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FIFA has appointed the first woman to its executive committee on Tuesday, as world football's governing body bids to restore its image after a series of corruption scandals. Lydia Nsekera, president of the Burundi Football Association, has been co-opted onto the executive committee and will be formally installed at the FIFA Congress in Budapest on Friday, FIFA said in a
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Tens of thousands of people on Tuesday filled a Dakar stadium to pay homage to Senegalese football icon Jules-Francois Bocande who died in France on May 7. Senegalese President Macky Sall was due to speak at the ceremony, along with government ministers and sports authorities. Bocande's coffin stood draped with the national flag as a choir sang and people gave
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Mali National soccer team head coach Alain Giresse has tendered his resignation barely less than a month before the region’s World Cup qualifiers kick off. The former France international led Mali to third place at this year’s African Nations Cup finals but said he had rejected a new contract offer which would have taken him through the qualifiers for the
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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has sent messages of condolence to Nigeria following the death of former international Rashidi Yekini. The 1993 African Footballer of the Year died Friday at the age of 48 following a brief illness. CAF president, Issa Hayatou, said: "It is with great sadness and sorrow that we learned about the passing away of Mr
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The Africa Cup of Nations champions next year will be crowned in the same calabash-inspired Johannesburg stadium as the 2010 World Cup winners, sport minister Fikile Mbalula said Friday. "We will host the opening and closing ceremonies in Johannesburg," said Mbalula, ending long speculation and dilly-dallying on the announcement of the five host cities. Other hosts are Rustenburg, Nelspruit, Port
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Frenchman Pierre Lechantre has been appointed coach of Senegal in preference to compatriot Bruno Metsu, who guided them to the 2002 World Cup quarter-finals. Lechantre has previous experience of coaching in Africa having won the 2000 Africa Cup of Nations and Olympic title with Cameroon. The 62-year-old Lechantre replaces Amara Traore, who was sacked after a disastrous Cup of Nations
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Sports and Recreation South Africa (SRSA) and the city of Johannesburg are putting forces together in order to successfully host the 4th World Conference on Doping in Sport. South Africa was awarded the hosting rights of the 2013 World Conference on Doping in Sport by the Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). The event would be hosted at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg
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The Head Coach of the Liberia national Athletics team says the team is in high spirit for the London 2012 Olympics games. The London 2012 Olympics games are scheduled for July this year. Liberia qualified for the tournament after winning two medals (one gold and one bronze) at All African Games in Mozambique in last year. Following the All African
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Abakaliki — Fans of Chelsea FC of England on Tuesday in Abakaliki broke into uncontrollable celebrations following their team's qualification for the final of the UEFA Champions League. Chelsea achieved the feat after a hard fought semi-final encounter against the defending champions, FC Barcelona of Spain, at the Nou Camp in Spain. The English team parading Nigerian international, Mikel Obi,
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Host nation Great Britain will kick off the Olympic football tournament against Senegal at Manchester United's Old Trafford ground on July 26 following the draw made at Wembley here on Tuesday. Senegal became the final men's team to clinch their place in the tournament when they beat Oman 2-0 in a playoff in Coventry, central England, on Monday. Britain, who
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Portuguese coach Carlos Queiroz is on the wish list of leading South African club Kaizer Chiefs after they fired Serb Vladimir Vermezovic this week. The former Real Madrid manager and twice assistant to Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United has steered Iran to the final Asian qualifying phase for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Speaking after the three-year reign
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Super Eagles and Blackburn Rovers of England star, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, says the national team deserves plaudits over its gallant display against the Pharaohs of Egypt in Dubai, UAE on Thursday night. The match ended 2-3 in favour of the Pharaohs due largely to questionable officiating. He also called for total support for the coaching crew of the team headed by
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Pretoria — The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) has expressed disappointment that the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) has decided to import the National Olympic team's kit. Sascoc unveiled the kit last week. "The dti therefore wishes to register its profound disappointment that the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee has decided to procure our
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There was palpable anxiety among players over the list of those that will make Monday's trip to Dubai for the friendly international against the Pharaohs of Egypt, as the technical crew kept the list close to its chest. Assistant Coach Dan 'the Bull' Amokachi, revealed that he has been making contacts with his boss, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, and giving him
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This could be the last chance for the Ivorian striker and the all time African highest goal scorer of the Premier League, Didier Drogba, to lift up the Champions league trophy. Didier has shown great enthusiasm about the trophy by posting on his twitter account that Chelsea shall win the final May 19 at the Allianz Arena of Munich. Drogba
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French Sports weekly, Equipe Mag has ranked countries of the world according to their performance in sporting disciplines such as Football, boxing, swimming, badminton, and South Africa is placed 19th, the first among African countries. In total, more than 250 sporting disciplines were taken into consideration. The ranking was done following some criteria. The disciplines were categorised according to coefficients
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Coup-hit Mali's upcoming 2014 World Cup qualifier against Algeria will be moved to a third country if the security situation in the west African country does not improve, Mali's football federation said on Saturday. Souleymane Diallo, head of international competitions at the federation, told Algerian radio that the match, due to be played on June 12 in the capital Bamako,
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Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Sidney Sam is being courted by his father's homeland Nigeria, while the German Football Federation (DFB) also say they are interested in the 24-year-old. Sam, who is currently out injured with a thigh strain, was born in the north German port of Kiel, but is eligible for both Nigeria and Germany for whom he has played at
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Ghana have sacked the coach of its national football team after the Black Stars failed to reach the finals of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. A statement on Monday from the Ghana Football Association said it had "parted company" with Serbian coach Goran Stevanovic, who signed a two-year deal in January 2011. It named assistant coach Kwesi Appiah as
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The Ghana Football Association says it will search for a new coach if Goran Stevanovic is sacked after Friday's crunch talks. There are increasing reports that the former Partizan Belgrade coach will be fired. If that is confirmed, the Ghana FA will have to name his successor ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in June. "We will head
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Nigeria’s Super Eagles look set to face five-time World champions, Brazil in an international friendly in Abuja in September. According to the organizers, the high profile friendly will likely take place between 7 and 11 September. The match will be second time the two-time African champions will be facing a South American opponent with a game fixed against Peru in
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The list includes four in the Paralympics division. The disciplines include athletics, canoeing, table tennis, taekwondo and wrestling, where their teams have already qualified. The rest are badminton, basketball, boxing and weightlifting. The Paralympics disciplines include Para-powerlifting, para-table tennis, wheelchair tennis and para-athletics -
Nigeria: Orange 2013 Afcon qualifiers/Nigeria: Enyimba striker Uche happy with Super Eagles progress
Enyimba striker Uche Kalu has expressed his satisfaction with the progress he has made since joining the home-based Super Eagles under Stephen Keshi. Kalu told goal.com that he has learnt so much from the coaching crew and is ready to contribute his quota to the progress of the team. "I am so happy with what I have learnt from big
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Thirteen fixtures counting for the first round qualifiers of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations took place yesterday across the continent with 10 teams emerging. Cap Vert, Burundi, Cameroon, DR Congo, Kenya, Chad, Congo, Algeria, Liberia, Sao Tome all grabbed three points while Benin, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Nigeria, Tanzania and Mozambique could make just one each. All results: Madagascar- Cap Vert:
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Ivory Coast were held 0-0 at home by Guinea Wednesday in their first appearance since losing the Africa Cup of Nations final on penalties to Zambia in Libreville this month. The Elephants lacked Didier Drogba and Salomon Kalou of Chelsea and brothers Yaya and Kolo Toure of Mancheter City and the English Premier League quartet were sorely missed at Felix
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