Guinean League 1 football championship to resume on October 14
KND Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean League 1 football championship will start on October 14 in all stadiums in the country, said a press release [...] Full text...
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Doping: AIU sanctions Kenyan athlete Siele
DJ Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s long-distance athlete Patrick Siele has been slapped with a ban of three years and six months by the Athletics Integrity [...] Full text...
African Athletics Confederation postpones its major competitions to 2021
MTA Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The African Athletic Confederation (AAC) has postponed its 2000 sports calendar, following the COVID-19 pandemic, to 2021, its director-general, Senegalese Lamine [...] Full text...
Former Cameroon defender M’Bom dies
VAO Douala, Cameroon (PANA) - Former Cameroon defender, Ephrem M’Bom, died on Sunday (20 September 2020) in Douala after a long illness. He was 66.
M’Bom was [...] Full text...
Sierra Leone to face Mauritania in October 9 soccer friendly
VAO Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - The Leone Stars of Sierra Leone will face Mauritania in a friendly on Friday, 9 October, 2020, as part of [...] Full text...
Mozambique recall 34 players for Guinea-Bissau, Angola friendlies
VAO Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Mozambique national team coach, Luís Gonçalves, has unveiled a list of 34 players that will play two friendlies - against Guinea-Bissau [...] Full text...
Penalty joy as Esperance win fifth Tunisian Super Cup
VAO Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian Giants, Esperance sportive de Tunis, won their fifth Tunisian Super Cup title on Sunday (20 September, 2020), beating rivals CS [...] Full text...
Outdoor sports activities resume in Rwanda
TWA Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Some individual sports have been authorised to resume in Rwanda effective Sunday but in compliance with public health guidelines related to [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Ghana football leagues to resume on 30 October
MA Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's football Premier and Division One leagues are to resume on 30 October as the government allows the resumption of training [...] Full text...
Six members of youth football team in Ghana die in road accident
MA Kumasi, Ghana (PANA) - Six members of a youth football team in Ghana, aged between 12 and 16 years, died on the spot on Saturday [...] Full text...
UN and partners promote sport as a tool to prevent violent extremism
MA New York, US (PANA) - Ambassadors, senior UN officials, representatives of global sports organizations, and managers of some of the world’s top athletes met virtually [...] Full text...
President Infantino uses virtual FIFA Congress platform to encourage football’s safe return
VAO Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Friday sent a message of encouragement to all 211 FIFA member associations (MAs) via videoconference as [...] Full text...
Rwandan striker Jacques Tuyisenge joins home side APR FC from Petro Atletico of Angola
TWA Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan military club of APR FC Friday signed Rwandan striker Jacques Tuyisenge from Petro Atletico of Angola in a two-year deal, [...] Full text...
Esperance de Tunis officially declared winner of Africa Champions League 2019
MSA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) on Friday announced that Esperance de Tunis is officially the winner of the African [...] Full text...
Swedish Duplantis breaks 26-year-old pole-vault record of Russia's Sergei Bubka
MTA Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Sweden's Armand Duplantis on Thursday broke the 26-year-old pole vault record of Russia's Sergei Bubka (6.14m) with a 6.15m performance at [...] Full text...
FIFA eases rules for changing sports nationality
KND Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The 70th FIFA Congress Friday at a videoconference adopted a revolutionary new law aimed at making the rules for changing sports [...] Full text...
Mali's national soccer team ranked 9th in Africa - FIFA
MTA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's national soccer team is ranked 9th on the continent and 57th in the world, according to the monthly ranking of [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Kenya begins gradual return to sports events
DJ Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - All contact sports including football and rugby remain suspended as Kenya announced a gradual resumption of sports on Friday.
In a virtual [...] Full text...
FIFA to monitor Kenya FA polls incognito
DJ Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - FIFA will send observers to monitor the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) elections set to kick off countrywide on September 19, 2020.
FKF [...] Full text...
Senegalese Physical and Sports Education (PSE) teachers set up union
MTA Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese Physical and Sports Education (PSE) teachers now have a union, called SEEPSS.
Set up on Tuesday, September 15, SEEPSS is to [...] Full text...
Senegalese women's national handball team readies for Olympic qualification
MTA Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese women's national handball team, reigning vice champion of Africa and second in the Olympic Qualification Tournament (OQT) in Dakar a [...] Full text...
Lamine Diack jailed four years for corruption, doping
MSA Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Lamine Diack, former chairman of the International Athletics Federation (IAAF), was sentenced Wednesday in Paris to four years’ imprisonment, including two [...] Full text...
Congo: FECOFOOT to handle transfer of Congolese players to other clubs
KND Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Football Federation (FECOFOOT) has created a unit to manage the transfers or movements of Congolese players to other clubs, [...] Full text...
Sumaili hopes to positively influence Burundi women's football (A CAF portrait)
VAO Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Twice, Burundian international Falone Sumaili had made the decision to quit her football career; first, following the demise of her mother [...] Full text...
Football: Libya appoint Margini as new national team coach
VAO Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Football Federation (LFF) has appointed Ali El Margini as new coach for Libya’s national team, The Mediterranean Knights, who [...] Full text...
Football: Nedbank Cup title completes historical treble for Mamelodi Sundowns
VAO Soweto, South Africa (PANA) - The curtains officially came down on the 2019/20 season of South African football, with Mamelodi Sundowns completing a historical treble, [...] Full text...
Football: Stade Malien crowned Mali champions for the 19th time
VAO Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Stade Malien on Friday defeated Yeleen Olympique 3-0 to claim Mali Premier Football League title for the 19th time in their [...] Full text...
Burundi: Results from Day 2 matches of league A football championship
KND Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Here are the results from Day 2 matches in the Burundi men's league A football championship, played on Saturday and Sunday.
Musongati [...] Full text...
Mali; Yeelen Olympic beat Real 1-0 to qualify for CAF Cup
MTA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Yeleen Olympique, promoted this season to the first division, on Saturday beat Réal 1-0 in the fifth and last but one [...] Full text...
Rwanda’s National Basketball League set to resume on 18 October
TWA Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda’s National Basketball League is poised to resume on Wednesday, 18 October after almost a six-month shutdown, Sports sources confirmed Saturday [...] Full text...
Burundi: Women's football championship to start 19 Sept
KND Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The 2020-2021 national women's football championship in Burundi will start 19 September with the participation of ten teams, the Football Federation [...] Full text...
South African football legend to coach Reading FC
CU Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African football legend Quinton Fortune has been appointed first team coach at Reading Football Club in England.
Fortune, who [...] Full text...
Stade Malien of Bamako crowned Mali soccer champion
MTA Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Stade Malien of Bamako has been crowned champion of Mali 2019-2020, after its 3-0 victory against Yeelen Olympic on Thursday at [...] Full text...
Football: Burundi and Tanzania start new seasons
VAO Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Burundian and Tanzanian Premier Leagues were the first on the continent to kick off their 2020/21 seasons after the heavy [...] Full text...
CAF presents women's football strategy to coaches, players
VAO Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Tuesday (8 September 2020) held a historic meeting via video-conference with selected group of [...] Full text...
FIFA releases new funds to support women’s football at national levels
VAO Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Football governing body (FIFA) is rolling out a new women’s football development programme that will supplement both the Forward [...] Full text...
Burkinabe football federation releases list of executive committee members
MSA Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The new chairman of the Burkinabe football federation (FBF), Lazare Banssé, Tuesday released the list of members of the executive [...] Full text...
Ghana's John Antwi benchmarks century of goals with Egyptian clubs
VAO Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Ghanaian striker, John Antwi, achieved a remarkable milestone in Egyptian football this week, reaching a centenary of goals in all competitions [...] Full text...
Football: Senegal line up Morocco, Mauritania friendlies
VAO Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese Football Federation ((FSF) has confirmed two friendly matches against Morocco and neighboring Mauritania next month as it builds up [...] Full text...
Morocco – Senegal, duel of ‘Lions’ in friendly on 9 October in Rabat
MSA Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese football federation (FSF) Monday announced a preparatory friendly football match between Senegal’s “Lions” and Morocco’s “Atlas Lions” on Friday [...] Full text...
Results of Day 1 matches of Burundian League A football championship
BBA Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Following are the results of Day 1 matches of the Burundian League A football championship played at the weekend:
Bumamuru FC - [...] Full text...
Tanzania: Simba FC appoints first female CEO
VAO Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzanian champions, Simba, have named Barbara Gonzalez as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), becoming the first ever female CEO in [...] Full text...
Football: Former Nigerian defender, Babalade, dies
VAO Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Former Nigeria defender, Ajibade Babalade, passed away on Friday (4 September 2020) after suffering a cardiac arrest en route to a [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Sports activities set to resume in Nigeria
MON Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Mr Sunday Dare, on Sunday said that all Coronavirus (COVID-19) protocols must be fully [...] Full text...
Ghana, Portugal to act as Scrutineers for 70th FIFA Congress
VAO Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana and Portugal have been proposed to act as scrutineers at the 70th FIFA Congress to count the votes in accordance [...] Full text...
FIFA secretary general urges women never to underestimate themselves in sports
VAO Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) secretary-general, Fatma Samoura, has challenged women to embrace challenges to attain leadership positions in sports.
Samoura, [...] Full text...
FIFA President condoles with Gambia over late Gambian Captain
VAO Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Following the death of former Real De Banjul FC and National team Captain, Papa Sarr Corr, which occurred on Monday 31 [...] Full text...
Hosts Egypt, Sweden, Czech Republic in same World Handball Championship group
VAO Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Hosts Egypt assigned themselves to a group (Group G) that includes Sweden and the Czech Republic in the expanded Handball World [...] Full text...
Football: Mamelodi Sundowns clinch record 10th premier league title in dramatic fashion
VAO Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - Mamelodi Sundowns on Saturday pulled off one of the most jaw-dropping comebacks in South African history, winning the Premier Soccer [...] Full text...
Athletics Kenya, World Athletics partner to enhance road runners' dope testing
DJ Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Athletics Kenya (AK) is working with World Athletics in increasing testing of Kenyan road runners following partial relaxation of coronavirus-fighting measures [...] Full text...