Lamine Dieng, former coach of the Senegalese national football team, dies
BBA Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The former coach of the Senegalese national football team, Lamine Dieng, died on Monday night at the age of 70, reports [...] Full text...
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Lamine Dieng, former coach of the Senegalese national football team, dies
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Senegalese president, Macky Sall, denounces violence in stadiums
MSA Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Senegalese president, Macky Sall, on Tuesday called for the end of violence in the country’s stadiums, following the serious incidents [...] Full text...
South Africa: South Africa gets legal advice over FIFA dispute
CU Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The South African Football Association (SAFA) is seeking legal opinion after FIFA dismissed its appeal over the national team’s [...] Full text...
2022 FIFA WC Qualifier: FIFA dismisses South Africa's protest against Ghana's victory
MA Accra, Ghana (PANA) - World football governing body, FIFA, has dismissed South Africa’s protest against Ghana's 1-0 victory in their last group stage World Cup [...] Full text...
Senegalese top sports figure, Lamine Diack, dies at 88
BBA Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese President Macky Sall, paying tribute to the former president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), Lamine Diack, who [...] Full text...
2022 FIFA WC Qualifier: FIFA addresses disputed Ghana-South Africa match
CU Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – FIFA has confirmed that it is addressing South Africa’s World Cup qualifier dispute at its Zurich headquarters on Tuesday.
The [...] Full text...
2022 FIFA WC Qualifiers: Line-up of play-offs completed
MA Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The line-up of the playoffs of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Africa qualifying matches was completed on Tuesday after the last [...] Full text...
2022 FIFA WC qualifier: Major backlash of South Africa's defeat
CU Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A petition launched following South Africa’s controversial 0-1 defeat in its final 2022 Soccer World Cup qualifier against Ghana [...] Full text...
2022 FIFA WC Qualifiers: Fixtures of Day 6 second round CAF qualifying matches to be played on Tuesday
MA Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the fixtures of Day 6 Africa second round 2022 World Cup qualifying matches to be played on Tuesday.
Group A
Algeria vs Burkina [...] Full text...
2022 FIFA WC Qualifiers: Results of Day 6 second round CAF qualifying matches played on Monday
MA Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the results of Day 6 Africa second round 2022 World Cup qualifying matches played on Monday.
Group A
Niger 7-2 Djibouti
Standings after [...] Full text...
2022 FIFA WC qualifier: South Africa to protest against Ghana match officials
CU Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Football Association (SAFA) on Monday confirmed that it will lodge a formal complaint with world football [...] Full text...
2022 FIFA WC Qualifiers: Fixtures of Day 6 second round CAF qualifying matches to be played on Monday
MA Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the fixtures of Day 6 Africa second round 2022 World Cup qualifying matches to be played on Monday.
Group A
Niger vs Djibouti
Group [...] Full text...
2022 FIFA WC Qualifiers: Results of Day 6 second round CAF qualifying matches played on Sunday
MA Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the results of Day 6 Africa second round 2022 World Cup qualifying matches played on Sunday.
Group E
Mali 1-0 Uganda
Standings after [...] Full text...
2022 FIFA WC qualifiers: Results of Day 5, second-round CAF qualifying matches played on Saturday
MA Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the results of Day 5 Africa second round 2022 World Cup qualifying matches played on Saturday.
Group B
Zambia 4-0 Mauritania
Equatorial Guinea [...] Full text...
2022 FIFA WC Qualifiers: Fixtures of Day 6 second round CAF qualifying matches to played on Sunday
MA Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the fixtures of Day 6 Africa second round 2022 World Cup qualifying matches to be played on Sunday.
Group E
Mali vs [...] Full text...
2022 FIFA WC qualifiers: Fixtures of Day 5, second-round CAF qualifying matches to be played on Saturday
MA Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the fixtures of Day 5 Africa 2nd round 2022 World Cup qualifying matches to be played on Saturday.
Group B
Zambia vs [...] Full text...
2022 FIFA WC Qualifiers: Results of Day 5, second-round CAF qualifying matches played on Friday
MA Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the results of Day 5 Africa, 2nd-round 2022 World Cup qualifying matches played on Friday.
Group A
Djibouti 0-4 Algeria
Burkina Faso 1-1 [...] Full text...
2022 FIFA WC Qualifiers: Fixtures of some Day 5 second round CAF qualifying matches to played on Friday
MA Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the fixtures of some Day 5 Africa 2nd round 2022 World Cup qualifying matches to be played on Friday.
Group A
Djibouti [...] Full text...
2022 FIFA WC qualifiers: Results of Day 5 second round CAF qualifying matches played on Thursday
MA Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the results of Day 5 Africa 2nd round 2022 World Cup qualifying matches played on Thursday.
Group E
Uganda 1-1 Kenya
Rwanda 0-3 [...] Full text...
2022 FIFA WC Qualifier: South Africa head coach laments stadium switch
CU Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa’s head coach Hugo Broos has expressed his unhappiness with world football body FIFA for allowing Ethiopia to [...] Full text...
Eritrean international cycling sensation killed in road crash
AO Asmara, Eritrea (PANA) - Eritrean international cycling sensation, Desiet Kidane, has died in a road accident during a training session, the local media reported on [...] Full text...
450 riders from 25 countries expected at the "Tunisia Desert Challenge" rally-raid
BBA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A total of 450 riders from 25 countries will participate in the "Tunisia Desert Challenge" rally-raid from 5 - 13 November, [...] Full text...
South African star cricketer agrees to take a knee
CU Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Just 48 hours after plunging South African cricket into a crisis, star player Quinton De Kock has backtracked on [...] Full text...
South Africa's national cricket team rocked by Black Lives Matter symbol
CU Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African cricket has been plunged into a crisis after star batsman Quinton de Kock refused to take a [...] Full text...
Tanzania’s Simba SC head coach resigns after early CAF CL elimination
EBM Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Barely two days after Tanzanian Champions Simba SC were eliminated from the 2021/22 CAF Champions League (CL), Frenchman Didier [...] Full text...
Football champion Didier Drogba appointed WHO ambassador for sports, health
WA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) Monday appointed football legend Didier Drogba its Goodwill Ambassador for Sport and Health.
Drogba, from Côte d’Ivoire, [...] Full text...
2022 FIFA WC qualifiers: Results of Day 4 second round CAF qualifying matches played on Tuesday
MA Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the results of Day 4 Africa 2nd round 2022 World Cup qualifying matches played on Tuesday.
Group A
Niger 0-4 Algeria
Table after 4 [...] Full text...
2022 FIFA WC qualifiers: Results of Day 4 second round CAF qualifying matches played on Monday
MA Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the results of Day 4 Africa 2nd round 2022 World Cup qualifying matches played on Monday.
Group A
Burkina Faso 2-0 Djibouti
Table after [...] Full text...
2022 FIFA WC qualifiers: Results of Day 4 second round CAF qualifying matches played on Sunday
MA Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the results of Day 4 Africa 2nd round 2022 World Cup qualifying matches played on Sunday.
Group B
Zambia 1-1 Equatorial Guinea
Mauritania 0-0 Tunisia
Table [...] Full text...
2022 FIFA WC qualifiers: Results of Day 3 second round CAF qualifying matches played on Saturday
MA Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the results of Day 3 Africa 2nd round 2022 World Cup qualifying matches played on Saturday.
Group G
Ethiopia 1-3 South Africa
Ghana 3-1 Zimbabwe
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2022 FIFA WC qualifiers: Results of some Day 3 second round CAF qualifying matches played on Friday
MA Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the results of some Day 3 Africa 2nd round 2022 World Cup qualifying matches played on Friday.
Group A
Algeria 6-1 Niger
Djibouti 4-0 Burkina [...] Full text...
2022 FIFA WC qualifiers: Results of some Day 3 second round CAF qualifying matches played on Thursday
MA Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the results of some Day 3 Africa 2nd round 2022 World Cup qualifying matches played on Thursday.
Group B
Equatorial Guinea 2-0 Zambia
Tunisia [...] Full text...
2022 FIFA WC qualifiers: Results of Day 3 second round CAF qualifying matches played on Wednesday
MA Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the results of some Day 3 Africa 2nd round 2022 World Cup qualifying matches played on Wednesday.
Group I
Guinea 1-1 Sudan
Morocco [...] Full text...
South African spectators permitted to watch World Cup qualifier
CU Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – For the first time in 18 months, spectators will be permitted to attend a major sporting fixture. The South [...] Full text...
South Africa's first black rugby captain shares his incredible story
CU Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – There is major interest in the rugby hero Siya Kolisi’s official biography which unpacks his battles with poverty and [...] Full text...
Cape Town to host international Motor Racing
CU Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African city of Cape Town has been announced as one of the host cities of the international [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: South Africa offers free tickets for vaccinated football fans
CU Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African football fans who are vaccinated against COVID-19 will receive free entry to watch the national team play [...] Full text...
Rwanda football season kicks off 30 October
AR Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – Rwanda football league 2021/22 will kick off on 30 October, the national football governing body, FERWAFA, has confirmed.
It explained that the [...] Full text...
Ghana appoints Serbian Milovan Rajevac as coach of senior national football team
MA Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana Football Association (GFA) on Friday unveiled Serbian Milovan Rajevac as the coach of the senior national football team, the [...] Full text...
Botswana Football Association lobbies for return of active sports
DRW Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana Football Association (BFA) has engaged its medical experts to develop guidelines to align with the country’s COVID-19 guidelines, as active [...] Full text...
Ghana Football Association sacks head coach of senior national team
MA Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana Football Association (GFA) has sacked the head coach of the senior national football team, the Black Stars, Charles Akonnor, with [...] Full text...
CAF: Matches involving Guinea clubs will be played in single leg at away venues following Sunday's coup
MA Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Interclub Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has decided that all three fixtures involving clubs from Guinea in [...] Full text...
2022 FIFA WC qualifiers: Standings after Day 2 second round CAF qualifying matches
MA Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the standings after Day 2 Africa 2nd round 2022 World Cup qualifying matches.
The match between Morocco and Guinea has been [...] Full text...
2022 FIFA WC qualifiers: Results of Day 2 second round CAF qualifying matches played on Tuesday
MA Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are results of Day 2 Africa 2nd round 2022 World Cup qualifying matches played on Tuesday.
Group A
Burkina Faso 1-1 Algeria
Group [...] Full text...
2022 FIFA WC qualifiers: Results of Day 2 second round CAF qualifying matches played on Monday
MA Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are results of some Day 2 Africa 2nd round 2022 World Cup qualifying matches played on Monday.
Group A
Djibouti 2-4 Niger
Group [...] Full text...
2022 FIFA WC Qualifier: Nigeria coach predicts positive result against Cape Verde
VAO Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Nigeria coach Gernot Rohr is upbeat the Super Eagles can pull off a positive result as the West Africans head for [...] Full text...
2022 FIFA WC qualifiers: Results of Day 2 second round CAF qualifying matches played on Sunday
MA Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are results of some Day 2 Africa 2nd round 2022 World Cup qualifying matches played on Sunday.
Group E
Rwanda 1-1 Kenya
Group [...] Full text...
2022 FIFA WC qualifiers: Standings after Day 1 second round CAF qualifying matches
MA Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the standings after Day 1 Africa 2nd round 2022 World Cup qualifying matches.
Group A
Country [...] Full text...
2022 FIFA WC qualifiers: Fixtures of Day 2 second round CAF qualifying matches to be played from Sunday to Tuesday
MA Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the full fixtures of Day 2 Africa 2nd round 2022 World Cup qualifying matches to be played from Sunday [...] Full text...
2022 FIFA WC qualifiers: Results of Day 1 second round CAF qualifying matches played on Friday
MA Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are the results of some Day 1 Africa 2nd round 2022 World Cup qualifying matches played on Friday.
Group B
Mauritania 1-2 [...] Full text...