doors. In a joint statement [...]
©- - 26 november 2020 - 18:21:08 - thread Sports (167 words)


Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - As a precautionary measure against the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has rejected Burundi's request to allow spectators at inter-club matches, the Burundi Football Federation (FFB) was told on Thursday. The request to open the continental competitions to the public was [...]
©- - 26 november 2020 - 16:45:42 - thread Sports (179 words)


Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Egyptian Mohamed Salah and Senegalese Sadio Mané, both players of English Premier League club Liverpool FC, are on the list of eleven finalists for the FIFA Best award announced on Wednesday. The two teammates at the 'Reds', who have two titles (in 2017 and 2018 for the [...]
©- - 25 november 2020 - 15:31:40 - thread Sports (291 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Following the recommendation of CAF's Medical Committee, the Emergency Committee has decided that next month’s session of the CAF Ordinary General Assembly will be held via videoconference. In a story on its website, the African football governing body said the meeting, initially scheduled for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, [...]
©- - 25 november 2020 - 06:37:21 - thread Sports (164 words)


Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzanian champions Simba SC are set to leave for Nigeria on Tuesday evening ahead of their CAF Champions League preliminary round encounter against Plateau United FC slated for 27 November. Chief Coach, Belgian Sven Vandebroeck, on Monday named a 24-man strong squad that will face [...]
©- - 24 november 2020 - 13:17:14 - thread Sports (283 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Gor Mahia have named Sammy Omollo theit stand-in coach ahead of the CAF Champions League preliminary round match against Rwanda's APR. This follows CAF's recent barring of Gor Mahia's Brazilian coach Roberto Oliveira for lacking the requisite coaching papers. CAF said Oliveira, who joined Gor Mahia in October, [...]
©- - 24 november 2020 - 12:48:38 - thread Sports (197 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenya U-20 National football team kicked off their Cecafa Championships campaign with a 3-0  win over Ethiopia on Monday at the Sheikh Amri Abeid grounds in Arusha, Tanzania. The Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (Cecafa) is an 11-member regional football body. Forward Benson Omala’s [...]
©- - 23 november 2020 - 19:53:06 - thread Sports (182 words)


Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - Football's governing body, FIFA, has banned Ahmad Ahmad, the President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and a FIFA Vice-President, for five years for breaching some of its codes.  He has been sanctioned with a ban from all football-related activity (administrative, sports or any other) at [...]
©- - 23 november 2020 - 11:06:36 - thread Sports (477 words)


Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - Football's governing body, FIFA, has banned Ahmad Ahmad, the President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and a FIFA Vice-President, for five years for breaching some of its codes.  He has been sanctioned with a ban from all football-related activity (administrative, sports or any other) at [...]
©- - 23 november 2020 - 10:38:01 - thread Sports (107 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Football Kenya Federation (FKF) President Nick Mwendwa sunday paid tribute to his departed Ivorian counterpart Augustin Sidy Diallo. Diallo, president of the Ivory Coast Football Federation (FIF),died on Saturday. The 61-year-old football administrator succumbed to he coronavirus (COVID-19) disease. “We grieve for the loss of Augustin Sidy Diallo, a [...]
©- - 22 november 2020 - 14:52:46 - thread Sports (205 words)


Thies, Senegal (PANA) - Guinea overcame Mauritania here Saturday in the only match of the first day of Group B of the first round of the tournament for the U-20 in Zone A of the Union of West African Football Associations (WAFA). The "Syli national" juniors thus occupy the second place [...]
©- - 22 november 2020 - 11:34:59 - thread Sports (250 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Football Kenya Federation (FKF) will conduct coronavirus tests on players and technical bench and match officials ahead of the local league  kick off. BetKing Premier League, Kenya's top football league, kicks off on November 28. FKF Secretary-General Barry Otieno said the move is in line with the strict [...]
©- - 21 november 2020 - 12:47:00 - thread Sports (153 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya  has embarked on preparations for the 2021 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) Under- 17 and Under-20 championships. The two youth teams are gearing up for the Council of East and Central Africa Council of Football Associations (Cecafa) tournaments which will be used as qualifier for the [...]
©- - 21 november 2020 - 10:05:23 - thread Sports (251 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the results of some 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Day 4 qualifying matches played on Tuesday. The finals will now be played in Cameroon in 2022. Group C Sudan 1 Ghana 0 Group D Angola 0 DR Congo 1 Group E Central African Republic  0 Morocco 2 Group F Rwanda [...]
©- - 17 november 2020 - 20:12:54 - thread Sports (111 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Mohamed Abdel Rahman scored in the second minute of extra time as hosts Sudan beat Ghana 1-0 to halt the Black Stars’ qualification party and revive their own hopes of qualifying for the Total Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) to be staged in Cameroon in 2022 Ghana [...]
©- - 17 november 2020 - 17:14:09 - thread Sports (286 words)


Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Three players of Mali's national team have withdrawn from the return match against Namibia set for Tuesday in Windhoek, as part of the fourth day of AFCON-Cameroon 2022 qualifiers,  due to injury, PANA learned from a sports source in Bamako. The players are Moussa Djènèpo (Southampton, England), [...]
©- - 17 november 2020 - 15:09:55 - thread Sports (113 words)


Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - AS Sonabel have taken the lead in Burkina Faso's first division football championship, thanks to its 2-1 victory over AS Douanes during day 11 matches played on Monday. Here are the results: Léopards st Camille - EFO 1-2 KOZAF - AS Police 2-1 Rahimo FC - RCB 0-1 RCK - [...]
©- - 17 november 2020 - 11:45:04 - thread Sports (224 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the fixtures for Day 4 of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying matches to be played on Tuesday. The finals will now be played in Cameroon in 2022. Group A  Namibia v Mali Group C Sudan v Ghana Group D Angola v DR Congo Group E Central African Republic [...]
©- - 17 november 2020 - 04:30:59 - thread Sports (113 words)


Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Augustin Senghor, the chairman of the Senegalese football federation (FSF), contesting the presidency of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) said here Monday he had “an ambitious and innovative programme” and was “ready to respond to the appeal of Africa and its football”. Senghor, who was speaking [...]
©- - 16 november 2020 - 21:55:01 - thread Sports (322 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - South Sudan posted a surprise 1-0 victory over Uganda Monday night in a 2021 AFCON group qualifier match in Nairobi. The match was played in Nairobi, Kenya, because of the lack of a stadium of international standards in South Sudan. The match at the Moi Internaional Sports Centre [...]
©- - 16 november 2020 - 21:09:13 - thread Sports (102 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the results of all Day 4, 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying matches played Monday. The finals will now be played in Cameroon in 2022. Group B Malawi 0 Burkina Faso 0 South Sudan 1 Uganda 0 Group C Sao Tome & Principe 2 South Africa 4 Group D Gambia [...]
©- - 16 november 2020 - 19:42:08 - thread Sports (102 words)


Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's national football team arrived in Windhoek Sunday evening to face Namibia Tuesday for the fourth day of the CAN qualifiers scheduled for 2022 in Cameroon, learned PANA from sports sources. During the third day played last Friday at the March 26 Stadium here, the Malian team [...]
©- - 16 november 2020 - 19:15:51 - thread Sports (143 words)


Banjul, Gambia(PANA) - Arsenal's Gabonese star, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, says he was held hostage at the Banjul International Airport in Gambia as Gabonese players an officials were kept there for more than six hours until Monday morning without their passports. Aubameyang hit out at African football authorities on Monday after the Gabon [...]
©- - 16 november 2020 - 12:10:41 - thread Sports (417 words)


Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gabonese footballers and officials were forced to sleep on the floor at Banjul International Airport on Sunday after the Gambian authorities rejected their COVID-19 PCR test reports, an official source confirmed to PANA in Banjul on Monday. According to source, the Gabonese team arrived on Sunday night [...]
©- - 16 november 2020 - 11:27:25 - thread Sports (131 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) -  The following are the fixtures for Day 4 of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying matches to be played on Monday. The finals will now be played in Cameroon in 2022. Group B Malawi v Burkina Faso South Sudan v Uganda Group C Sao Tome & Principe v South Africa Group [...]
©- - 16 november 2020 - 07:18:24 - thread Sports (94 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) -  The following are the results of all Day 4 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying matches played on Sunday. The finals will now be played in Cameroon in 2022 because of COVID-19. Group A Chad 1-1 Guinea Group E Burundi 3-1 Mauritania Group G Comoros 2-1 Kenya Group I Guinea Bissau 0-1 Senegal Group J Equatorial [...]
©- - 16 november 2020 - 07:08:05 - thread Sports (88 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Football Kenya Federation (FKF) President Nick Mwendwa has called on the government to allow the resumption of football activities in the country. Mwendwa said the Federation had what it took to conduct its activities under the strict coronavirus protocols set by the government. He cited partial lifting of [...]
©- - 15 november 2020 - 18:29:25 - thread Sports (234 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) -  The following are the results of some Day 4 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying matches played on Sunday. The finals will now be played in Cameroon in 2022. Group A Chad 1-1 Guinea Group E Burundi 3-1 Mauritania Group G Comoros 2-1 Kenya Group I Guinea Bissau 0-1 Senegal -0- PANA MA 15Nov2020 [...]
©- - 15 november 2020 - 18:22:40 - thread Sports (77 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) -  The following are the fixtures for Day 4 matches of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying matches to be played on Sunday. The finals will now be played in Cameroon in 2022. Group A Chad v Guinea Group E Burundi v Mauritania Group G Comoros v Kenya Group I Guinea Bissau v Senegal Group [...]
©- - 15 november 2020 - 05:30:08 - thread Sports (81 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the results of Day 3 matches of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying matches played on Saturday. The finals will now be played in Cameroon in 2021. Group D DR Congo 0-0 Angola Group G Egypt 1-0 Togo Group L Benin 1-0 Lesotho -0- PANA MA 15Nov2020 [...]
©- - 15 november 2020 - 05:23:11 - thread Sports (71 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the fixtures for Day 3 matches of the Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches to be on Saturday. The finals will now be played in Cameroon in 2022. Group D DR Congo v Angola Group G Egypt v Togo Group L Benin v Lesotho -0- PANA MA 14Nov2020 [...]
©- - 14 november 2020 - 06:20:40 - thread Sports (70 words)


Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the results of Day 3 matches in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying matches played on Friday. Group A Mali 1 Namibia 0 Group C South Africa 2 Sao Tome and Principe 0 Group E Morocco 4 Central African Republic 1 Group J Tunisia 1 Tanzania 0 Group K Niger 1 [...]
©- - 13 november 2020 - 21:36:29 - thread Sports (87 words)


Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Augustin Senghor, the president of the Senegalese Football Federation (FSF), has joined the race for the presidency of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). This was disclosed here Friday by the newspaper - Sud Quotidien – according to reliable sources. Senghor therefore submitted his candidacy just before the [...]
©- - 13 november 2020 - 20:46:18 - thread Sports (177 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - After settling for a frustrating 1-1 draw in Nairobi, Kenya jet out to Moroni on Saturday for their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier return tie against The Comoros. Kenya, who failed to utilise home advantage to win the match, lock horns with Comoros in the Group [...]
©- - 13 november 2020 - 06:53:25 - thread Sports (220 words)

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