Nigeria confirmed top spot in their Africa Cup of Nations qualifying group with a dramatic last-gasp 1-0 win away over neighbours Benin on Saturday, having already secured their place at the finals before kick off.
Nigeria's place at the tournament (...)
An own goal handed Ethiopia a spot in the second round (group phase) of the 2022 African World Cup qualifiers as they held Lesotho to a 1-1 draw in Maseru on Sunday to qualify via the away-goal rule.
Lesotho's Nkau Lerotholi scored in his own net in (...)
LUANDA, March 19, 2018 - The general situation on the latest developments in Lesotho was presented Monday in Luanda to the Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço, as Chairman of the Political, Defense and Security Cooperation Body of the Southern (...)
Algeria were the second African side to secure a spot at next year's African Cup of Nations after Morocco following a 2-0 qualifying away win at Seychelles on Thursday.
Goals either side of the interval from Yassince Benzia and Dinamo Zagreb forward (...)
Lesotho's Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing has taken charge of the government after the Prime Minister Thomas Thabane fled the country accusing the army of staging a coup, a minister said on Sunday.
Thabane, who has been in a fractious (...)
Less than a week after the World Cup final, international football resumes across Africa this weekend with qualifiers for next year's African Nations Cup finals, maintaining the treadmill of world competition.
Sierra Leone, who this week suspended (...)
Declining fortunes over the last few years mean the two sides must now play at the start of the continental preliminaries, along with almost half of the 52 African hopefuls for the 2014 finals in Brazil.
They are involved in two of the 11 (...)
Last week, Japan pledged more than $1.9 billion to Africa over the next five years. The announcement was made on the first day of a timely Japan-Africa summit in Yokohama. Japan's Prime Minister, Yasuo Fukuda, promised a further $4 billion in soft (...)
Argentina missing
ARGENTINA coach Jose Pekerman has revealed the names of 16 players who will go to the World Cup. The list, containing some notable omissions, offers the first concrete sign of what Pekerman's final squad for Germany will look (...)
London 2012
SUPPORT for the London 2012 Olympic bid is lower in the capital than elsewhere in Britain, according to a BBC Radio Five Live poll.
The poll, which was conducted by ICM, interviewed 1,390 adults across the country between 5-11 (...)
