JOHANNESBURG: Egypt will secure a place at the Olympic Games football tournament for the first time since 1992 if they defeat hosts Morocco on Wednesday in the CAF under-23 championship semi-final.
The winners of the North African showdown in (...)
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa will lack injured 'hard men' Bongani Khumalo and Thanduyise Khuboni when they face defending champions Egypt in a crucial Africa Cup of Nations qualifier next month.
Victory for Bafana Bafana (The Boys) on June 5 at the (...)
JOHANNESBURG: Crack Cairo club Zamalek host Kenyan military outfit Ulinzi Stars Sunday in an African Champions League tie that marks the return of competitive football to Egypt.
The first round, second leg qualifier is set for the 22,000-seat (...)
JOHANNESBURG: Defending champions Egypt are teetering on the brink of elimination from the African Nations Cup going into the new year while Botswana are just one win away from a fairytale first appearance.
The struggle for 14 places at the (...)
JOHANNESBURG: African football scaled dizzy heights in 2010 as it staged the World Cup tournament for the first time and received international acclaim.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter gave South Africa nine out of 10 in his post-championship report (...)
JOHANNESBURG: It took the 2012 African Nations Cup qualifying competition less than 24 hours to claim its first coaching victim with Rabah Saadane quitting after Algeria were held at home by Tanzania.
This was the fifth and surely last time the (...)
JOHANNESBURG: Zambian club Zanaco need to recover from a poor start to the African Confederation Cup group phase when they host Harras Al-Hodoud of Egypt Saturday.
Coach Wedson Nyirenda boasted after a play-off victory over Enyimba of Nigeria (...)
JOHANNESBURG: African Champions League pacesetters JS Kabylie of Algeria and TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo put unbeaten records on the line this weekend.
Group B leaders Kabylie, the only club with a 100 percent record at the (...)
JOHANNESBURG: Zambian club Zanaco enter the African Confederation Cup group phase Saturday confident of becoming the first club south of the equator to lift the trophy.
Teams from Tunisia (three times), Morocco, Ghana and Mali have gone all the (...)
JOHANNESBURG: Two former World Cup winners enjoyed contrasting fortunes on Thursday when Argentina thrashed South Korea but France were left on the brink of a first-round exit after a 2-0 defeat to Mexico.
The World Cup burst into life as (...)
JOHANNESBURG: Boasts that Africa would finally deliver World Cup champions this July have given way to a realization that surviving the first round is a massive challenge for almost all the six hopefuls.
Former stars like Abedi 'Pele' Ayew and (...)
LUANDA: Cameroon superstar Samuel Eto o boasted before the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations that he would smash the 36-year-old record for the most individual goals at one tournament.
That meant scoring 10 goals to overtake long-forgotten Mulamba (...)
BENGUELA: Playing defending champions Egypt Thursday in an Africa Cup of Nations semi-final here is a dream come true for Algeria hero Hameur Bouazza.
The 24-year-old wide midfielder from English second-tier club Blackpool headed the extra-time (...)
LUBANGO: Star-less Zambia are the gate crashers at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals party in Angola which finishes late on Monday when they face former champions Nigeria at Tundavala Stadium.
Algeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast and (...)
LUBANGO: Russia-based Osaze Odemwingie scored just before and after half-time as Nigeria beat Mozambique 3-0 on Wednesday to reach the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals.
The midfielder from Lokomotiv Moscow was given time and space in the (...)
LUBANGO: African superstar Samuel Eto o is banking on fighting spirit driving Cameroon into the Cup of Nations quarter-finals on Thursday.
The "Indomitable Lions tackle fellow former champions Tunisia at the new 20,000-seat Tundavala Stadium in (...)
CABINDA: Mali scored twice within three minutes of the kick-off en route to an ultimately meaningless 3-1 victory over Malawi in an Africa Cup of Nations Group A match on Monday.
Hosts Angola topped the mini-league after a goalless Luanda draw (...)
LUBANGO: Cameroon edged Zambia 3-2 in an Africa Cup of Nations Group D thriller at Tundavala Stadium on Sunday to revive hopes of winning the tournament for a fifth time.
Substitute Mohamadou Idrissou headed the 86th-minute winner to complete a (...)
CABINDA: Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien faces a great challenge of his international career when he captains Ghana against Ivory Coast here on Friday.
The box-to-box workaholic with the biting tackle and thunderous drive must inspire an (...)
LUBANGO: Hull City striker Daniel Cousin scored the only goal as Gabon caused the biggest upset so far in a shock-filled Africa Cup of Nations by defeating Cameroon 1-0 on Wednesday.
Cousin scored early in the first half of the Group D clash and (...)
LUBANGO: Star striker Samuel Eto o says Cameroon are set to inflict more pain on neighbors Gabon when they clash Wednesday in the Africa Cup of Nations.
The central Africa countries came face to face twice within four days last September in (...)
LUANDA: The 2010 African football feast begins Sunday in Angola with the Nations Cup serving as a tempting starter ahead of the multi-flavored World Cup main course.
Only hosts South Africa of the six World Cup qualifiers from Africa will be (...)
JOHANNESBURG: Emad Meteb wants to complete a fairytale return to international football Wednesday by leading Egypt to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
The predator from Cairo club Al-Ahly scored five minutes into stoppage time last Saturday (...)
JOHANNESBURG: At one stage on Saturday a prediction by Brazil football legend Pele that Nigeria could reach the 2010 World Cup semi-finals in South Africa seemed far off the mark.
The Super Eagles were not living up to their nickname as they (...)
JOHANNESBURG: Threats of violence in Cairo have overshadowed the final round of 2010 World Cup qualifiers in Africa this weekend with three places in South Africa up for grabs.
Egypt host bitter rivals Algeria Saturday in the potentially (...)