Former FIFA President Blatter spent period in induced coma after heart operation

22 january 2021 - 17:27:50 VAO

Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - Former FIFA President, Sepp Blatter, spent a week in an induced coma after having heart surgery last month, his daughter has [...] Full text...

FIFA threatens players in any breakaway league with ban from international football

22 january 2021 - 17:12:28 VAO

Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - FIFA has issued a warning that players who take part in a so-called "European super league" for the continent's biggest club [...] Full text...

Malian international footballer, Abdoulaye Diaby, joins Belgian club, Anderlecht

21 january 2021 - 18:04:58 KND

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian international footballer, Abdoulaye Diaby, has signed a contract with Belgian club, Anderlecht, on a loan until the end of the [...] Full text...

Leading South African football administrator passes on at 82

19 january 2021 - 15:09:18 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Controversial South African football administrator Abdul Bhamjee has died in Durban after a short illness. He was 82. His family [...] Full text...

Athletics: Burkina Faso's Zango breaks world record of indoor triple jump

17 january 2021 - 11:25:55 MTA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Burkina Faso's Hugues-Fabrice Zango on Saturday became  the first man to surpass 18 metres in the indoor triple jump. In Aubière, near [...] Full text...

Libyan U17 team arrived in Algeria to participate in the UNAF tournament

16 january 2021 - 18:04:56 KND

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan National Under-17 Football Team has arrived in Algeria Saturday for the North African Football Union (UNAF) U-17 Tournament, scheduled [...] Full text...

CAF to send mission to Libya to inspect stadiums in preparation for lifting ban on hosting African competitions

16 january 2021 - 13:47:33 MTA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The president of the Libyan Football Federation (FLF), Abdelhakim al-Chalmani, announced Saturday the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has agreed to [...] Full text...

Senegalese Football Federation releases 11.5 million FCFA to its clubs involved in African competitions

15 january 2021 - 16:43:31 MTA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese Football Federation (FSF) has released 11,500,000 FCFA to support its two clubs still competing in continental competitions. Teungueth FC, qualified [...] Full text...

FIFA Secretary-General visits Senegalese football academy

15 january 2021 - 11:17:14 MTA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese FIFA Secretary General Ms Fatma Samoura on Thursday lauded the facilities of the academy of local first division football club, [...] Full text...

FIFA wants Club Africain de Tunisia to pay 200,000 euros to Algerian club Nasr Hussein Dey

14 january 2021 - 16:55:35 MTA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The management of the Club Africain de Tunis has received a letter from the International Football Federation (FIFA) urging it to [...] Full text...

Results of Day 16 matches in Burundi league A

11 january 2021 - 17:50:11 KND

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Here are the results of Day 16 of the Burundi League A men's football championship, played on Saturday and Sunday: Royal FC- [...] Full text...

Hosts Togo disqualified from further participation in WAFU Zone B tournament

11 january 2021 - 17:24:54 KND

Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The Togo national under-17 football team has been disqualified from further participation in the West African Football Union (WAFU) Zone B [...] Full text...

Day 2 results in Senegal's League 1 football championship

11 january 2021 - 11:39:32 BBA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Following are the results of the Day 2 matches in Senegal's League 1 football championship played at the weekend: Niarry Tally - [...] Full text...

2020 CHAN: Mali releases players for the competition

09 january 2021 - 04:33:17 MSA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The coach of the Malian national local football team, Nouhoum Diané, on Friday released the list of players for the African [...] Full text...

CAF Cup: Jaraaf de Dakar meet Platinum from Zimbabwe in the qualifying round

08 january 2021 - 21:07:54 MTA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Jaraaf de Dakar, Senegal's representative in the CAF Cup, will meet the Zimbabwean FC Platinum for the qualifying round of the [...] Full text...

Senghor and Anouma cleared to contest CAF presidency

08 january 2021 - 16:20:22 MTA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese Augustin Senghor and Ivorian Jacques Anouma have been cleared to contest the presidency of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), [...] Full text...

Senegal’s Teungueth FC faces its first test with North African clubs in Champions League

08 january 2021 - 16:01:09 MTA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Zamalek of Egypt, Esperance Sports Tunis and MC Algiers will be the opponents of the Senegalese Teungueth FC in Group D [...] Full text...

Tanzania’s Simba SC part ways with Belgian head coach

08 january 2021 - 09:56:45 EBM

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzanian soccer champions, Simba SC, have parted ways with their head coach, Sven Vandebroeck, only a day after he [...] Full text...

South African golfing legend Gary Player under fire for receiving award from Trump

08 january 2021 - 06:41:45 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African golfing legend Gary Player has come under fire for receiving the Medal of Freedom from US President [...] Full text...

2020/21 CAF Champions league: All 16 qualifiers for Group stage emerge

08 january 2021 - 06:35:26 VAO

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Following the conclusion of the first-round, second-leg matches in the 2020/21 CAF Champions league on 5 and 6 January, 2021, the [...] Full text...

2020-21 CAF Confed. Cup: All qualifiers for play-off round emerge

07 january 2021 - 19:17:50 VAO

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - All the 16 teams for the play-off round in the 2020-21 CAF Confederation Cup have emerged following the conclusion of matches [...] Full text...

CAF declares Al Hilal winners of game against Ghana’s Asante Kotoko

06 january 2021 - 23:32:43 WA

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) Wednesday declared Sudanese giants, Al Hilal Omdurman, winners of their Champions League second round league [...] Full text...

2020/21 CAF CL: Tanzanian champions host FC Platinum of Zimbabwe in return leg

05 january 2021 - 12:31:23 EBM

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzanian football champions, Simba SC, are set to host their Zimbabwean counterparts, FC Platinum, in the first round return [...] Full text...

2020/21 CAF Champions league: All first-round, second-leg fixtures

04 january 2021 - 21:08:44 VAO

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are all the first-round, second-leg fixtures in the 2020/21 CAF Champions league, to be played on 5 and 6 [...] Full text...

2020-21 CAF Confed. Cup: All first-round, second-leg matches this week

04 january 2021 - 21:00:05 VAO

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Below are all the first-round, second-leg fixtures in the 2020-21 CAF Confederation Cup to be played 5, 6 January, 2021. First-named teams [...] Full text...

FIFA Club World Cup: Three Senegalese referees appointed to serve in Qatar

04 january 2021 - 19:37:47 MTA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Three Senegalese referees, Maguette Ndiaye, central referee, and referee assistants Djibril Camara and El H. Malick Samba, have been selected to [...] Full text...

WAFU-A qualifier matches for AFCON U17 kick off January 29

04 january 2021 - 13:52:03 MTA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The West African Federations Union Zone A (WAFU-A) tournament qualifying for the AFCON U17, Morocco 2021, will take place from January [...] Full text...

Senegal's Senghor "very confident" of his candidacy for CAF presidency

04 january 2021 - 13:43:52 MTA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Less than ten days before the publication of successful candidates for the presidency of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on [...] Full text...

2020-2021 CAF CL: Stade Malien leave for Morocco to face WAC

04 january 2021 - 10:30:27 BBA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Stade Malien of Bamako leave on Monday for Morocco to play WAC in the second leg second round match of the [...] Full text...

Guinea's Eleven flies Saturday to Togo for friendly game

02 january 2021 - 11:23:39 BBA

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinea's Syli  football team is due in Lome on Saturday where it will play a friendly game against  the local Sparrowhawks [...] Full text...

Gabonese Saturnin Ibela Ignambi is new coach of Djoliba de Bamako

31 december 2020 - 14:28:25 MTA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Former Gabonese football international Saturnin Ibela Ignambi has signed on as new coach of Djoliba de Bamako until 2022, PANA learned [...] Full text...

Senegal's football competitions resume after 10 months interruption

30 december 2020 - 16:29:20 MTA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - National football  competitions in Senegal restart on 2 January 2021, with the first day of professional Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 [...] Full text...

All qualifiers for AFCON U 20 "Mauritania 2021" known

28 december 2020 - 13:45:23 MTA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Twelve countries that will play the next Africa Cup of Nations Under-20 football tournament, "Mauritania 2021", were announced at the weekend. In [...] Full text...

FIFA to finance construction of Technical Centre in Mali

28 december 2020 - 12:43:15 BBA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) -The International Football Federation (FIFA) will finance the construction of a technical centre, at Kabala, near the Malian capital, Bamako, a sports [...] Full text...

2020-21 CAF Confed. Cup: CAF awards technical 2-0 victory to AS Kigali against KCCA of Uganda

27 december 2020 - 08:23:44 VAO

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Confederation of African Football (CAF) says it awarded the first-round, first-leg match in the 2020-21 first-round, first-leg between AS Kigali [...] Full text...

2020/21 CAF Confed. Cup: All but one first-round, first-leg results

24 december 2020 - 10:59:20 VAO

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are all, but one, results from the first-round, first-leg matches of the 2020/21 CAF Confederation Cup, played on 22 [...] Full text...

2020/21 CAF Champions League: All but two first-round, first-leg results

24 december 2020 - 10:34:39 VAO

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The following are all but two of the first-round, first-leg results of the 2020/21 CAF Champions league, played on 22 and [...] Full text...

CAF Cup: Monastir beats Ahly of Tripoli

23 december 2020 - 21:12:36 MSA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - US Monastir Wednesday evening beat Ahly of Tripoli 2-0 in the first leg of the second preliminary round of the Cup [...] Full text...

FIFA files criminal complaint in connection with museum project

22 december 2020 - 11:39:42 MA

Zurich, Switzerland (PANA) - World football governing body, FIFA, says it has lodged a criminal complaint with Zurich’s cantonal prosecutor as evidence of suspected criminal [...] Full text...

Guinean football league suspended until further notice

21 december 2020 - 20:03:41 MSA

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean Football Leagues 1 and 2 were Monday suspended until further notice, sports sources told PANA here. An official notice issued [...] Full text...

3rd day results of U20 qualifiers for AFCON North African teams

21 december 2020 - 18:00:59 MTA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Following are results of the third day matches of the qualifying tournament for the African Cup of Nations U20 (Mauritania 2021), [...] Full text...

Deladem Akpaki new President of Togo National Olympic Committee

21 december 2020 - 15:15:48 MTA

Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Deladem Akpaki was elected at the weekend as head of the National Olympic Committee of Togo (CNOT), PANA learned from sports [...] Full text...

Third day of North African qualifying tournament for AFCON U20 in Mauritania

21 december 2020 - 14:57:34 MTA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The third day of the qualifying tournament for the African Cup of Nations U20 (Mauritania 2021) of the Union of North [...] Full text...

Benin wins four medals at first African e-championship of kata

21 december 2020 - 14:54:45 MTA

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin won four medals, one silver and three bronze at the first African e-championship of kata which ended on Saturday, sports [...] Full text...

African competitions: Teungueth FC and Jaraaf face the "red line" of Senegalese clubs

21 december 2020 - 13:48:39 MTA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Teungueth FC and Jaraaf de Dakar, respectively representing Senegal this year in the Champions League and the CAF Cup, will on [...] Full text...

2021 AFCON U-20 qualifiers: Egypt withdraws from tournament because of Covid-19

20 december 2020 - 17:27:39 MSA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Egypt has withdrawn from the U-20 North Africa Football Federations qualifying tournament in Tunis for the final of the 2021 U-20 [...] Full text...

Ghana beat Burkina Faso 2-1 to win 2020 WAFU Zone B trophy

20 december 2020 - 10:29:03 MA

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Ghana's U-20 national football team, the Black Satellites, came from behind to beat their Burkina Faso counterparts 2-1 in the final [...] Full text...

Moroccan coach to head Guinea's Hafia FC

19 december 2020 - 13:34:28 BBA

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Hafia of Guinea, triple African champions in the 70s, plans to recruit the Moroccan coach, Karim Bencherifa, according to sports [...] Full text...

Tunisia, Algeria draw 1-1 in U-20 UNAF tournament

15 december 2020 - 20:26:09 MSA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia Tuesday drew 1-1 with Algeria in the first day of the North-Africa football Union (UNAF) tournament qualifier  for the AFCON [...] Full text...

Benin eliminated from WAFU-B U20 Cup

14 december 2020 - 09:26:22 BBA

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Hosts Benin have been eliminated from the U20 tournament of the West African Football Union B (WAFU-B), which is a qualifier [...] Full text...