Egypt positions itself to host African Champions League after Cameroon withdrawal

13 july 2020 - 10:43:49 BBA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) -  A few days after Cameroon  abandoned the organisation of  the semi-finals and final match of the African Champions League, Egypt has [...] Full text...

Tanzanian champions Simba SC thrash Young Africans 4 -1 in East Africa’s derby

12 july 2020 - 21:18:14 EBM

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzanian soccer giants Simba SC Sunday beat their traditional rivals 4-1 in an entertaining semi-final match of the country’s [...] Full text...

British coach Calum Shaun Selby signs contract extension with Rwandan club Etincelles FC until 2021

12 july 2020 - 10:27:41 TWA

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's first division club Etincelles FC Saturday confirmed that British coach Calum Shaun Selby had signed a one-year contract extension that [...] Full text...

Simba SC, Young Africans meet in East Africa’s biggest derby on Sunday

09 july 2020 - 17:27:19 EBM

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Newly-crowned champions of Tanzania’s Vodacom Premier League (VPL), Simba SC, are set to meet their traditional soccer arch-rivals, Young [...] Full text...

Guinea's CIK poised to recruit French coach

09 july 2020 - 11:15:36 BBA

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea's Kamsar Industrial Club (Division 1) is considering recruiting 62-year-old French coach Daniel Bréard, the club's general secretary, Oumar Ndiaye, told [...] Full text...

Senegal suspends all football leagues

08 july 2020 - 23:29:32 MSA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The executive committee of the Senegalese football federation (FSF) Wednesday suspended all leagues from regional divisions to the League 1, officials [...] Full text...

Sierra Leone mourns soccer legend, Strasser

08 july 2020 - 14:55:20 VAO

Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - The football family in Sierra Leone is mourning the death of iconic footballer, James Strasser, who passed away on June [...] Full text...

Juliet Nalukenge, Uganda's 17-year-old jewel (Sports portrait)

06 july 2020 - 13:27:06 VAO

Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Teenager Juliet Nalukenge made history by winning the Uganda Women's Player-of-the-Year award at a tender age of 17 in 2019, marking [...] Full text...

COVID-19: Commonwealth ministerial forum to discuss virus impact on sport

06 july 2020 - 07:39:54 AR

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Ministers and officials from the 54 Commonwealth countries will meet on 23 July to discuss the impact of COVID-19 [...] Full text...

2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers: Central African Republic don't feel inferior to the giants - Coach Zahoui

03 july 2020 - 18:43:50 VAO

Bangui, Central African Republic (PANA) - Although they are one of the weakest football teams in Africa, Central African Republic have not yet reached the [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: FIFA president to discuss COVID-19 response at World Football Summit

03 july 2020 - 18:22:34 VAO

Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - The FIFA president, Gianni Infantino, will discuss the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis in football and FIFA’s vision for the game’s [...] Full text...

Inaugural CAF Women's Champions League will feature 10 to 15 clubs - CAF President

03 july 2020 - 18:06:30 VAO

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) president, Ahmad Ahmad, says the inaugural CAF Women's Champions League will kick off in 2021 [...] Full text...

Rwandan coach Cassa Mbungo joins first division club, Gasogi United

03 july 2020 - 16:37:16 TWA

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  Rwandan coach, André Cassa Mbungo, has joined the first division club, Gasogo United, on a deal, whose details are undisclosed, Sports [...] Full text...

Rwanda's top club, Rayon Sports, appoints Congolese Guy Bukasa as new coach

03 july 2020 - 16:31:54 TWA

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  Rwanda's first division club, Rayon Sports, has appointed Congolese coach, Guy Bukasa, as its new coach on a one-year deal, a [...] Full text...

'Ivorian François Zahoui is new ASK Guinea coach'

03 july 2020 - 16:19:38 MTA

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Francois Zahoui, a former coach of the Ivorian and Nigerien national teams, has been named the new coach of the Kaloum [...] Full text...

CAF, FIFA, WHO and SGSA hold joint Safety & Security COVID-19 review meeting for Africa

03 july 2020 - 15:32:14 VAO

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - In the light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Confederation of African Football (CAF), in partnership with major stakeholders such as FIFA, [...] Full text...

How Nigeria's Omagbemi muted idea of CAF Women’s Champions League

03 july 2020 - 15:19:15 VAO

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - United States-based former Super Falcons coach, Florence Omagbemi, has commended the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for buying her idea of [...] Full text...

Nigerian Victor Osimhen in hot demand by several major European clubs

02 july 2020 - 17:44:59 MTA

Paris, France (PANA) - Victor Osimhen, a Nigerian striker for the French Ligue 1 club, Lille, and winner of the Marc-Vivien Foe 2020 Award, is [...] Full text...

AS Vita Club of DR Congo gets first female president

02 july 2020 - 12:31:20 VAO

Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Belgian-born member of the Kinshasa Bar Association, Bestine Kazadi Di Tabala, has been elected president of AS Vita Club of [...] Full text...

Mogadishu Stadium reopens after a 16-year closure

02 july 2020 - 12:28:28 VAO

Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Somalia’s Mogadishu Stadium staged a football game for the first time on 30 June 2020 after a 16-year closure. The country’s President [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Benin cancels current football season due to COVID-19

02 july 2020 - 12:23:40 VAO

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Benin Football Federation (FBF) has cancelled the 2019-20 football season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Leagues have been on hold since [...] Full text...

FIFA organises remote demonstration of advanced offside technology

01 july 2020 - 13:07:13 VAO

Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - After the first test of semi-automated offside technology at the FIFA Club World Cup in December 2019 in Qatar, FIFA has [...] Full text...

Decisions of CAF Executive Meeting held on 30 June 2020

01 july 2020 - 12:52:04 VAO

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - At its meeting on 30 June 2020, via video-conference to discuss the future of competitions and other related issues following the [...] Full text...

2026 FIFA World Cup: Washington DC launches bid to host some matches

01 july 2020 - 12:42:48 VAO

Washington DC, US (PANA) - Although it is still six years away, Washington, D.C. is making a push to bring the 2026 FIFA World Cup [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Ghana Football Association cancels 2019/20 season

01 july 2020 - 07:34:34 MA

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has cancelled the 2019/20 football season as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The GFA took the [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: CAF postpones 2021 Africa Cup of Nations to 2022

30 june 2020 - 17:03:38 DJ

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) was on Tuesday postponed to January 2022 by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) [...] Full text...

Gambia’s football body gets FIFA US$1.5 million Covid-19 relief fund

29 june 2020 - 17:15:12 MSS

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Gambia Football Federation (GFF) will receive US$ 1.5 million from the World football governing body, FIFA, Covid-19 relief funds, the [...] Full text...

World Athletics ratifies Cheptegei's 5km world record

29 june 2020 - 16:53:10 DJ

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - World Athletics on Monday ratified the world 5km record set by Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei on February 16 in Monaco. Cheptegei smashed the [...] Full text...

COVID-19: Mali's sports ministry opposed to resumption of national football championship

29 june 2020 - 14:04:01 MTA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) -  Malian Ministry of Sports, through the National Directorate of Sports and Physical Education (DNSEP), has expressed its opposition to resumption of [...] Full text...

Nigerian footballer Osimhen wins 2020 Marc-Vivien Foe Prize in France

29 june 2020 - 13:45:05 MTA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen, who plays for French Ligue 1 club, Lille, has won the Prix Marc-Vivien Foe 2020 organized by [...] Full text...

Rwandan club AS Muhanga hire Burundian Ismail Nduwantare as new coach

29 june 2020 - 12:25:58 TWA

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's first division club of AS Muhanga have appointed Burundian Jean Marie Vianney Ismail Nduwantare as their new coach. Nduwantare’s one-year contract [...] Full text...

Simba SC retain Tanzanian soccer championship

28 june 2020 - 20:52:03 EBM

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, (PANA) - Simba SC Sunday retained Tanzania’s Vodacom Premier League (VPL) championship after amassing 79 points in the 20-team league. The Dar [...] Full text...

Former world basketball body chairman Abdoulaye Seye Moreau dies

28 june 2020 - 18:33:52 MSA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Abdoulaye Seye Moreau, former chairman of the Senegalese basketball federation, the Senegalese national Olympics and sports committee (CNOSS), AFABA (now FIBA [...] Full text...

Senegalese football coaches set up trade-union

28 june 2020 - 15:55:21 MSA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The first trade-union of Senegalese football coaches, Trade-Union of Senegalese Football coaches (SEFS), was set up here Saturday, 27 June. The SEFS [...] Full text...

FIFA unveils US$1.5 billion global Covid-19 football relief plan

27 june 2020 - 16:49:21 DJ

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - FIFA has approved a Covid-19 relief plan that will make up to $1.5 billion available to support the global football community, [...] Full text...

Zimbabwe Football Association to receive US$1 million from FIFA Covid-19 relief fund

26 june 2020 - 19:13:33 VAO

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) will next month receive its first tranche of the US$1 million from world football governing body, [...] Full text...

Former DR Congo forward Emeka Essanga passes on

26 june 2020 - 18:57:58 VAO

Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Former DR Congo forward, Emeka Essanga, passed away on Thursday (25 June 2020) at a local hospital in Kinshasa, his [...] Full text...

CAF set to introduce Women's Champions League

26 june 2020 - 16:38:52 VAO

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) is considering the launch of a female club championship on the continent as part of [...] Full text...

FIFA allocates rescue fund of over 875 million CFAF to each of member federations

25 june 2020 - 23:49:48 MSA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The world football governing body, FIFA, on Thursday released for each of its member federations a rescue fund of 1,500,000 US [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: FIFA approves US$1.5 billion Coronavirus Relief Fund for World Football

25 june 2020 - 19:24:58 VAO

Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - FIFA announced on Thursday that it will make available US$1.5 billion in grants and loans as a relief fund to help [...] Full text...

FIFA awards 2023 Women’s World Cup to Australia and New Zealand

25 june 2020 - 19:05:18 VAO

Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - A joint bid by New Zealand and Australia won the rights to stage the 2023 Women’s World Cup on Thursday, marking [...] Full text...

Two Ghanaian Coaches to participate in FIFA Educators' Online Course

25 june 2020 - 16:44:07 VAO

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Local reports from Accra have indicated that the National Under-20 (female) Head Coach, Yusif Basigi, and Assistant Coach of the Black [...] Full text...

CAF holds video conference on the impact of COVID-19 on African football

25 june 2020 - 16:41:12 VAO

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Executive Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) will hold a meeting on Tuesday, 30 June, 2020 via video-conference [...] Full text...

South Africa's football legend dead at 61

25 june 2020 - 13:54:39 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Tributes are pouring in for South African football legend Lawrence Chelin who has died after a long struggle with [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: IOC joins forces with WHO and UN to fight pandemic

24 june 2020 - 10:13:01 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - On Olympic Day, 23 June 2020, the International Olympic Committee and UN World Health Organisation (WHO) together with the United Nations launched [...] Full text...

World Athletics appoints Bouillet Head of Global Development

23 june 2020 - 17:43:22 DJ

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - World Athletics has appointed Laurent Boquillet Head of Global Development. Among the many tasks set for him to perform is to create [...] Full text...

Messager de Ngozi FC crowned Burundi football champions

23 june 2020 - 17:25:43 VAO

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Le Messager de Ngozi football club have been crowned champions of the Burundi "Primus Ligue" with one match to spare after [...] Full text...

Former Senegalese football referee, Badara Sene, passes on

23 june 2020 - 17:23:19 VAO

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal football has been thrown into a state of mourning following the death of former referee, Badara Sene, who died on [...] Full text...

CAF issues guidelines for the resumption of football in Africa

23 june 2020 - 16:28:07 MTA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Medical Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Monday released a comprehensive plan for its member associations to [...] Full text...

Former Senegalese international referee Badarera Mamaya Sène dies

22 june 2020 - 21:21:52 MSA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Badara Mamaya Sène, former Senegalese international referee and mayor of the Senegalese city of Rufisque, died here Monday, an official source [...] Full text...